There’s a trend with players from the New Orleans Saints in fantasy football this summer—and that trend is avoiding them like a tuna salad sandwich at a convenience store.
On some level, that’s understandable—the Saints may well be the worst team in the NFL tis year. But it’s not like last year’s Saints team was good, and Kamara still set a career-high in rushing yards, had his highest yards per carry since 2020, came up just short of 1,500 total yards and finished ninth among running backs in PPR points and fifth in points per game.
If that’s not enough to sell fantasy managers on Kamara as a value this year, Dave Richard of CBS Sports wrote that Kamara could also benefit from a favorable schedule.
“Kamara has an edge better than any RB in Fantasy. Based on my grading, the Saints have the most favorable projected running back schedule. You might not think so early on because he’ll see three NFC West teams and then Buffalo to start the year, but soon after he’ll take on other NFC South teams along with the Giants, Patriots, Bears, and Dolphins. He gets the Titans in Week 17, too. A lot of these teams have liabilities in pass coverage against running backs, making Kamara’s path to another good year easier.”
In the seven of the last eight seasons, Kamara has been a top-12 fantasy running back. And in the lone year he didn’t, Kamara finished in the spot where he’s being drafted this year.
The Saints may well be doomed. But that doesn’t mean Kamara is, too.
