New Orleans must have a solid RB2 next season.
Alvin Kamara’s wish list most likely includes better support from his fellow running backs, because later this month, the future Saints Hall-of-Famer will be turning 30 years old.
Heading into the 2025 season, the New Orleans Saints have a cast of characters behind running back Alvin Kamara, but no clear RB2 just yet. The backs behind him must produce, regardless of what the team decides to do in that department, or they risk injuring the best player on the team.
The running backs behind Kamara have experience ranging from rookies (Devin Neal, Marcus Yarns) to Super Bowl winners (Cam Akers, Clyde Edwards-Helaire).
Kendre Miller is another halfback in the room, and he’s entering his third year in the league. However, due to a persistent injury, he has only played in 14 games during his first two NFL seasons. But heading into 2025, he’s been all systems go, and in Kellen Moore’s new system, he could explode onto the scene next year.
Why the running backs behind Kamara must produce
30 is a critical age for running backs in the NFL. Because around this time, their injuries either catch up with them or a contract dispute becomes a part of their career arc. And so far in his career, Alvin Kamara has, *knock on wood,* managed to avoid both.
But he simply can’t keep getting as many carries as he’s been getting, because his body will fall apart if he has one more season like the one, he had last year, where he was averaging around 46 snaps per game. NewOrleans.football did a great deep dive into how the running back prepares for a game throughout the week, and the process is pretty intense. The number of carries he sees next year just has got to go down.