Alvin Kamara has no reason to lack confidence heading into his second NFL season, and it is clear that he does not. The New Orleans Saints running back is excited about his team’s potential in 2018 — especially since he believes they would have dominated the Super Bowl champions had they been given a chance to face them.
Kamara spoke at length with Master Tesfatsion for a Bleacher Report feature that was released on Wednesday, and he spent some time discussing the Saints’ heartbreaking loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs last season.
“It’s a certain point where you f—ing just do everything could do, and s— still don’t go your way,” Kamara said of New Orleans erasing a 17-point deficit before losing on a miraculous play. “That’s how I felt about that game. I felt like we did everything. We came all the way back, and then s— just happened like that. That’s like some one-in-a-million-type s—.
“I couldn’t even be mad. I was mad, of course, but it was like how does that even f–ing happen? That’s not even real. It’s almost not realistic, like what the f—?”
The ending to that game was one of the most memorable in NFL history, with Stefon Diggs somehow breaking free on a busted play to end the Saints’ season. Minnesota went on to lose 38-7 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, and Kamara said that was infuriating to witness.
“We’d beat the s— out of [the Eagles] cause we was rolling,” he said. “If we won [versus Minnesota], I knew nobody was gonna stop us cause we came all the way back. … We know what the standard is. So, yeah, f— Minnesota.”
Kamara went from a third-round draft pick to one of the most electrifying stars in the NFL last season, racking up more than 1,500 yards from scrimmage and scoring 13 touchdowns. The Saints will have to lean heavily on him to start the season due to some unfortunate circumstances, and they can only hope his confidence is a sign of more greatness to come.
