We aren’t exactly breaking new ground here, but with the 2023 NFL draft just days away, it does serve to drive the point home. Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar drew up pro comparisons for his top 50 prospects in the upcoming draft class, and he sees a lot of Alvin Kamara in one of them. Here’s what he had to say of former Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs in comparison to the New Orleans Saints superstar:
It’s the obvious comparison, it’s the one everybody is using, and while I could try to be cute and go elsewhere, it just makes too much sense. Selected by the Saints in the third round of the 2017 draft, Kamara was the ideal lightning/satellite back in Sean Payton’s offense. Payton helped to force the advent of the base nickel defense by moving Reggie Bush from the backfield to the slot, Kamara was a furtherance of that paradigm, and in a lot of ways, Gibbs is the next step in the progression — or, at the very least, a very good copy of the original.
