Alvin Kamara Week 2 Outlook - Saints at Cowboys

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 12th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Kamara walked away from Week 1 with a wonderful stat line as the RB6 for the week. He played 52% of the snaps (influenced by the blowout) with 20 touches and 110 total yards. While all of that is amazing, it could be false window dressing. Kamara's per-touch efficiency was frightening, with only a 7% missed tackles per attempt rate and 1.93 yards after contact per attempt. Kamara's tackle-breaking metrics were horrendous last year as well, so this isn't just me freaking out over a one-game sample. Kamara could struggle to find room to operate this week against a Dallas run defense that allowed the 13th-lowest explosive run rate; the second-lowest missed tackles per attempt, and the 10th-lowest yards after contact per attempt last year.