SECCountry- Alvin Kamara had a monster performance at the NFL Combine this week.
The former Tennessee running back shined, both in the interview room and on the field. This led to some asking why the talented running back didn’t see the field more in Knoxville. But the mother of former Tennessee running back Jalen Hurd had a different take on why Kamara didn’t see the field as much at Tennessee. Tara Smotherman gave a very ominous answer as to why Kamara spent part of the season backing up Hurd.... Reasons, like, with an 's'? As if the implication of their being multiple wasn't enough, the inclusion of the word "many"? Considering the current click-hungry state of sports media, there has been a rampant in increase in terrible prognostications, but this one might just 'Trump' them all. At this point, Alvin Kamara would have to quit his team mid-season like a particular former teammate of his did in order to not win the Offensive Rookie Of The Year award. Meanwhile, the guy that had him relegated to backup is now at Baylor slowly becoming an afterthought as he sits on his thumb on a sideline that is now accepting all applicants that don't show up as a red dot on an online map. Honestly, the only legitimate reason I can possibly conjure up to as why Tennessee wasn't giving him the lion's share of the carries to the guy that's now treating professional football games like they are played during recess is because they were actively trying to drop his draft stock enough for him to decide to stay in school. It clearly didn't work out seeing as he's currently lighting up NFL box scores as they undergo an insanely embarrassing coaching search, but at least it would explain why scouts repeatedly skipped over someone that is displaying transcendent talent just ten games in his professional career. I know Alvin Kamara seems like a perfect fit for the Sean Payton's system, but the way he's making people miss with an absurd amount of regularity is due to a hell of a lot more than a schematic advantage. Maybe all these reasons are still pending but for the time being I think Jalen Hurd owes his mother a nice, sarcastic "thanks a lot MOM....", because her blind eye for potential like this dragged her son's name back into a discussion he simply doesn't belong in....
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