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No one can say with any amount of certainty how the season will play out for the\u00a0New England Patriots, but one thing is becoming increasingly clear: The Patriots have their answer at two of the most important positions on the field.<\/p>\n
Drake Maye\u00a0has made the vaunted second-year leap and looks like one of the NFL\u2019s best quarterbacks. He\u00a0is an MVP candidate, perhaps even the front-runner, and the Patriots should feel comfortable with their standing at the most important position in sports. They also should feel pretty good about the man protecting him, rookie offensive tackle\u00a0Will Campbell.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still room for Campbell to improve, but he\u2019s largely held his own in his first season, and perhaps just as important, it\u2019s clear he has a bond with his quarterback. So it really shouldn\u2019t come as much surprise that Campbell believes Maye is already the best \u2026 in the entire league.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s playing at an elite level right now,\u201d Campbell told reporters after the Patriots\u2019 Week 11 win on \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d at Gillette Stadium. \u201cI\u2019m biased, but I think he\u2019s the best player in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s probably still a bit early to make such proclamations about Maye \u2014 or anyone on the Patriots, really \u2014 but he\u2019s certainly been a difference-maker. The Patriots have won eight games in a row, including a Thursday night laugher over the\u00a0Jets, and the 23-year-old has a 119.1 passer rating over that two-month run.<\/p>\n
For Campbell,\u00a0Maye\u2019s excellence isn\u2019t limited\u00a0to what he can show in the box score, though.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no game that we\u2019re out of when we have him,\u201d Campbell continued, per the Boston Herald\u2019s Doug Kyed. \u201cEven how good of a player he is, he\u2019s an even better person and an even better teammate. That just makes it that much cooler. To be able to share the huddle and in the locker room, and be friends with somebody like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just look forward to the future, to continue to play with him and grow with him. As we all continue to grow in the office, he\u2019s got everything in front of him now. I\u2019m super excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the Patriots showed on \u201cThursday Night Football,\u201d it\u2019s not just Maye and Campbell providing hope for the future.\u00a0TreVeyon Henderson\u00a0has\u00a0quite literally taken the ball\u00a0and run with it, as the rookie running back is\u00a0making the most of his opportunity\u00a0in light of Rhamondre Stevenson\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n
Henderson scored all three Patriots touchdowns against the Jets and\u00a0looks like another staple\u00a0of the New England offense for the next few years.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenderson reached the end zone three times against New York on Thursday night, giving him five touchdowns in five days,\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Andy Behrens wrote. \u201cOver his last two games, he\u2019s delivered 243 scrimmage yards while playing 85.9% of the offensive snaps. Suddenly \u2014 and in defiance of everything \u2014 Henderson has seized control of New England\u2019s backfield.\u201d<\/p>\n
That trio, plus wideout\u00a0Kayshon Boutte, is a tremendous foundation for an offense that should be a problem for NFL for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
Saints’ Alvin Kamara on verge of breaking Marshall Faulk’s NFL record for RB receiving originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/p>\n
There have been very few running backs in NFL history like Alvin Kamara.<\/p>\n
The New Orleans Saints’ star is great rushing, but he’s also exceptional receiving. And because of that, he’s on the verge of a couple of NFL records.<\/p>\n
ESPN’s Katherine Terrell shared these stats:<\/p>\n
Alvin Kamara can become the 5th running back in NFL history with 600 career receptions if he catches 27 more passes<\/p>\n
Alvin Kamara needs 56 catches to pass Marshall Faulk for most receptions by a RB in his first nine seasons<\/p>\n
Kamara, 30 years old, enters this season with 573 career catches. On those receptions, he has 4,762 receiving yards and 25 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
MORE: Travis Kelce shares new feelings about retirement<\/p>\n
That’s in addition to 6,779 rushing yards and 60 TDs on the ground.<\/p>\n
The Saints aren’t expected to be a great team this year. They’ve got Spencer Rattler starting at QB in Week 1, and that could become rookie Tyler Shough before long.<\/p>\n
Kamara will have to be the steadying force. He’s still expected to get the most running touches, and he certainly will get thrown to plenty on short plays to try and give the inexperienced QBs a chance.<\/p>\n
Given that role, Kamara can likely pass Faulk if he stays healthy.<\/p>\n
MORE: Josh Allen paints a beautiful picture of a Super Bowl parade in Buffalo<\/p>\n
He’s only had one season with fewer than 56 catches, and that was when he had 47 in just 13 games in 2021.<\/p>\n
If Kamara is on the field, passing Faulk should be no problem.<\/p>\n
And to pass Faulk in an RB receiving stat is as good as it gets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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