Nick Underhill notes the New Orleans Saints are pivoting to a post-Alvin Kamara reality, establishing Travis Etienne as the true three-down focal point of the offense. This high-volume prediction follows a season where Etienne commanded a 69.2-percent Opportunity Share and produced 13 total touchdowns on the ground and through the air.
At the same time, The New Orleans Times-Picayune’s Jeff Duncan writes that “it would not be shocking” if the New Orleans Saints parted ways with Alvin Kamara this offseason. A divorce “might be in the best interests of the star RB and the team that drafted him nine years ago.”
Operating as the team’s workhorse, Underhill projects Etienne to post 235 carries and 42 receptions yields a baseline of 231.5 PPR points, framing him as a high-end RB2 with definitive RB1 upside. At 27.4 years of age, Etienne is still an anchor RB for fantasy football dynasty leagues.