AK gets a game ball 🏈
Rizz gets a game ball 🏈
EVERYONE gets a game ball 🙌
– New Orleans Saints (@Saints)
Darren Rizzi earned a lot of praise for the way he seemed to turn things around for the New Orleans Saints right away as he helped defeat the division-leading Atlanta Falcons 20-17 on Sunday.
The Saints were the big underdogs and pulled off perhaps the biggest “surprise” of the weekend, but Rizzi didn’t get all the credit. The coach handed the game ball to star running back Alvin Kamara, who was one of the key players in the New Orleans offense but had some off moments in the win.
A potential walk-in touchdown reception that slipped right through his hands was something Kamara called after the game one of the “lamest” things he'd ever done.
The moment between Rizzi and Kamara
Kamara finished the game with 55 rushing yards on 17 carries and played a nearly equal receiving role in the contest, as he hauled in five receptions for 54 yards. He didn't have a touchdown (other than the one that almost made it), but he was a crucial factor in getting that touchdown.
He now has a total of 715 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 167 carries, which translates to 421 receiving yards and a touchdown through the air on 51 receptions. Kamara was targeted 69 times in the passing game.
With the Saints looking like a competitive team for the first time in months, Kamara and Co. have a chance to compete with a game against the Cleveland Browns scheduled next Sunday.
