Latavius Murray was signed as a second running back under the assumption that Alvin Kamara was going to be the man going forward. Murray was never signed to replace Mark Ingram’s production, but he was brought on to produce some stats and spell the New Orleans Saints’ star RB Kamara now and then.
Circumstances, however, changed. Kamara played most of last season “at 75 percent,” according to him, and Murray ended up with back-to-back 100-plus yard games in the two games Kamara missed.
After those two games, Murray just kind of... Disappeared. He had a few decent games peppered in, but he only got 10-plus carries two more times the rest of the season.