Fournette and or Kamara to the Patriots?

There were rumors that the Patriots would sign Cam Newton upon release and I was asked to cover the story. To sum it up, I said no way, no how, would Belichick sign Newton and that a trade for Jacoby Brissett would happen first. Few months later, Cam Newton is a Patriot and the frontrunner of the quarterbacks competition due to an injury to Stidham.

Now the Patriots are being mentioned for Alvin Kamara and Leonard Fournette. The Patriots have Damien Harris, Sony Michel, and Damien Harris, all who should be able to to be the lead back and a few stable guys who can rotate in. 

Kamara has played in 45 games for the saints and started 25. Over his career he's rushed for 2408 yards, 27 touchdowns and a 5 yard average. He's also been a staple of the saints passing attack catching 243 balls for 2068 yards and 10 touchdowns. Over that span he's also averaged 7 yards a punt return and 31 yards a kick return with a touchdown in 2017.

In the playoffs Kamara has played in 5 games, rushing for 173 yards in 52 carries and hauling 28 catches for 237 yards. The Saints are asking for a first round pick for the young running back.

Unlike Kamara, Fournette has played 36 games for the dysfunctional Jaguars. Fournette is also still young and a free agent. Where Kamara is more finesse, Fournette is a more traditional back.

Fournette has rushed for 2631 yards and 17 touchdowns in 666 carries, only holding a career average of 4.0 and coming off his best season, where he averaged 4.3 yards a carry. 

Fournette is not exactly known as a pass catching back with only 1009 yards and 2 touchdowns on 134 receptions. Again though, he had his best season as the Jaguars quarterbacks dumped everything off to him it seemed in 2019, where he caught 76 passes.

In 3 playoff games he rushed 70 times for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns, while catching 7 passes for 44 yards. Unlike Kamara, Fournette doesn't return kicks. 

Kamara wants to get paid, so I don't see the Patriots spending a first round pick on him but he would be the better fit. Fournette the Patriots could get the same protection out of Michel, Harris, and Miller. I won't pretend to know why he was ousted from Jacksonville.

I know someone wants to know, what about Injuries. Michel has only missed 3 of his 32 possible regular season games. He's also started 22 of 29 games. And Miller has missed 7 of a possible 112 games. Starting 89 of 105 games because miami didn't start him his rookie year. Since most people don't think the preseason means anything, we'll ignore time missed before week 1.

As for Harris, Belichick redshirted him and he only saw 4 carries in two games. The Patriots are stacked and James white is massively underrated as a running back one. So while the Patriots could use either if their talents and they are both young enough to be signed, the Patriots should be okay at running going forward.