Alvin Kamara surprises Saints with decision amid trade rumors

Alvin Kamara doesn't want to go anywhere.

He's doing what he can to make that clear to the New Orleans Saints as some trade rumors swirl around him.

Kamara surprised the Saints on Wednesday by reporting to workouts that he doesn't normally show up at.

Saints beat writer Nick Underhill wrote this on X:

"Kellen Moore said they weren't expecting to see Alvin Kamara report today since he usually works out on his own, but he's glad he's here."

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Kamara is entering the most uncertain offseason of his time with the Saints.

New Orleans signed free agent RB Travis Etienne to a big contract, and he's expected to become the top dog in the backfield.

Kamara isn't on a cheap contract by any means, and so his status on the roster is in question. If the Saints were feeling the salary cap crunch, they could even choose to cut the best player of this era of New Orleans football.

More likely, the Saints could either restructure Kamara's contract or try to get at least a bit of value back for him in a trade.

In a perfect world, New Orleans could keep Kamara as a quality complement to Etienne in the backfield. The Saints would just want to trust that Kamara won't be upset by a reduced workload, and that the money would work out on all fronts.

If it works, Kamara clearly wants to play for the Saints. He wouldn't have shown up to workouts this week if that wasn't true.

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