New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara announced that he has not requested a trade but that he is on his way to Knoxville, Tennessee to see his Volunteers take on Alabama in their Third Saturday in October matchup.
A Chicago-based fantasy analyst falsely reported that Kamara had requested a trade. Kamara denied that in two separate tweets.
“I ain request a trade.. so that’s a lie,” Kamara tweeted on October 19. “I’m in an orange robe on the way to Knoxville.”
Kamara played one year at Alabama before transferring to Hutchinson Community College and playing his final two seasons with Tennessee.
With Derek Carr going down with an injury, many are clamoring for the Saints to embrace a rebuild. CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin believes New Orleans’s front office needs to accept any return they can get for the depreciating asset.
“When operating at full speed in a healthy lineup, Kamara remains capable of splash plays,” Benjamin prefaced before saying, “But if ever the Saints were going to buck their own stubborn trend, confront reality and embrace rather than resist a longer-term rebuild, they’d sell that home run talent to the rest of the NFL. The return wouldn’t necessarily be rich for a 29-year-old running back with an injury history and lofty 2025 price tag; Kamara is due a whopping $ 29 million in the final year of a contract extension he signed back in 2020.
“It’d be something, though, and the acquiring team could easily view it as a half-season rental, considering Kamara can be released in the offseason to save anywhere from $ 18 million to $ 25 million in 2025.”
Alvin Kamara is a rumored trade target for Chiefs, Cowboys, Broncos
Benjamin tabbed the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, and Denver Broncos as the most sensible landing spots for Kamara.
Kansas City is relying on Kareem Hunt, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and Samaje Perine with Carson Steele not panning out in their backfield while the Cowboys are starting Rico Dowdle with Ezekiel Elliott behind him. Of the three teams, the Broncos need Kamara the least with Javonte Williams breaking out as RB1 in Denver.
