When the New Orleans Saints open up the 2024 NFL season Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon, running back Alvin Kamara will most likely be doing so without a new contract in hand.
Kamara participated in Saints training camp despite spending the spring away from the team, in hopes that he’d sign a new contract before Week 1, but that ship appears to have sailed.
The veteran running back shut down any contract talks about a future beyond this season, until after the upcoming campaign.
“I’m kind of at the point where I’m not even talking about it until after the season,” Kamara recently told reporters.
The cap-strap Saints are set to enter this season with Kamara counting $18.55 million against the salary cap, the highest total on the team.
Last season, Kamara rushed for a career-low 694 yards with five touchdowns, while battling through a nagging ankle injury and only appearing in 13 games.
Kamara had been seeking to restructure his deal or sign an extension given that this is the last season where his current deal calls for any guaranteed money, and his cap figure balloons to over $24 million in 2025.
Next season, the Saints are projected to be upwards of $96.8 million over the cap, and given that there isn’t any guaranteed money tied to Kamara’s deal, he could be expendable as he enters his 30-year-old season.
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