The one thing working in Alvin Kamara’s favor is that the New Orleans Saints are generally, uh, not excellent with cash.
General supervisor Mickey Loomis hasactually constructed his group around huge agreements and delayed payments. The Saints haveactually utilized voidable years and restructurings as the income cap variation of a credit card, pressing possibly suffocating cap strikes down the line for their future selves to concern about.
You requirement appearance no evenmore than 2023’s record and 2025’s predicted numbers to see how this turns out. New Orleans has an aging lineup coming off a playoff-less 8-9 season. Despite this, the group is an approximated $88 million over next year’s forecasted costs limitation, per Over The Cap. That’s more than double the red ink of the next closest group, the Cleveland Browns.
That makes any extension for Kamara a hard offer, however he’s pressing for it regardless. The All-Pro tailback is in the second-to-last season of a five-year, $75 million agreement. Kamara sat out Thursday’s compulsory minicamp practice in hopes of speeding along settlements, which haveactually been hence far unsuccessful.
There’s a course forward that advantages both sides. The future 29-year-old has the group’s biggest cap hit in 2024 at over $18.5 million. In 2025 he’s on the hook for an definitely illogical $29 million. New Orleans can designate him a post-June 1 release next offseason and shave $25 mil