Unfortunately, the New Orleans Saints' handling of Alvin Kamara and his future with the team has been the talk of the offseason. Tyrann Mathieu called out the Saints a month ago for not treating the legend with respect. Fellow legendary Saints running back Deuce McAllister is the latest call out the Saints.
McAllister questioned the Saints' timeline on a decision, and also the timing of a pay cut request. We're all speculating the Saints are going to ask Kamara to take a pay cut. When Kamara arrived for organized team activities, he said he hadn't had those conversations yet. McAllister finds it disrespectful for the team to wait so late to ask for a pay cut.
McAllister isn't naive to the business, but he isn't a fan of asking for a pay cut this late in the offseason. He approached the conversation from a player's point of view. "I would have hoped that if that’s what you want me to do as a player, is to take a cut, then don’t do it in June or July," McAllister said. The truth is if the Saints want Kamara to take a pay cut, they've known this for quite a while.
Deuce McAllister speaks for all Saints fans on Alvin Kamara
When McAllister said, “this shouldn’t even be a story. This shouldn’t even be something that we’re talking about in June,” every Saints fan collectively nodded their head in agreement. The audible frustration in McAllister's tone is indicative of fan sentiment on the issue.
It feels like we have passed every benchmark imaginable for the Saints to make a decision on Kamara. The questions began after Travis Etienne was signed. The biggest question was would the Saints draft a rookie running back. They didn’t.
The Saints didn’t add to the room, but that didn’t guarantee they’d stay with Kamara. His cap hit changed after June 1. If the Saints wanted to make a move after that date, the Saints would’ve done it. We’ve past all the checkpoints and there’s still no clear resolution.
It all comes back to the same question. Why? Why is there anything to talk about on this front? Neither side is going to answer that question. Unfortunately, it's hard to speculate a reasonable explanation on why this is still ongoing. Not even McAllister can find the answers.
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