For nine years now, running back Alvin Kamara has been a fixture on the Saints—eternally good for somewhere in the vicinity of his 59-rushing-yards-per-game and 40-receiving-yards-per-game career averages.
However, Kamara is 30, nearing free agency, and a member of one of the worst teams in football—a far cry from his career's glorious late-2010s start. As trade speculation swirls around the running back, Kamara offered a humorous line about his circumstances to reporters.
"If (general manager) Mickey (Loomis) comes down and says that (I've been traded)," Kamara said Thursday via Luke Johnson of the , "I'm going to go drink a piña colada somewhere."
Kamara also said of the trade rumors, “We talked about and we were looking at each other like the little Spider-Man meme, like, ‘Did you say something? Did I say something?’ I don’t know where that came from. But I don’t want to go anywhere, and I’ve said it countless times.”
The Atlanta native is New Orleans's all-time leading rusher and a five-time Pro Bowler, though he hasn't made the game since 2021. This year, he's carried the ball 83 times for 314 yards and a touchdown to go with 22 catches for 122 receiving yards.
The Saints, currently 1-5, are scheduled to visit the Bears Sunday before playing three NFC South teams in five weeks.
