{"id":207464,"date":"2025-10-12T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207464\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:29:08","slug":"alvin-kamara-reportedly-dedicated-to-saints-despite-nfl-trade-interest-why-rb-prefers-staying-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207464\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Kamara reportedly dedicated to Saints despite NFL trade interest: Why RB prefers staying in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"kamara.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kamara.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL teams<\/a> expressed interest in New Orleans\u00a0<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NO\/new-orleans-saints\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saints<\/a> running back <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2082721\/alvin-kamara\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Kamara<\/a> ahead of next month&#8217;s trade deadline, but the veteran playmaker prefers to remain in New Orleans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/alvin-kamara-committed-to-saints-despite-trade-interest-from-other-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to Ian Rapoport<\/a>. Kamara reportedly told New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis he wants remain with the franchise through the rest of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/nfl-trade-deadline-2025-buyers-sellers-candidates-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saints are a potential seller at the deadline<\/a> given the team&#8217;s 1-4 start in full rebuild mode under coach <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1274372\/kellen-moore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kellen Moore<\/a>, but Kamara is fine dealing with what that could entail as long as he stays put following his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/saints-alvin-kamara-agrees-to-two-year-24-5-million-extension-to-remain-in-new-orleans-through-2026-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two-year extension signed through 2026<\/a>. The five-time Pro Bowler piqued the interest of several interested teams in Saints assets, but the expectation is that New Orleans will keep him home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A former third-rounder in the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> by the Saints, Kamara has been one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0most productive running backs during his time in New Orleans. Kamara&#8217;s 11,402 all-purpose yards over that stretch entering the 2025 season is the most in the NFL, just ahead of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/BAL\/baltimore-ravens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravens<\/a>\u00a0running back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2061188\/derrick-henry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick Henry<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIA\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a>\u00a0star wideout\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2131163\/tyreek-hill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyreek Hill<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/SF\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers<\/a>\u00a0All-Pro running back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2136743\/christian-mccaffrey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian McCaffrey<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His 61 rushing touchdowns are second to only Henry&#8217;s 93 scores on the ground since 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Loomis approached Kamara in a proactive way when the team was getting calls about his potential availability,&#8221; Rapoport wrote. &#8220;Loomis wanted to treat one of the faces of the franchise the right way. Loomis informed the homegrown player of interest elsewhere and wanted to be transparent.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/fantasy\/football\/news\/saints-alvin-kamara-in-line-to-play-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kamara is expected to play Sunday<\/a> against the Patriots following a questionable designation earlier in the week after telling Matthew Paras of The New Orleans Times-Picayune that he injured his ankle against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYG\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giants<\/a>. Kamara&#8217;s primary backup is <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3162256\/kendre-miller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendre Miller<\/a>, who will get most of the touches in the New Orleans backfield if the former Tennessee standout is limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Several NFL teams expressed interest in New Orleans\u00a0Saints running back Alvin Kamara ahead of next month&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[101279,29888,49,48,1718,1734,514,97832,97833,82,101280],"class_list":["post-207464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alvan-kamara-trade-rumors","tag-alvin-kamara","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-trade-deadline","tag-nfl-trade-rumors","tag-sports","tag-tennessee-vols-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}