METARIE, La. — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara said he has gotten used to being the subject of trade rumors during his career, but his stance still hasn't changed.
Kamara said Thursday that he wants to stay in New Orleans.
Kamara was asked about an NFL Network report that said Saints general manager Mickey Loomis approached him after he received interest from other teams. The report said Loomis asked Kamara if there was anywhere he would like to go.
«Yeah, I don't know where that [came from]. We talked about [the report] and we was looking at each other like the little Spider-Man meme: 'Did you say something? Did I say something?' I don't know where that came from, but I think I've been vocal enough that… I don't want to go anywhere,» Kamara said. «And I said it countless times, y'all know that. I think everybody knows that. The fan base knows that. And at the end of the day, it's business. So I don't go upstairs, and I don't have an office upstairs. I got an office in Charlotte at NASCAR, but I don't got an office upstairs, so I don't really sit in those meetings, and I don't really know what happens up there.»
What would happen if the team did approach him about a trade?
«I just got to keep my head down,» Kamara said. «And I don't know, if I was a GM, I guess I would go to the player and be like, 'Hey, we're trading you. Just so you know.' So, if Mickey come downstairs and says that, then I'm going to go drink a piña colada somewhere.»
Kamara had a similar refrain last summer when he was seeking a new contract from the team and said he would like to be a Saint through the end of his career. Kamara has been with the Saints since they selected him in the third round of the 2017 draft, a season in which he
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