Upcoming deadline may push Saints to make decision on Alvin Kamara

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TL;DR

The New Orleans Saints face a June 2 deadline to decide Alvin Kamara's future with the team. This date is crucial for potential trades, especially with the Denver Broncos showing interest.

Key points

June 2 is a critical deadline for the Saints regarding Kamara's future.
Kamara has been absent from voluntary workouts this offseason.
The Broncos may be interested in trading for Kamara.
Kamara has played 126 games, all with the Saints.
He has expressed a desire to retire rather than play for another team.

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Upcoming deadline may push Saints to make decision on Alvin Kamara

Could Alvin Kamara's time with the New Orleans Saints be coming to an end? June 2 looms large as a trigger date for the Saints to make a decision on his future with the team. For his part, Kamara has been nothing but welcoming to his new teammates on social media and during a candid interview with his old teammate Terron Armstead, but he's been conspicuously absent from voluntary workouts. That was routine for him when Sean Payton and Dennis Allen were coaching the team. After seeing him underwhelm in an injury-shortened 2025 season, Kellen Moore may not be as accepting of Kamara's choice to train away from the rest of the team.

So why is June 2 so important? That's when it's most feasible for the Saints to trade Kamara, if that's what they want to do. Teams can't designate trades as post-June 1 moves the way they can roster cuts, but waiting does allow them to spread out the dead money salary cap hits from a trade. Maybe the Denver Broncos are still interested. Albert Breer reported for Sports Illustrated that, "There were a lot of people who, back in March, believed Kamara would find his way to Sean Payton’s Broncos." Denver extended veteran rusher J.K. Dobbins after a season-ending injury and drafted Jonah Coleman in the fourth round to pair with RJ Harvey, last year's second rounder, but their backfield committee isn't that convincing. The Broncos may be a team to watch if Kamara wants the Saints more badly than they want him.