When did the fans turn on Kamara ?
Just people that have no idea how the CAP operates or any long term understanding of our franchise. They see theoretical money and freak out. We are about to go into a Bress-Less era. We need to keep our core together.
Do we really want a sub-par QB having a Trevor cadet quality RB?
And it's not easy to just draft another RB.
A few things.
The salary cap is going to be greatly reduced in the coming years. Saints do not succumb to the theory many fans subscribe to; “pay every good player top dollar“. Saints do not pay top money, or close to it, for RB’s. They have won with them and won without them and will continue to win, with or without them. Saints never have, never had and will never have a featured back (IE; Zeke, CMC, Barkley). Alvin wants to be paid, featured back money. A featured back is not the Saints style of offense. Saints pay the toughest positions to find the best players, the highest money. All linemen! They also will pay true future HOF quality players. (IE; Thomas, Brees, Jordan).
Does Alvin deserve to be paid, based off the skins on the wall? YES, but at a price the Saints hold as value. NOT what a fan would like to see be paid, for his fantasy team. Does Alvin deserve top 5 money? It is all an opinion. I think he deserves somewhere around 11.5 million/year, with say 30 million guaranteed.
What I think is going on, is something that is atypical with the Saints and contracts. They typically get things worked out prior to training camp for contracts. This one has dragged on deep into training camp, 2 weeks out from the start of the regular season and Alvin’s agent advised Alvin to step away from training camp for fear of injury. So here they are. I think this is going to get sticky and we see the Saints starting the season without Alvin. JMO.