New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara staying abreast of coaching search

'We'll see what happens. And when we get back to work, we get back to work'

Feb 06, 2025 at 05:07 PM

John DeShazier

Senior Writer

Check out photos of New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara in action throughout the 2022 season.

As much of the NFL universe sought ways to elbow its way into New Orleans and wedge into a space where it could witness Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara – unsurprisingly – voluntarily ceded any space that may have been reserved for him.

"I'll probably be in the air somewhere," Kamara said of his plans for Sunday. "I'll probably be on a flight or something. I ain't watching. I don't watch football.

"I just don't. I have no interest in sports outside of playing. Football, I have no interest in (watching it), outside of playing. Basketball, I never played. Growing up I didn't do any of that, so I like doing all the stuff I didn't have the privilege of doing like golf, snowboarding – stuff I didn't have the privilege to do when I was younger."

Kamara did dip in to the city long enough to make an appearance at Speaker Politics on Wednesday night, where a sponsorship deal with Oakley was announced.

The Saints' all-time leader in touchdowns (86), rushing touchdowns (60), rushing yards (6,779), rushing attempts (1,543) and yards from scrimmage (11,541), has taken note of the Saints' coaching search. Kamara expressed a preference for interim head coach Darren Rizzi, who took over for the final eight games after Dennis Allen was fired on Nov. 4.

"I gave my two cents, whether anybody cares or not," said Kamara, who ran for a career high 950 yards last season, but missed the final three games with a groin injury and fell 50 yards short of having his first 1,000-yard rushing season. "But it is what it is, we'll see what happens. And when we get back to work, we get back to work. But I'm enjoying my offseason."

Understandably, there's the expectation of a roster shakeup after the Saints finished 5-12 (2-7 with Allen, 3-5 under Rizzi).

"Every year you're looking to evolve," Kamara said. "Nobody's staying the same, everybody's looking to upgrade one or two spots or even get some support and some cushion in some other spots. Depending on what happens with the coaching change, I guess we'll figure out what we need to do after that."

But, Kamara said he was impressed with how New Orleans spruced up in preparation for the Super Bowl.

"It's different, it's great," he said. "I was talking to one of my homies and I'm like, 'Man, it's crazy that I've been here eight years and like, the same pothole that I've been running over for eight years just got fixed because the Super Bowl is here. But that's cool because you reap the benefits of it when the Super Bowl is over."

Photos: NFL casts light show atop New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral

New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and the National Football League celebrated the arrival of Super Bowl LIX to New Orleans with a light show at the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square in the French Quarter on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.