It appears the New Orleans Saints won’t be putting their best player on the field in Monday night’s preseason game with the Jacksonville Jaguars. ESPN’s Lisa Salters said on NFL Live that four-time Pro Bowl running back Alvin Kamara will not play in the exhibition game, via NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill, though Saints coach Sean Payton recently said he expects several starters who observed the first preseason matchup to participate. Evidently he was only referring to bookend tackles Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk.
Missing Kamara does lower the entertainment value for fans in attendance at Caesars Superdome, but it’s ultimately for the best.