🗞️ Quick Brief • Aug 19, 2026
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Source: Saints' Kamara (MCL) out at least 1 month
Kamara, 31, will play for the Saints in 2026 on a reworked contract that will pay him a base salary of $6 million this season with a chance to make up to...
Key points
- Kamara, 31, will play for the Saints in 2026 on a reworked contract that will pay him a base salary of $6 million this season with a chance to make up to $8.5 million with incentives.
- Kamara had been set to make up to $11.5 million in base salary this season, although the Saints renegotiated his contract for salary cap purposes in early March.
- In March, the Saints signed former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr.
- Etienne's and Kamara's contracts made the running back position expensive in both cash value and cap space for the Saints, with $21 million in cap space devoted to the team's seven running backs -- the most in the NFL before Kamara's revised deal.
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Kamara, 31, will play for the Saints in 2026 on a reworked contract that will pay him a base salary of $6 million this season with a chance to make up to $8.5 million with incentives. Kamara had been set to make up to $11.5 million in base salary this season, although the Saints renegotiated his contract for salary cap purposes in early March. In March, the Saints signed former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. Etienne's and Kamara's contracts made the running back position expensive in both cash value and cap space for the Saints, with $21 million in cap space devoted to the team's seven running backs -- the most in the NFL before Kamara's revised deal. Kamara's future was a point of speculation before Etienne's signing and questions about whether the Saints would pay both running backs increased after the new addition. The Saints running back group is currently shorthanded, as Audric Estime is also out after being injured in Saturday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.