Alvin Kamara is the Cowboys NFL agent who is getting cut by the Saints

Frisco: Cowboys Nation is of course champing at the bit for the next chapter in roster-building, which arrives with the start of the new NFL financial year on March 13.

Well, there is the March 11 start of the “legal tampering period,” so that satisfies some of the “champing.”

And then what? A frenzy of Dallas Cowboys signings, huge names streaming into The Star here in Frisco, all riding Jerry Jones “All-In Magic Carpet”?

Maybe. But is it more likely? Maybe spending both aggressively and wisely., which would demand some patience,. As a test case, we give you Alvin Kamara.

But wait… Kamara isn’t even a free agent! True. But check out the New Orleans Saints’ cap position, as they started the weekend at $40 million over the new $255.4 million threshold.

Something’s got to give in New Orleans., and Kamara, who turns 29 at the beginning of the season while coming off the poorest season of his career, has an APY of $15 million a year.

That puts him there with the 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey, right at the top of the charts. We bet the Saints cannot live with that. The Saints can restructure Kamara’s contract this offseason, but the piper will still eventually be paid. Trade him? Cut him?

 

If New Orleans ditches Kamara, it can save $4 million. Can they hand the ball to Kendre Miller, their third-round choice from TCU from a year ago, and move ahead that way?

If Kamara is a free agent and doesn’t cost a tenth of that $15 million, could that be a Dallas marriage?

A reminder: We’re using Kamara more as an “example” than as a specific Dallas target. But we think it’s beneficial, because while Cowboys Nation’s “in box” already seems crammed with running back names, including free agents like Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, Derrick Henry and Dallas’ own Tony Pollard, more names might be on the way in.

And it can require some patience to watch it evolve… and then to make the best version of an “all-in” move.