We knew that Alvin Kamara was hobbled by an injured knee and ankle during the 2019 season; New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton admitted as much after Week 6’s game with the Jacksonville Jaguars, saying that, “Obviously, he had the swollen ankle coming into the game, but he was ready to go. He tweaked his knee.” Kamara had previously hurt his ankle in practice, and was reported to have suffered a high-ankle sprain in that same Jaguars game.
But Kamara recently spoke out on his knee issue in his training camp media conference call, adding: “Yeah, well, I injured myself early, Jacksonville week I tore my knee basically.