Marshon Lattimore, Alvin Kamara show up as expected for New Orleans Saints veteran minicamp

Kamara, though, is playing a bit of catch-up with the offense. Lattimore has been in this defensive system since he was drafted.

“I didn’t get a sense that he was behind today, in terms of being able to get lined up, being able to execute his job,” Allen said of Kamara. “I think there might have been one protection that he might have been off on – I’d have to go in and look at it. But I thought for the most part he was on point with his assignments and what he needed to be doing.

“The biggest thing that we have to be able to do, I’m not worried about Alvin really knowing what to do. He’s really smart and he’s professional, he works hard at it. It’s really more about getting the rhythm and the timing – not just in the passing game, but also in the run game and making sure that you get a feel for the tracks and how these particular plays need to be run, and what that feels like. That’s probably where we’re going to have to play a little catch-up and make sure we’re on the same page there.”

Lattimore said he’s eager to get back on the page that had him listed as one of the top cornerbacks in the league.

“It’s all business at the end of the day,” Lattimore said. “I can’t have a personal problem because they want to trade me or something. It is what it is. Everybody knows when they come here what can happen.

“I’ve been hurt for two years, so I understand. People probably don’t think I’m the same type of player or whatever the case may be, but all I’ve got to do is prove to people that I am. So it really falls on me, to be honest.”

RAM OUT: Right tackle Ryan Ramczyk continues to rehabilitate his surgically repaired knee. He was an excused absence Tuesday, and Allen said Ramczyk’s status remains the same as a few months ago, when Allen said at the owners’ meetings that progress hadn’t been as positive as everyone had hoped.

“I would say it’s not trending in either direction right now in terms of the progress,” Allen said. “So I wouldn’t say there’s been much change since the last time we discussed it.”