New Orleans Saints News and Rumors

We essentially knew Aaron Rodgers would win the league’s MVP award on Saturday night because he was chosen the first team All-Pro quarterback over Drew Brees in a landslide. Rogers won the MVP award by nearly the same vote: 48-2.  (It was 47.5 to 2.5 f…

As they near their 50th year of existence, the New Orleans Saints finally have a legacy. The arrival of coach Sean Payton and Drew Brees in 2006 has made the Saints one of the league’s top teams since and they won the franchise’s first Super Bowl in t…

The Raiders were denied permission to interview defensive line coach Bill Johnson for their defensive coordinator position, James Varney of The Times-Picayune reports. Johnson, 56, has spent the last three seasons with the Saints and has spent 11 of his…

Drew Brees, representing the N.F.L.'s Play 60 initiative, wants kids to exercise and challenged some at a Super Bowl event to video game sprints.

In 2011, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has one of the best seasons anyone at his position has ever enjoyed. He was even better when it really counted, down the stretch. From November through January, his stats were absolutely transcendent — …

Time for a look at the top Friday headlines around the NFC South. New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis is ready to get down to serious contract talks with quarterback Drew Brees. Loomis also is likely to try to attempt to keep guard Carl Nicks, rec…

Unless you’re a die-hard fan of the New Orleans Saints, you might not even know who Jed Collins is. That’s understandable because a season in which you compile four carries for four yards and two touchdowns and catch 11 passes for 50 yards and two tou…

Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is in Indianapolis this week talking less about football than about his childhood, when he suffered from abuse and spent time in the foster system. Graham, whose life story will be featured as part of a documentary on the U…

I’m not saying it will be right or wrong, but I’m pretty sure we’re going to hear Saturday night that Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers is the Associated Press Most Valuable Player for the 2011 season. BreesThat’s why New Orleans Saints fans might want …

The NFL and a Louisiana recording company have resolved their legal dispute over merchandising rights to the Who Dat? chant of New Orleans Saints fans.

With Doug Flutie, the master of the drop kick, in the broadcast booth, Drew Brees attempted one in the Pro Bowl. But he was not able to match Flutie's drop kick in a regular-season game in 2006.

A Lions fan who apparently thought he could stop his favorite team’s playoff loss to the Saints has admitted that he called the Superdome during the game and made a bomb threat. The fan, 34-year-old Shawn Payton of Jackson, Michigan, called the Superdom…

Here’s some information Drew Brees and his agent might want to use as they negotiate a new contract with the New Orleans Saints. Brees is the most powerful athlete in all of sports. That’s according to the Bloomberg Businessweek/Horrow Sports Ventures…

For months, Saints fans have been asking for full details on last summer’s trade of Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins. For the longest time, those details seemed to be one of the league’s best secrets. We knew the Dolphins got Bush and the Saints got …

The 2011 season was memorable across the NFC South for many reasons, both good and bad. We saw the Saints go 13-3 while setting all sorts of records and we saw Tampa Bay fall apart about as completely as any team ever has. We saw the Atlanta Falcons, at…

It was a big year for offense in the NFC South. The New Orleans Saints set all sorts of records. The Carolina Panthers lit up scoreboards and, when the Atlanta Falcons were on, they sometimes were spectacular. That made for some difficult choices, but h…

Defense wasn’t a strength in the NFC South in the 2011 season. In fact, it was a big problem for the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and only an occasional strength for the Atlanta Falcons. But there were some solid indivi…

Time for a look at the top Tuesday morning headlines from around the division. Although there still is a lot of work ahead, New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis sounded optimistic the Saints can keep potential free agents Drew Brees, Carl Nicks and…

Eli Manning is going to the Super Bowl, but Cam Newton is going to the Pro Bowl. With the New York Giants going to Indianapolis, Manning won’t be able to make the trip to Hawaii. Manning originally had been selected to join New Orleans’ Drew Brees and…