New Orleans Sports News and Rumors

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Examining who faces the most challenging season for the New Orleans Saints and why. Long before the news of the bounty scandal broke, it was clear the Saints needed to do something dramatic on defense. Gregg Williams’ system worked nicely in the 2009 se…

Around the NFC South

2 hours ago

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Let's take a quick trip through some headlines from around the NFC South. Judy Battista reports that the NFL might make more evidence public after the appeals process in the Saints bounty program is completed. If that happens, the league reportedly will…

Nakia Hogan, nola.com

He says he'll make most of opportunity to work as starter while Brees negotiates long-term contract extension

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

In this craziest of NFL offseasons, only a small handful of teams make sense for the annual Hard Knocks assignment:  the Jets, Saints, Broncos, Colts, and Redskins. Cross the Redskins off the list. Appearing on Wednesday’s PFT Live, coach Mike Shanahan…

Matt Loede, saintsgab.com

It’s already been a tense offseason for the Saints, and things don’t appear to be getting much better between the team and franchise QB Drew Brees. Brees spoke to WWL-AM in New Orleans and expressed frustration and disappointment with a lack of progre…

Garrett Galuszka, nola.com

Heath Evans could not make it to the charity softball event because of a family matter

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Over the weekend, the folks at Canal Street Chronicles posted a brilliant item suggesting that the Saints would use Coachella-style Tupac technology to simulate the presence of coach Sean Payton on the sidelines during 2012 games. It was obviously a jok…

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

New Orleans is getting used to life without Sean Payton, who has begun serving a one-year suspension for his role in the bounty scandal. There was always the possibility that the Saints would handle the situation quietly and without hyperbole or fanfare…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

An arbitration hearing into whether NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has jurisdiction to punish Saints players for the team's bounties program has been set for May 30.

Chris Chase, yahoo.com

The New Orleans Saints will honor Sean Payton this season by leaving an empty seat for the suspended head coach in their locker room and on team buses and planes. Payton, who is in exile in a downtown New Orleans skyscraper after his season-long ban, wo…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The NFL apparently has heard the concerns regarding the spoon-feeding of summaries, characterizations, and conclusions regarding the Saints bounty scandal to the media, in the hopes that the media will then spoon-feed without scrutiny that same informat…

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In financial terms, two NFC South teams are swimming in very shallow rookie pools. I got a look at the league-wide numbers for rookie pools (the amount of salary-cap space that can be used on 2012 draft picks this season. The New Orleans Saints have the…

Around the NFC South

May 16 (yesterday)

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Time for a look at the top Wednesday morning headlines from around the NFC South. I don’t know if it will change anything, but New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith and former Saints Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove will ha…

NFC South evening update

May 15 (yesterday)

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Let’s take a run through the evening headlines from around the NFC South. — According to this unique formula, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the least home-field advantage in the NFL from 2009 through 2011. On the flip side, the New Orleans Saints ranke…

Matt Loede, saintsgab.com

  The Saints finished the 2011 season with a 13-3 record and were expected by many to perhaps make it to the Super Bowl once again, as they had won it back in 2009.  The Saints finished the year as the number three seed behind the San Francisco 49ers an…

Matt Loede, saintsgab.com

The Legislature wants the NFL reconsider the sanctions it imposed on the Saints, its coaches and players in the wake of the bounty scandal according to Ed Anderson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. On a 28-1 vote, the Senate passed House Concurrent Res…

Around the NFC South

May 15 (2 days ago)

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Time for a look at the top Tuesday morning headlines from around the NFC South. The NFL Players Association's grievance against the NFL in the Saints’ bounty situation will be heard Wednesday by an arbitrator. If that doesn’t work, the Louisiana Legis…

Mike Triplett, nola.com

The attitude at Saints camp isn't exactly, "No Payton, no problem," but it's awfully close when it comes to the status of their record-setting offense. From management to players to the fan base, there seems to be no doubt in...

Nakia Hogan, nola.com

Throughout an offseason that has included one bombshell after another, New Orleans Saints interim coach Joe Vitt found a bit of a reprieve this past weekend. He actually found himself coaching again.Michael Conroy / The Associated PressThe New Orleans S…