LAS VEGAS – Emmanuel Sanders got caught off guard. The wide receiver spent his career playing in complex offenses. Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh, Peyton Manning in Denver. Kyle Shanahan’s offense in San Francisco also has some moving parts. But what the Saints were doing last week was like nothing he had ever seen before. The […]
PJ Quarrie thought Deonte Harris was bluffing. When the Saints wide receiver told Quarrie he wanted to start working on his game after the Super Bowl, the trainer thought he had maybe two or three weeks before Harris showed up. Tuesday morning, Harris was there, ready to get to work. There was no time to […]
Jared Cook knows quarterbacks. The Saints tight end has played for five different teams and been thrown a pass by 18 different players. He’s played with multiple Super-Bowl winning quarterbacks, even more Pro Bowlers, and two sure-fire Hall of Famers. All of them come with a unique acclimation process. All good quarterbacks are demanding, especially […]
The play comes and goes and then comes again. Each time the Saints run a wildcat play, it sparks imagination and wonderment. When will Sean Payton use it next? Is a wildcat package coming? How would it co-exist and integrate with how the team uses Taysom Hill? Could Kamara throw a pass? But nothing much […]
How do the Saints get by without Michael Thomas? It won’t be easy, but the team will need to get creative and everyone needs to step up — including Drew Brees. The quarterback wasn’t at his best on Sunday, and the situation is worth watching, but it’s too soon to make any declarations. We also […]
If you turned on the TV at any point on Monday, you probably heard someone raising significant concerns about the New Orleans offense and Drew Brees’ arm. Some of the analysts seemed to suggest that it was over, that he couldn’t push the ball down the field anymore, that his arm doesn’t have enough to […]
Janoris Jenkins was waiting on the concept. He saw the play repeatedly while studying Tampa Bay’s offense. There it was last season Week 1 against San Francisco. There it was again against the Rams, the Saints, the Steelers, the Seahawks, the Cardinals, the Lions, and on and on it goes. It only takes a couple […]
The tone after Sunday’s win tells you everything you need to know about the Saints. Bad and mediocre teams are just happy to win. Good teams demand excellence, and that’s why it almost felt like New Orleans was talking about a loss after beating the Bucs, 34-23. There is a lot to work on. Sure, […]
The Saints now have their building blocks on offense once Drew Brees retires. After signing Michael Thomas to a lucrative extension last year, New Orleans locked up offensive weapon Alvin Kamara to a new deal that will keep him with the Saints for the foreseeable future. The running back will make $75 million in new money […]
To some extent, every game is a mystery. Teams work to find new ways to hide their tendencies and introduce wrinkles to surprise their opponents. Still, every team typically has a set of fingerprints and other identifiable traits from which they cannot run. The Saints’ problem heading into the season opener against the Buccaneers is […]
Underneath Marshon Lattimore’s laid-back demeanor, an unrivaled competitive spirit exists. When he knows he’s being tested and is interested in the results, he strives for greatness and appears to be among the best in his profession. The problem is when Lattimore isn’t interested in the results, and the test is easy, he spaces out and […]
There is finally a game to preview. But before getting into the Bucs and Saints game, we discuss the roster cutdown, the pursuit of Jadeveon Clowney and where things stand with Alvin Kamara. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider subscribing to NewOrleans.Football. For a limited time, you can save $10 on an annual plan […]
How do the Saints get by without Michael Thomas? It won’t be easy, but the team will need to get creative and everyone needs to step up — including Drew Brees. The quarterback wasn’t at his best on Sunday, and the situation is worth watching, but it’s too soon to make any declarations. We also […]
