ESPN apologized to the New England Patriots on Thursday morning when everyone was asleep – something the team passively pointed out on Twitter.
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Get up-to-the-minute info about all the action from Saints training camp practice today at The Greenbrier, and chat live with other Saints fans through it all. “It was good. As a veteran player you realize you’re setting the tone for younger guys and other players”, Brees said. We didn’t really want to give up [Jordan] Devey, but you’ve got to give up something to get something. Saints defensive lineman Akiem Hicks, who left practice Wednesday with an undisclosed injury, did not practice on Thursday…. A major brawl also broke out a few weeks ago between players from the Houston Texans and Washington Redskins.
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has a major issue with how practice fights are glorified by the media. Several players wrestled to the ground at the line of scrimmage during practice, resulting in the biggest scuffle of the team’s training camp. “Getting a consistent pass rush is critical for the Saints defense going forward!” The problem diffused fairly quickly. Slater said after practice. It’s kind of stupid.
On offense Bobby said he was pleased with the way the Saints ran the ball at practice. Payton didn’t specifically call out any networks.
“The way it’s set nearly like it is game-like”, quarterback Drew Brees said. It is time for us to see a little bit of the improvement. I thought the work was really good.
On Saturday, the teams will play a preseason game in New Orleans. “So that’s nothing new”. This also didn’t go over well with the team, who responded to the apology in the most Patriots-Bill Belichick way they possibly could have.
The Patriots joined with the New Orleans Saints August 19 for the first of two days of a combined training camp at White Sulphur Springs.
NOTES: Gronkowski, swamped by reports after practice, joked that he can’t wait until Tom Brady, now in a legal battle with the NFL over the deflated football issue, starts talking again.
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However, there was no mention of the controversial ESPN report that actually remains in this decade’s news cycle – as a sticking point for defenders of the Patriots and Tom Brady against charges the quarterback conspired to under-inflate footballs used in the AFC Championship Game in January.
