“He’s in good shape, and he was kind of on a short list if we had a number, and we did”, Saints coach Sean Payton said.
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New Orleans will need to smother Charles at the line of scrimmage and force Smith to throw against them, and that’s not his forte. Which also translates to a low likelihood that the team would invest so much cap and cap space in a quarterback who turns 38 in January.
“Good for him”, Brees said. In Indianapolis two years ago, he managed just 405 yards on 38 catches, and in his return to the Giants last year, he caught just seven balls for 54 yards.Nicks says though that his recent struggles have just made him hungrier for success.
“Clearly, when something like this happens”, Payton said, “our primary mindset is, ‘We’re coming unless you tell us not to”. “Excited to back.I was excited to touch the field with the guys, and there’s a lot of potential on the field”. But it starts with that emphasis, that relentless pursuit to the football. “Those are some of the things that begin the coaching of it, if you will”. “(General Manager) Mickey (Loomis) and I have these discussions quite a bit as to what we’re looking for and what we have to be mindful of on our numbers here. The defensive back who spent most of his career with Chicago, was known for his “Peanut Punch” tactic in forcing 44 career fumbles. Admittedly, even though his prose wasn’t quite as eloquent as that used by both sides of the aisle to characterize the other’s presidential nominee – you know, like such memorable one-liners as, “He’s a moron” or “She’s a crook” – they did get me thinking. Hopefully we will have some players that develop that as a skill. “(Linebacker Hau’oli) Kikaha did a great job of that, especially in the early part of (last) season before he was injured”.
“For us to get it the way it’s supposed to look, there might be some practices where we’re out here longer than normal”, Payton said. Jairus Byrd, a Pro-Bowl Safety who has previously led the league in interceptions, is entering his first fully healthy offseason as a member of the New Orleans Saints.
A month after the flooding in White Sulphur Springs, it still looks like Mother Nature just hit the area as some homes are completely off their foundations.
“He has passed the physical”. Are the Saints indeed soft, and is the resort living offered by The Greenbrier to blame for said softness? “And there is a personality he has that obviously can be infectious and help the room”.
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But following a second straight remaking of the roster, the Saints have a lot of questions at many positions – leaving a lot of unknowns going into their first full week of camp. “We’ll be smart with the reps, but we’ll keep track of how many reps these guys are all doing”.
