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The lesson from Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak's life spent in football? 'Shoot your bullets.' I explore why his debut season in this new role may come down to that idea. via @nolanews

The lesson from Saints OC Klint Kubiak's life spent in football? 'Shoot your bullets.'

The conversations between Klint Kubiak and his father about their shared profession always return to the same place.

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Neighbor who evacuated had a window to their house blow open in the storm. Another neighbor who lives across the street ran over with a power drill to close it off. #NewOrleans #AlgiersPoint

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I'm proud of my Marine Corps service, but it is a largely private pride. Today is a day when I felt I needed to put it out there. Drew Brees, you spoke. Now I need you to listen.

Luke Johnson: You spoke, Drew Brees. Now it's time to listen.

Drew Brees, you spoke. Now I need you to listen.

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Alvin Kamara: "If they fine me, I'll just match it and send it to charity. The Grinch always tries to steal Christmas."

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4 years

41 year old Drew Brees finished off two touchdown drives with a dadgum collapsed lung

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4 years

The Brees family is the last one on the field.

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3 years

Out of all the DK Metcalf/Marshon Lattimore moments last night, this was my favorite

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Alvin Kamara caught 2 passes today, and this is important because it brought his season total to 81. Here are Alvin Kamara's catch totals in his first 3 years. 2017: 81 catches 2018: 81 catches 2019: 81 catches

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3 years

CJGJ, trolling through the years

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4 years

The Saints were one of four NFL teams to not allow a single 300-yard passer this season. This was the first time since 2005 the Saints went an entire season without allowing one.

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4 years

Kliff Kingsbury lives in a Peloton ad

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War Room 2.0

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3 years

CJ Gardner-Johnson on his interception of Tom Brady: “I was in a boat. I was jamming my receiver on an island. Then I saw a little baby GOAT floating in the water so I had to go pick him up.” Let this man write a screenplay

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2 years

I’d put 2011 Tyrann’s highlight reel up with 2005 Reggie Bush and 1999 Michael Vick’s as my all-time “that dude is cold” classics

New Orleans Saints

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2 years

A look back at the last time @Mathieu_Era played for a Louisiana team 🐯 📺: @SECNetwork

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5 years

Don’t look now, but Drew Brees is leading the NFL in completion percentage for the third straight season, and he’s on his way toward shattering the NFL record he set a year ago. Brees is completing 75.7 percent of his passes this season after completing 30 of 39 yesterday

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5 years

I agree. They should have a playoff to determine who gets to be national champion.

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The more I watch this game, the more it's clear that Ohio State was probably the best team in college football this year.

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Luke Johnson

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9 months

Here's what Erik McCoy had to say about the last touchdown.

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2 years

Big Jose Alvarado guys

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4 years

Emmanuel Sanders, on New Orleans continued: "It's like their food: New Orleans has flavor. I just ate some gumbo. It has flavor. When you speak of New Orleans, it's good food, good vibe, just flavor. It's sauce."

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4 years

Drew Brees wrote a letter to the city of New Orleans. It’s running on our front page.

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5 years

Emmanuel Sanders said his grandma prayed that he ended up in New Orleans: "She loves Drew Brees, she loves Sean Payton, she loves the offense."

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1 year

lol at Tyrann Mathieu’s face when Jamaal Williams suggests BBQ sauce for his crawfish

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Jamaal put BBQ sauce on crawfish... Is this acceptable? 😂 #Saints | @jswaggdaddy

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7 years

Ah, the old freshman 100.

Mike VII

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7 years

It’s been exactly 3 months since I arrived at LSU. On August 15, I was 11 months old and weighed 179 lbs. now I’m 14 months old and weigh about 270 lbs. I’ll reach maturity between 4-5 years of age.

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5 years

The night before Drew Brees had surgery performed on his thumb, Teddy Bridgewater took the entire Saints offense out for a steak dinner. The message? ‘We’ve got to put our foot on the gas. We can’t pump the brakes.'

Teddy Bridgewater is carving his own path as Saints QB. 'He's already that guy'

Bridgewater took the entire offense out for a steak dinner this week to remind them their goals were still within reach.

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3 years

Sean Payton: "I'm rooting, kind of, for Cincinnati in the postseason."

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4 years

Alvin Kamara, speaking on the then-San Diego Chargers not signing Drew Brees way back in 2006: "It's business, but shit, that's not a business decision I would've made."

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3 years

Craig Robertson got some love

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5 years

Cam Jordan asked after the game if there was a sense of disbelief the way this season ended: "With the talent we have put together on this team, we had — we have full belief in us. Even up to the last second, we figured the ref was going to come in and be a ref. It’s a joke."

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6 years

Alex Okafor on the Saints giving him the sack bonus despite him falling one shy. “Honestly, I’m just grateful. The Saints have given me opportunities since I got here.”

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

Good lord, Marcus Davenport

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4 years

Alvin Kamara asked to reflect on his 6 touchdown performance: "I'm blessed to be able to do it in the city that I love and with the team that I love."

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5 years

Alvin Kamara got his offensive linemen some customized adidas bomber jackets with their name and number on the back.

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6 years

Here is @A_kamara6 on Mark Ingram: "Free Mark! I talked to him before the game. He’ll probably be at the airport when we land. It feels good to know he served his four and he’s going to be back. It’s about to be ugly."

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4 years

Emmanuel Sanders talking about how he's noticed the city imprinting on the team in his previous stops: "Our head coach is doing the Griddy with a pair of Jordan 11s on. That's New Orleans, right?"

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

I think this is a marvelous shot from @DavidGrunfeld of Drew Brees taking one last look at the Superdome as he walks off the field.

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Luke Johnson

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2 years

Drew Brees is in the Saints postgame locker room.

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3 years

Anthony Mackie was one of the celeb golfers playing with the Saints today at the Zurich shoot out. Before he talked to us, Sean Payton turned to him and said, "Hey Anthony, that's the first official round I've ever played with a Falcon."

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5 years

Was wondering why I saw Tre'Quan Smith's helmet flying 15 yards downfield. I mean, the officials needed to come in here and have a really good day. And they have not done that.

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Almost ripped his entire face off…

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5 years

For the first time in his excellent 11-year career, Thomas Morstead has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month Morstead's month - 17 punts - 11 downed inside the 20 - 48.8 yard average (No. 3 in the NFL) - 44.3 yard net average (No. 5)

Saints punter Thomas Morstead named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month

Eleven of Morstead's 17 punts were downed inside the opponent 20-yard line.

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

I feel like the Emmanuel Sanders signing about the same way I felt about Jared Cook's last year: He is an immediate upgrade at a position of need and should fit beautifully in the Saints offense. Excellent signing.

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3 years

Alvin Kamara’s balance/body control never ceases to impress.

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3 years

Alvin Kamara on Jameis dancing in the locker room on crutches: "That's Jameis, man. He's a character. I don't even want to call it emotion, it's fire."

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4 years

Jared Cook asked if Jameis Winston is at all like Teddy Bridgewater personality wise. And he delivered with his response: "Teddy is a cool cat, a calm cat, a laid-back Florida boy. Jameis is a wild boy."

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Mike Thomas moves into No. 4 on the @Saints all-time receptions list, passing Jimmy Graham

Michael Thomas passes Jimmy Graham to move into fourth on Saints' all-time receptions list

With a 16-yard catch in the second quarter Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas passed Jimmy Graham to move into fourth on the franchise's all-time

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5 years

This is a tweet from 2013

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11 years

That's Alex Bregman taking grounders at 10 p.m. About a 40 min after his team won 11-2 against UNO. Dude works hard. http://t.co/53TsU6dTao

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

lol. Watch Terron Armstead after Kamara rips off an 11-yard run on the first play of the Saints second offensive drive.

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2 years

“Nobody respects you cheap shotting anybody,” Mark Ingram on Mike Evans/Marshon Lattimore

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3 years

Q: Are you vaccinated? Alvin Kamara: “I might be” (Pause) AK, laughing: “Yeah I’m vaccinated”

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6 years

Drew Brees went on the Today show and said he wished Roger Goodell would have addressed the blown call immediately. "He basically waited until he absolutely had to, which was at his annual Super Bowl press conference, I don’t really think he said much during most of that"

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

Kirby Smart feels like Will Muschamp with better players

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

Payton said Alvin Kamara would've been the emergency QB yesterday

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4 years

Reporter: Alvin, would you say this game felt like a playoff game? Alvin Kamara: No

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4 years

"I know I don't perfectly fit the mold of a New Orleanian, but I feel like one." — Thomas Morstead

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6 years

Saints last five games, defensively. - 13 ppg - 286.6 total yards per game - 12 turnovers - 24 sacks

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5 years

Emmanuel Sanders on playing with Brees: I've been in a pass happy offense in 2010 with Ben Roethlisberger and in 2014 with Peyton Manning. ... So to be back in a pass happy offense with a Hall of Fame quarterback, it's like WR heaven for me.

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

FOX cameras found Sean Payton right after that Jameis Winston TD to Callaway, and the look on his face is priceless.

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4 years

Brees: "The kids can't jump on me like they usually do. ... But I can still play Barbies and paint fingernails with my daughter."

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Luke Johnson

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10 months

An important take: The Saints should make today's uniforms their full time home set, and the color rush should be their full time road set.

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Luke Johnson

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7 years

Crazy story: Dr. Jerry Poché (father of Jared) & Jimmy Roy (dad of strength coach Travis) performed CPR on a UF fan @ the game & revived him

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

It’s hilariously frustrating to me that this 3-3 LSU football team that couldn’t run the ball to save its life for five weeks just had a player set the single game rushing record against a good Florida defense

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

Sean Payton: "I'm pulling for Vonn Bell and Trey (Hendrickson)." Long pause. "Eli a little bit."

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Antoine Duplantis finished his career with 359 hits. His four-hit game tonight gave him a career best 91 in a single season. Unreal consistency over the course of four years. 2016: 89 hits/.327 2017: 90 hits/.316 2018: 89 hits/.328 2019: 91 hits/.324

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Luke Johnson

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2 years

CJGJ jumps on this Jameis pass in 7-on-7. Bradley Roby follows with a pick on the very next play

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5 years

Terron Armstead: "I think this is one of my favorite wins in my career. Just the circumstances, the way the game played out, the energy, the way we went out and won — it was a fun game, a hard-fought game."

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3 years

Kwon Alexander, a Tiger

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Alvin Kamara is going to get PAID and I don't care what the RB market says about that. This offense feels like it would be completely lost without him.

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Luke Johnson

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2 years

Saints and Pelicans loaded up the Carr family with gear upon their arrival in NO yesterday

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6 years

Mark Ingram asked where Taysom Hill fits in the Zoom and Boom. What is his nickname in that? Ingram: “Taysom is Taysom. Tay-some of deez.”

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

What is Sean Payton going to give Drew Brees for his 42nd birthday Friday? “Just a good red zone plan.”

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3 years

Saints DE Cam Jordan has been named the NFC defensive Player of the Week. Second time in the last three weeks he’s warned that honor

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Tyrann Mathieu, presented with the fact that he's turning 30 soon, asked if this will be the last stop in his career. "Hopefully." (Pause) "You said 30 like I'm old. I'm just heating up."

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4 years

Marshon Lattimore hints that the Saints are going to come up with a different team celebration after turnovers this year because so many others are doing it around the NFL

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3 years

Sean Payton said Drew Brees has "periodically poked his head into the building" when he's been in town

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Some exciting news to announce: Today is my first day on the job covering the Saints for the USA Today network. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to keep telling Louisiana's great sports stories and to stay in a place that has become home.

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

Everyone: The Saints don't have any running backs. Ty Montgomery:

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Luke Johnson

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2 years

Look, I love Jamaal Williams fit on the New Orleans Saints football team, but good God man, 10 minutes into this press conference and all I can think about is how well his personality fits into this city. Feels like he's going to be a fast fan favorite.

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4 years

Sean Payton watching this Taysom Hill film tomorrow

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Sean Payton talking a little about #LSU today, gave us this gem: “The last thing I told Joe (Brady) was that he was making a mistake. Shows how much I know.”

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

Your entire Saints RB corps today.

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4 years

Alvin Kamara on the rushing performance: "We could do that every week. Me and Latavius talk the most shit to Sean, like, ‘Yeah, let’s go, let’s run the ball.’"

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5 years

Sean Payton on Alvin Kamara: "He's too talented of a player. I'm seeing everything in practice, the way he prepares. His best football of the season is ahead of him."

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Dance like nobody is watching @teddyb_h2o

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3 years

Alvin Kamara when asked about this being a statement win: "I'm coming in here every year thinking we're going to be the shit."

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

Sean Payton said he doesn't want to sound displeased, but also adds he doesn't feel the Saints have played their best football yet.

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Luke Johnson

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6 years

Per a Falcons subreddit, some Falcons fans tried to buy some billboards mocking the Saints' recent playoff losses. New Orleans business owners refused to take their business.

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Luke Johnson

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2 years

Marques Colston stopped by Saints practice today. Still looks like he could ball. 📸: @brettdukephoto

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

The day Sean Payton stepped down, Dennis Allen immediately was the favorite to follow him. Saints interviewed a lot of highly qualified candidates, but went with the guy who'd spent 12 of the last 16 years on Sean Payton's staff.

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4 years

Taysom Hill, asked about Brees' importance in today: "If I'm being honest, I didn't fully understand what it took to be a starter until I got here. ... Drew was with me every step of the way this week."

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

With the Saints set to be under the salary cap, here's something a league source told me recently about Khai Harley, who does not get as much recognition as he deserves outside NO: "Hype up Khai. Khai is unbelievable. His knowledge the most in-depth I've seen of any cap guy."

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

Cam Jordan is saying he feels sorry for whoever has to line up across from David Onyemata next week

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

Mark Ingram said he moved out of Terron Armstead's place (Terron's family is coming to town, wanted to give them space) and he moved in with Kenny Stills. Just like college!

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2 years

Some news: Saints owner Gayle Benson got personally involved in the Saints' appeal of the NFL fine from Cam Jordan's alleged fake injury, writing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a strongly-worded letter that denied any wrongdoing, per a league source

Saints owner Gayle Benson sent sharp letter to Roger Goodell to reverse fines: source

New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson went directly to the top to get the NFL to reverse its decision on a hefty fine that would have cost the organization and

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

NFL Twitter watching the Saints manipulate the salary cap for the umpteenth year in a row

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

"There's a million excuses out there and we're going to use none of them." Ian Book.

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4 years

Alvin Kamara: "You turn the ball over four times and the other team turns the ball over zero times, shit, it’s not a winning formula."

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Luke Johnson

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4 years

Andrus Peat introducing himself to Panthers rookie Jeremy Chinn on the screen.

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Luke Johnson

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3 years

CJGJ is pretty good.

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Luke Johnson

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5 years

This story of the Honey Badger nickname origins apparently has been told, but this was the first I'd heard it, and Tyrann Mathieu delivered it well so now you're seeing it in my Twitter feed.

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Luke Johnson

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6 years

Rankins now up to 6 sacks this year. He had 6 sacks in his first two seasons combined.

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Luke Johnson

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6 years

Demario Davis on Drew Brees: "Take all the GOATs from every arena — the GOATs of music, the GOATs of basketball, the GOATs of baseball — take all the GOATs and put them in a room. He's the GOAT of GOATs. That's Drew Brees."

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