Saints Speak On Rams Win
The New Orleans Saints improved to 10-3 with a 31-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday in St. Louis. Here is what several Saints had to say about the win afterward: Sean Payton: “The turnover...
View ArticleNFC South Title Not In Cards For Saints
The Saints have not lost a game since Week 7 against the Cleveland Browns, putting together a six-game win streak that is currently the second-longest in the NFL. It's a great thing that the Saints...
View ArticleWhat They're Sayin' About the Saints - Week 15
Saints QB Drew Brees thinks beating Ravens' defense is no easy task Edward Lee, The Baltimore Sun Drew Brees had a vested interest in watching the Ravens defense's implosion and subsequent vindication...
View ArticleHumble Saints Always Trying To Improve
Marques Colston might have said it all after Sunday’s game against the Rams. Asked about his consistent on-field success and his great game, the 6-foot-5 Colston leaned down to the mic and said, “From...
View ArticleTroubling Signs Appear For Saints
While losing to the Ravens by a single score in the playoff chill of Baltimore is a fairly digestible loss, Sunday’s 30-24 defeat does raise some questions about the New Orleans Saints' prospects for a...
View ArticleBush A Liability Or A Commodity For Saints?
There is perhaps no more controversial Saints players than running back Reggie Bush, who is loved by some, hated by others and even in some circles considered one of the best weapons in the team's...
View ArticleSaints Set With Solid Playoff Position
While Monday night’s looming showdown with the Atlanta Falcons should be a valuable indicator of the Saints' playoff potential, New Orleans will need a lot of help if it hopes to pry the division away...
View ArticleSaints Looking For Payback vs. NFC leaders
If Garrett Hartley had just hit a 32-yard field goal in overtime of the Saints-Falcons Week 3 match-up in the Superdome, the two NFC South foes would each be 11-3, and the Saints could clinch the...
View ArticleSaints Reassert Selves As Defending Champs
For a brief moment Monday night, it appeared as if the balance of power in the NFC South had, for the foreseeable future, shifted to Atlanta. The once ruthlessly efficient Drew Brees had coughed up...
View ArticleSaints Headed To Playoffs, But As What Seed?
With their dramatic 17-14 win over the Atlanta Falcons Monday night, the New Orleans Saints have guaranteed themselves a return to the playoffs. Though the seeding in the NFC is not yet final, the...
View ArticleTo Be No. 1 or 5: That's The Saints' Question
The Saints did something Monday night that no other team has done this season when facing the Falcons in the Georgia Dome -- win. Even though it was an error-filled victory, it was impressive in its...
View ArticleSaints Stumble, Wait To Learn First-Round Foe
The good news for the Saints following their 23-13 defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday is that the game’s result was a moot point. With Atlanta’s victory over Carolina, New Orleans was locked...
View Article3 Questions Facing Saints In First Round
The 2010 regular season is over. Let the tournament begin. New Orleans had a chance to capture the NFC's No. 1 seed, a first-round bye and homefield advantage if they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
View ArticleWhat They're Sayin' About The Saints
The New Orleans Saints need to win four more games to defend last season's Super Bowl title. That quest begins Saturday, when they take on the Seahawks in Seattle. Heading into the postseason, injuries...
View ArticleSaints Must Recapture Turnover-Forcing Ways
As any Saints fan knows, Garrett Hartley’s halftime onside kick notwithstanding, the defining play of Super Bowl XLVI was Tracy Porter’s fourth-quarter interception of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning....
View ArticleSaints-Seahawks: NFL Playoff Live Blog
Please join us for the live blog of the Saints-Seahawks playoff game in Seattle on Saturday. Saints-Seahawks, 1/8
View ArticleRB Jones An Unlikely X-Factor For Saints
One of the major differences between this year and last for the Saints has been the comparative ineffectiveness of their running game. Last season, New Orleans ranked sixth in the NFL with 131.6...
View Article7-9 Seahawks Stun Saints, End Title Defense
Nobody gave the Seattle Seahawks much of a chance to beat the New Orleans Saints in Saturday's wildcard playoff game in Seattle -- not after the 'Hawks snuck into the postseason at 7-9 out of an awful...
View ArticleWho Said Dat? Reactions To Saints' Loss
Here are various reactions from around the media landscape to the Saints' stunning loss to the Seahawks in Saturday's first-round playoff game. Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune Coach Sean Payton talks...
View ArticleIt's Wait 'Til Next Year ... And That's OK
To blame the Saints' 41-36 upset Wild Card round loss to the Seattle Seahawks on a Super Bowl hangover misses the point. If any city in America knows how to recover from a hangover, it’s New Orleans....
View ArticleIs CB Asomugha A Possibility For Saints?
Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha is a man about to be paid rather heavily for a very special skill set he possesses, the ability to shut down the best wide receivers in the NFL. It's no surprise that this...
View ArticleNew Orleans Saints: It Should Have Been You
It seemed almost inconceivable at the time that the Seahawks were able to beat the Saints in their Wild Card round matchup a few weeks back, but now that the dust has settled, the reality has set in...
View ArticleUnlike Pack, Saints Couldn't Survive Injuries
The NFL is a game of match-ups. The defensive coordinator puts his unit out on the field with a specific plan tailored to beating his opponent, and the offensive coordinator tries to adjust in an...
View ArticleNo Shock: Popular TE's Run In New Orleans Ends
During the dog days of August 2010 in Saints training camp, rookie tight end Jimmy Graham made an acrobatic, one-handed grab that would have been highlight reel material if any cameras had been...
View ArticleSaints Should Snag Bama RB Ingram
Though conventional logic suggests that the Saints will be looking to bolster their defense this Thursday, I'm not certain that conventional logic will hold up. The most obvious hole to fill is a...
View ArticleMark Ingram Sparkles At The Draft
You'd think that a kid fresh out of college would be hard strapped for cash (even a soon-to-be millionaire). But at least two of the top draft picks came decked out with their finest bling Thursday...
View ArticleJon Gruden Likes The Saints
One of the most vocal counselors at this year’s Manning Passing Academy, held this past weekend in Thibodaux, La., was former NFL head coach and current Monday Night Football commentator Jon Gruden....
View ArticleBush: No Superstar But A Key In Saints' Success
As soon as reports of the New Orleans Saints shipping Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins surfaced Thursday, much of the conversation in the national media revolved around the appropriate use of the...
View ArticleSaints Beef Up Defensive Line
By nearly any metric, the New Orleans Saints' interior defensive line was overwhelmingly average in 2010. Though incumbent defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis did lead the team with six sacks, against the...
View ArticleBubble Players Make Their Case V. 49ers
While the city of New Orleans had been hyperventilating at the thought of the return of professional football, most of Friday night's preseason opener against the San Francisco 49ers was about as...
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