Archive for August, 2008

Romo or Brees – Who is the best QB in the NFC?

The AFC has Tom Brady and Peyton Manning; both are elite QB’s that can lead their teams to victory. Both are Super Bowl MVP’s and both will one day be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame. The NFC however has two great QB’s, but it would be hard to place them in the elite [...]

Saints: Best Depth in NFL

From what I have seen so far this year the Saints have the deepest roster in the NFL. For non Saints fans this may seem like blasphemy but hear me out. I literally looked at the depth chart for an hour yesterday and at several positions had no clue who the team would want to [...]

Defensive Tackle Thomas Out for Up to 2 Months

Defensive Tackle Hollis Thomas tore his right triceps on Wednesday during pass rushing drills and will miss up to two months. Thomas had an MRI that afternoon and underwent surgery Thursday morning. The Saints may end up putting Thomas on injured reserve but the Times-Picayune speculated that the injury could possibly be career-ending after 13 [...]

Former Saint Joe Horn Wants to Leave Falcons

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, former Saints receiver Joe Horn wants to be traded or cut so desperately that he is willing to give up money guaranteed to him this season if it will help him to move on. Horn feels that the Falcons are emphasizing the use of younger players and that the Falcons [...]

Saints Look To Improve In Next Preseason Game

The New Orleans Saints showed that there is no question in how great their offense still is and will become in 2008. Even without Deuce, Shockey, and Colston playing last week. The Saints marched down the field for 80 yards and a touchdown on their opening drive. The defense held their own, but still showed [...]

Breaking Down the First Saints Preseason Game

The Saints first team offense, took the field Thursday night without starters Deuce McAllister, Marques Colston, and Jeremy Shockey. You would not have thought that because Drew Brees and company drove down the field, capping the fist drive with a Drew Brees sweet touch pass to David Patten. Coach Payton?s first play call of the [...]

Saints Beat Cardinals 24-10

After months of speculation about how good they really are, the New Orleans Saints did little to distinguish themselves in their 2008 pre-season opener, with the exception of Robert Meachem. Perhaps the most impressive was that there was not a noticeable drop-off in talent once the starters rested and the team had only one turnover. [...]

Non-starter Saints to Watch Tonight

Fans often bemoan the pre-season because after the first quarter or so they don’t recognize many names and the score really doesn’t matter anyway. So here is a list of players who are not starters to watch for in tonight game against the Cardinals Sedrick Ellis (98) – DT Who is he? Saints 1st round [...]