The Saints have agreed to contract terms with draft picks Chip Vaughn and Thomas Morstead. The agreement on Thursday came as players reported to training camp for conditioning tests and meetings. Vaughn, a safety from Wake Forest, was one of New Orleans’ two fourth-round draft choices. Morstead, a punter from Southern Methodist, was taken in [...]
Archive for July, 2009
McCray Likes What He Sees From New DC Williams
Saints DE Bobby McCray, quoted on NOLA.com explaining the impact he sees new defensive coordinator Gregg Williams having on the club: “The defense is completely different. He has given us a completely different mentality and a swagger right now. We’re going to come at a lot of offenses this year attacking at different angles. … [...]
Can Thomas and Bush Be as Good as Last Years Panthers Duo at RB?
Who Dat Dish had a great column on the Reggie Bush-Pierre Thomas combo and if it can reach new levels in the 2009 season: Last season the duo of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart carried the the Panthers to a 12-4 season, a playoff appearance, and their best year since 1996. The potent combination totaled [...]
Saints Don’t Have Interest in Michael Vick
As far as Mike Vick goes, the Saints are not interested: Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis stood by his statement from last month that the team has “no plans to bring Michael Vick to the Saints.” Although some national media outlets haven’t crossed New Orleans off the list of potential Vick suitors, we would comfortably [...]
QB Brees Taking Aim at Politics w/ Comments on Guantanamo Bay
For some odd reason, Drew Brees is talking politics, giving his view on the upcoming closing of Guantanamo Bay: “I can say this after that experience — the worst thing we can do is shut that baby down, for a lot of reasons,” Brees said. “But I think there’s a big misconception as to how [...]
Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian Call it Quits
For those of you that are interested in dating Reggie Bush – he’s single. The Saints RB/KR has broken it off with Kim Kardashian: Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend of two years, New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, are going their separate ways, the reality star’s rep confirms to PEOPLE. The pair, who recently [...]
Saints the Best Bet in the League to Go from Worst to First
Vinnie Iyer of Sporting News.com has his take today on what teams around the league have the best shot of going from worst to first this year, and the Saints rank at the top of his list: 1. New Orleans Saints. No division is more inspiring to cellar dwellers than the NFC South. Last year [...]
Untapped Potential
Every year there are some players for whatever reason come in with untapped potential, whetether it be rookie or a cast off another team gave up on the Saints seem to have found some more of these guys again this year. Starting with the offense I will follow up with defense soon. Veterans 1. Robert [...]


July 30th, 2009
Matt Loede
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