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One Day After Cuts; Saints Sign New Kicker and Punter

After cutting their kicker and punter on Tuesday, the Saints today filled their spots with the signing of kicker Garrett Hartley and punter Glenn Pakulak. The team cut ties with rookie kicker Taylor Mehlhaff yesterday after he was 3-for-4 on field goals and 9-for-10 on extra points.
Pakulak will take the spot of Ben Graham, [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 29 2008

Saints Cut Kicker Mehlhaff and Punter Graham

Today the Saints made two roster moves, cutting both their kicker and punter. The team cut ties with kicker Taylor Mehlhaff, and also punter Ben Graham. As of this point, the team has not made any official roster moves to replace the duo. Both had their issues and the team needs to [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 28 2008

Cooper Brought Back to the Team Four Days After His Release

The Saints today brought back WR Terrance Cooper, just four days after he was released. Cooper was cut to make room for defensive end Jeff Charleston. It seemed that Cooper would not come back after the team signed WR Courtney Roby on Thursday, but the team decided to bring Cooper back anyway. [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 18 2008

Harrington Released; TE Ryan Signed for Shockey

The short tenure of Joey Harrington as a QB for the New Orleans Saints is over. Harrington, who joined the team as their third QB just last week, was released on Wednesday. The team released Harrington to sign TE Sean Ryan, who caught nine total passes from 2006-07 with the New York [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Sep 24 2008

Saint Bring in Harrington as Their Third QB

The Saints made a roster move today, bringing in QB Joey Harrington to be the teams 3rd QB.  The move means that Drew Brees is the one, Mark Brunell the two, and now Harrington the three.  He appeared in 12 games for the Falcons, completing nearly 62 percent of his passes for 2,215 yards, seven [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Sep 19 2008

Saints Reach Injury Settlement with Thomas

The New Orleans Saints announced on Thursday that they have reached a settlement with injured defensive tackle Hollis Thomas that would allow him to resign with the Saints at a later time rather than be lost for the season on injured reserve.
Thomas was injured in the second week of the preseason when he tore his [...]

Posted by Eric Palmer on Sep 11 2008

Saints Make Cuts to Get the Roster to 53

The Saints today made a number of roster moves to get down to the NFL manidated 53 players.  The team released former third-round guard Andy Alleman, who was a draft pick last season.  The team also placed CB Greg Fassitt (knee) on injured reserve and waived Tim Duckworth, LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar, WR Skyler Green, RB [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 30 2008

Saints Start Roster Moves; Arrington on IR; Cut Seven

Today the Saints placed seventh-round draft choice Adrian Arrington on injured reserve Friday and released seven other players. New Orleans also terminated the contract of recently acquired veteran safety Lance Schulters and waived defensive end Jeremy Geathers, tight end Ronnie Ghent, defensive end Marcus Pittman, safety David Roach, guard Isaiah Ross and tackle Brian Stamper.

Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 29 2008

Saints Announce First Round of Roster Cuts

Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis announced on Monday that the team has made the following cuts in order to meet the league maximum of 75 players on their active roster: WR Todd Blythe, S Curome Cox, FB Kevin Dudley, C Rob Hunt, and P Waylon Prather.
Blythe was an undrafted free agent from Iowa State. He [...]

Posted by Eric Palmer on Aug 25 2008