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By Ralph Malbrough / Contributing Writer | WWL-TV

NEW ORLEANS — Thomas Morstead won his second NFC special teams player of the week award in 2019 for his performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars and it got me to thinking. Morstead has quietly become one of the most beloved Saints players of all time, which for a punter is sort of amazing and ridiculous.

It's such a New Orleans thing and I love it so much.

On my podcast in the offseason, I asked the question, “If Bill Belichick, who is basically a Thomas Morstead groupie if you ever listen to him talk about punting, offered the Saints a 1st round pick for Morstead should the Saints say yes? The results were heavily in favor of the Saints refusing the offer and keeping Morstead.

In what hypothetical world do you turn down a 1st round pick for a punter? In New Orleans. But why?

Thomas Morstead is amazing at his job and his game in Seattle was a master class on punting a football and an exhibition showing how great punting can swing a football game. Morstead is the greatest punter in Saints history but a 1st round pick for a punter seems so irresistible, why would 64% of people in a poll refuse that trade?

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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

The New Orleans Saints may have struck gold with Erik McCoy, their top pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. McCoy hasn’t just filled in for Max Unger after the Saints’ longtime center retired — he’s been an upgrade. According to the analysts at Pro Football Focus, McCoy is one of the ten best rookies on the year so far.

What’s most impressive isn’t that McCoy is outperforming the rest of the rookie class (including centers drafted ahead of him like Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Garrett Bradbury, and Elgton Jenkins, who the Green Bay Packers picked four spots before the Saints traded up to get McCoy, only to move Jenkins to left guard despite his college success at center). McCoy is playing like a top-five center throughout the entire NFL. Here’s what PFF analyst Anthony Treash wrote about McCoy’s first month-and-a-half on the job:

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By Field Level Media

The New Orleans Saints will go for five wins in a row when they visit the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon.

They might have to do so without star running back Alvin Kamara, who reportedly is dealing with a high-ankle injury.

Oh, and they expect to remain without quarterback Drew Brees, who is recovering from thumb surgery.

But New Orleans (5-1) is undeterred. They have won four consecutive games with Teddy Bridgewater under center and with determined groups on offense, defense and special teams. All five Saints victories this season have come by single digits.

“We know that when we’re out there playing, it’s going to take all 11 guys on the football field to win these football games,” Bridgewater told reporters after the Saints’ latest win, a 13-6 decision over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Just in time for the end of the Drew Brees era, the Saints built a defense that can take
over as the backbone of the franchise.

By Adam Stites | SBNation

It wasn’t that long ago that the Achilles’ heel for the New Orleans Saints was their awful defense. The team was bottom five in the NFL in points allowed in 2014, 2015, and 2016. That dragged an elite offense to a 7-9 record three straight years.

When the defense finally shaped up to become a middle-of-the-pack unit, the Saints were a playoff team again.

Now — for the first time since Drew Brees signed with the Saints in 2006 — defense is the reason why New Orleans is a contender.

The post-Brees era isn’t far off the horizon, but now it doesn’t look so scary for the Saints. The young group of defensive talent stands to carry the team for the foreseeable future.

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