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By Jeff Fogle | The Sun Herald

After a quick bump in the road, the New Orleans Saints got back on track last week with a 34-17 rout of the Tampa Bay Bucs as 5-point road favorites.

This week, Drew Brees and company could close as 10-point favorites or higher at home against the suddenly reeling Carolina Panthers (CBS, noon). Carolina has dropped three of its last four games, including blowouts by scores of 51-13 at San Francisco, and 29-3 last week vs. Atlanta.

Though the Saints have edges over most teams in a lot of areas, perhaps the most important is their efficient offense. Last week’s win/cover didn’t feature impressive yardage stats. In fact, Tampa Bay won total yardage 334-328 and yards-per-play 5.5 to 5.1. Why the rout? ...

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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

The 2020 Pro Bowl is months away, giving New Orleans Saints fans an opportunity to vote their favorite players into this year’s exhibition game. Fans can vote by following this link; we put together a list of all of the Saints players on this year’s ballot in this post.

Voting has been open for over a week, but no Saints players yet lead their category in votes earned, which is disappointing. It doesn’t help that the Pro Bowl’s position breakdowns are outdated, pitting fan-favorite Saints such as linebacker Demario Davis against pass rushers like Green Bay Packers star Preston Smith.

According to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, one Saints player is within striking range of first place: wide receiver Michael Thomas, who some have suggested deserves recognition as the league’s Most Valuable Player. But even Thomas, the NFL’s leader in both receptions (94) and receiving yards (1,141), trails behind someone else: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper. ...

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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

The New Orleans Saints churned their practice squad on Wednesday by waiving safety Trae Elston and signing rookie linebacker Andrew Dowell. Dowell first entered the NFL by signing with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent; before that, he started three years for the Michigan State Spartans at outside linebacker, recording 260 total tackles (15 for loss of yards). Amie Just of Nola.com first reported Dowell’s signing.

This followed a group workout for free agent linebackers on Tuesday. New Orleans reportedly tried out Dowell, Devante Bond, Alvin Jones, and Curtis Akins, who we wrote about here. Dowell must have shown the Saints what they wanted to see when compared against his peers, and ended up winning a spot on their practice squad. He will wear No. 50, per the roster listed on the Saints team website. ...

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