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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

How can the New Orleans Saints offense improve in 2020? It could really benefit from the addition of another pass-catcher, particularly at wide receiver, but the options in free agency appear to be fairly limited. That’s a position the Saints may have to target in the draft instead. But they could achieve a similar effect by adding a pass-catching threat at another position. And if that’s a strategy that appeals to them, the Los Angeles Chargers have some intriguing free agents to consider:

• CB Jaylen Watkins
• CB Michael Davis (ERFA)
• DT Damion Square
• DT Sylvester Williams
• DT Isaac Rochell (RFA)
• FB Derek Watt
• FS Adrian Phillips
• LB Nick Dzubnar
• LB Jatavis Brown
• OC Dillon DeBoer (RFA)
• OG Michael Schofield
• OG Ryan Groy
• OG Spencer Drango (RFA)
• OG Trenton Scott (ERFA)
• QB Philip Rivers
• RB Melvin Gordon
• RB Troymaine Pope (RFA)
• RB Austin Ekeler (RFA)
• TE Hunter Henry
• TE Lance Kendricks
• TE Sean Culkin (RFA)
• WR Travis Benjamin
• WR Geremy Davis
• WR Dylan Cantrell (ERFA)

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By John Sigler | Saints Wire

The New Orleans Saints promoted assistant linebackers coach Michael Hodges to the full-time gig, but who is he? Hodges worked closely with former Saints coach Mike Nolan the last few years, so it made sense to bump him up once Nolan left for the defensive coordinator job on Mike McCarthy’s new Dallas Cowboys staff. Here’s five quick facts to know about Hodges now that he’s working in a more prominent role:

1. Hodges is in Year 4 with the Saints

Hodges has helped evaluate and coach Saints players like Alex Anzalone, Kiko Alonso, and Demario Davis.

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By Kevin Seifert | ESPN Staff Writer

INDIANAPOLIS -- NFL competition committee members remain skeptical of pass interference review. But after two days of meetings at the scouting combine, they are not yet ready to recommend an end to the one-year experimental rule.

"Overall the results were not great," Green Bay Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy said Monday. "And I think it really is putting the New York [officiating] office in a very difficult position. ... But it's still pretty early [and] we're looking at different options."

Committee members left last year's combine largely opposed to calls for replay expansion, despite a high-profile missed call in the 2019 NFC Championship Game. Ultimately, however, commissioner Roger Goodell joined a vocal group of coaches to push for a rule that no one on the competition committee initially endorsed: allowing replay review of pass interference calls and no-calls.

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By Scott Polacek | Bleacher Report

Chattanooga State Community College confirmed in a statement that assistant men's basketball coach Volonte Bell, who is the older brother of New Orleans Saints safety Vonn Bell, died in a car crash Sunday night.

"The Chattanooga State family is deeply saddened by the passing of Volonte Bell," the statement read. "Volonte was killed in a tragic car accident last night. He has been a valued member of our men's basketball coaching staff for the last three seasons and will be greatly missed."

Vonn Bell and Saints and former Ohio State teammate Michael Thomas reacted to the news on Twitter:

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