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By John Sigler | Saintswire

There must be some sort of agreement between the teams in the NFC South that one team must wear a terrible numbers font on their jerseys at all times. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ushered in the Tom Brady era with a flourish by ditching their maligned, digital alarm clock-styled uniforms, opting instead for the most generic red-on-white jerseys you could imagine.

Not to be outdone, the Atlanta Falcons introduced their own new uniforms: and boy, are they ugly. Featuring an ill-advised color gradient from red to black — looking more like an old Texas Tech alternate than an NFL kit — the jerseys are offset by a two-tone font for the numbers that tries to create a three-dimensional illusion. Instead, it looks like nothing so much as a child’s unfinished coloring book.

Funnily enough, the Falcons’ new black-on-black look is a near-match for the uniform worn by Adam Sandler in his 2005 film “The Longest Yard,” which the Carolina Panthers official Twitter account was helpful enough to highlight:

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By John Sigler | Saintswire

The contract between the New Orleans Saints and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders was processed earlier this week, with details on the agreement coming to light on Wednesday. Those included reports for what Sanders will count against the Saints salary cap not just in 2020, but in the following year — and the year after that.

Per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, Sanders received a fully-guaranteed $8 million for 2020, while he is due a non-guaranteed $8 million in 2021. An automatically-voided year for 2022 is also on the books, which is simply for salary cap accounting purposes. Sanders also agreed to $1.5 million incentives for receptions totals in 2020 and 2021.

Naturally, it’s a little more complicated than that. Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reported that Sanders received a $6 million signing bonus (prorated across the next three years) as well as a guaranteed $2 million base salary in 2020. That means his first-year salary cap hit is just $4 million.

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By John Sigler | Saintswire


The New Orleans Saints showed an early interest in one of the busiest prospects in this year’s NFL draft class, scheduling a private visit with Notre Dame safety Alohi Gilman before travel restrictions related to the novel coronavirus prohibited those sort of face-to-face meetings.

Justin Melo over at Draft Wire reported that the Saints were one of five different teams to pencil Gilman in for a private visit; of that group, only the Saints have yet to circle back and speak with Gilman over a video chat service like FaceTime or Zoom. In total, he’s virtually met with seven different teams. There are still two weeks left before the 2020 draft kicks off, so the Saints (and other teams around the league) have plenty of time to reach out to Gilman’s camp for an interview, if they choose. ...

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By Patrick Walker | CBS Sports

Emmanuel Sanders had options when deciding where he'd play football in 2020. The veteran wide receiver was only one quarter away from landing his second Super Bowl ring when Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs mounted a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, but Sanders is now in position to potentially get another shot a second Lombardi hoist. He signed a two-year contract with the New Orleans Saints in this year's NFL free agency spree -- a deal that could pay him upwards of $19 million and unites him with future first ballot Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees and offensive guru Sean Payton.

Sanders' decision to take his talents to The Boot might've been additionally influenced by his grandmother's wishes, seeing as he also had the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys on the line, but Brees announcing his return for 2020 absolutely played a part in his travel plans. ...

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By Neworleanssaints.com

The New Orleans Saints announced today that they have re-signed guard/center Cameron Tom. The announcement was made by Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.

Originally signed by New Orleans as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Mississippi in 2017, Tom started the season on the practice squad and then was on the 53-man roster for the last ten regular season games and both postseason contests. The Baton Rouge native appeared in 11 regular season games and both postseason contests with one start in 2018. Tom played at left guard in a come-from-behind victory at Baltimore on October 21, stepped in at center in a winning effort on December 17 at Carolina and opened the regular season finale at right guard. Tom spent the 2019 season on Injured Reserve. ...

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