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By Greg Larnerd

The New Orleans Saints have assembled a strong defensive unit stemming from their 2017 draft class in which they selected two pillars of the secondary in Marshon Lattimore and Marcus Williams.

This off-season there have been some additions and subtractions but has the defense gotten better, stayed mostly the same or has gotten worse?

According to pro football focus, at the end of the 2019 season the Saints as a whole ranked 7th overall, the defense allowed 341 total points which ranked 13th and Demario Davis was the highest-graded defensive player at 90.4.

We'll go position by position group to examine the Saints defense as a whole to determine if they've gotten better, stayed mostly the same or in fact gotten worse. ...

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By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News

New Orleans Saints star Alvin Kamara shared his experience with racism and social injustice in a series of tweets on Thursday.

Kamara, the Saints’ running back, tweeted he may have experienced these injustices “on a deeper level” because his mother was an illegal immigrant when he was growing up in Atlanta. He tweeted that he’s had the police called on him at banks and has been asked to leave restaurants because the establishment he was at told him he had dressed “inappropriately.”

“I’m saying all of this to say... until you are black in America, you won’t truly understand what it is to be black in america and that’s fine. But don’t act like this doesn’t exist or isn’t real,” he tweeted.

“Black boys go from 'cute little kids' to 'threatening' within the same breath even if all they were doing was walking home. And A man walking in the wrong neighborhood becomes a casualty simply because he looks like he doesn’t belong. ...


“I’ve been in enough situations where the color of my skin was seen as a big enough threat to cost me my life. And i know there are countless others that that fit my description that could say the same.” ...

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Terence Moore | Forbes

Sorry to interrupt the glee of others around the NFL, but the New Orleans Saints will be just fine, thank you.

The combination of Drew Brees giving his version of patriotism, fuming teammates in the aftermath and protesters responding to the George Floyd murder is already yesterday’s news.

Literally. I’m not saying it’s right. I’m just saying.

The Saints are moving on with the rest of their impressive NFL lives, especially since Brees (ahem) apologized Thursday for continuing his clueless mantra of the last four years involving kneelers during the national anthem.

For nearly 24 hours, Brees had a bull’s-eye threatening to replace the No. 9 on his Saints jersey, but it didn’t matter if he responded with regret or defiance after getting ripped by even teammates for his comments.

Among the most overrated things in sports is the need for harmony in locker rooms and clubhouses at the professional level. ...

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Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press

Drew Brees is free to say what he wants. He has that right. The New Orleans Saints quarterback is also free to stand during the national anthem and place his hand over his heart and think about his grandfather who served during World War II.

None of that is illegal. Nor should it be.

But he’s not free from criticism, from others disagreeing with his opinion, or his stance, or his notion of what the anthem and the American flag symbolize — Brees said Wednesday he’d never agree with anyone kneeling during the anthem and that it was disrespectful to the flag.

The condemnation to his words was swift and wide, especially from players in the NFL, including some of his teammates. Thursday, he issued an apology. And then later that night, he issued a second apology.

His words, he said, “lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character.”

The key word here is “awareness.” A close second is “empathy.” In other words, Brees thought about what he said in the context of the backlash. ...

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By Greg Larnard | ESPN 1420

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees took to Instagram once this morning where he penned a very lengthy apology to the black community and his black teammates (Brees Issues Apology). He stated that his initial comments regarding kneeling for the flag and giving his perspective on racial injustice in this country lacked empathy.

He can't take back those words and some, like former NFL cornerback Eric Davis, said he doesn't even think he should have tried to walk back his comments and apologize for them (listen to the ED interview). Davis believes he should stand in his truth and explain exactly why he feels that way and with the apology he finds it confusing as to where exactly Brees stands now.

Personally, I believe the apology was necessary if in fact he truly believes he was wrong and not just apologizing to save face after social media torched him Wednesday. I believe Drew Brees is an outstanding person, a terrific football player, and has done a ton for the great city of New Orleans.

His initial comments did lack empathy and I truly hope he means every word he's putting out there as an apology and will use this as a moment in his life to learn and grow.

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