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6 Saints takeaways from the NFL Scouting Combine

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By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

The NFL combine wraps up on Monday, and it was a productive week for the New Orleans Saints.
This was the first week the team had the new members of its coaching staff together, and after some much-needed vacation this week, the group will be back to work next week as the team finishes plans for free agency, which begins March 13, and then the draft, which starts April 25.

The combine presents an opportunity for NFL teams to plot much of their course for free agency, too. With most agents visiting Indianapolis for the annual NFL Players Association’s meeting for certified contract advisors, teams try to meet with agents for as many of their pending free agents as possible.

The defensive back prospects perform their athletic testing on Monday, which will wrap up the combine, so let’s take a look on what we learned from the past week.

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