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Top players the Saints will watch at 2019 NFL Combine

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By James Parks | 247 Sports

The 2019 NFL Scouting Combine will begin this week, with personnel from all 32 NFL teams set to gather at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis from Feb. 26 to March 4 to watch 300 college prospects as they go through testing both physical and mental, positional drills, and personal interviews.

RELATED: Saints 2019 NFL Combine schedule

Head coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, and the New Orleans Saints scouts will be on hand to take part in the event and work on building the future of the franchise.

Here is a look at the top players at each position the Saints will be watching. ...

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Fleur-de-Links, February 27: Saints plan to keep Carr as QB1

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Mickey Loomis told the media at the scouting combine that the New Orleans Saints fully intend on sticking with Derek Carr as their starting quarterback for the 2025 season.

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Saints hire Tobijah Hughley as an offensive assistant, per reports

  • News source: Tina Howell
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The New Orleans Saints have hired Tobijah Hughley as an offensive assistant, per a report from New Orleans.Football's Nick Underhill.

Hughley comes to New Orleans with 7 years of coaching experience both on the collegiate and NFL level.

He most recently served as a special assistant for football performance in 2022 under former Houston Texans head coach Lovie Smith.
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Saints to hire Bo Davis as their defensive line coach

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The New Orleans Saints staff is nearly complete, and over on the defensive side of the ball, the team has made a concerted effort to add college experience. The hires of Peter Sirmon and Terry Joseph represent this goal, and today, per Luke Johnson, the Saints have done it again with the hiring of LSU defensive line coach Bo Davis.

Player development is a massive focus for the Saints this offseason, and with the 2025 NFL Draft having one of the best defensive line groups in recent memory, why not bring in one of the top defensive line coaches in college football. Davis has had defensive...
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2025 NFL Combine: When and where to watch

  • News source: Tina Howell
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The 2025 NFL Combine presented by No Bull starts in just a few days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This annual event is where over 320 NFL prospects will have the opportunity to interview and showcase their abilities through a series of drills in front of all 32 NFL teams. The combine also gives general managers, coaches, scouts, and fans the opportunity to get to know and see the player’s talents on display ahead of the NFL Draft. Members of the New Orleans Saints including GM Mickey Loomis, new head coach Kellen Moore, Jahri Evans and Jordan Traylor are currently in attendance...
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The Saints are hiring a coach away from LSU to work with their defensive line

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The New Orleans Saints are expected to hire Bo Davis to be their defensive line coach, according to a league source, adding one of college football's most respected defensive coaches to their ranks.
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32 NFL players who should change teams in the 2025 offseason

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Here's a look at one player from all 32 teams who could use a change of scenery for the upcoming season.
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Saints GM Loomis: Carr is a QB 'we can win with'

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INDIANAPOLIS — New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis sees 11-year veteran quarterback Derek Carr as “a guy we can win with, and we’re excited about it.”

Loomis made those comments on Wednesday to a small group of New Orleans-based reporters who traveled to Indianapolis for the NFL scouting combine.

Carr has two years remaining on the four-year, $150 million contract that brought him to New Orleans as a free agent in 2023.

He is 14-13 as a starter in two seasons with the Saints, having gone 5-5 during an injury-riddled 2024 campaign. The Saints went 5-12 last season, their...
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Saints likely to stick with Derek Carr in 2025, per source

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There has been a lot of rumors swirling regarding the future of Derek Carr with the New Orleans Saints. Many thought that with the new regime, there could be a major change at the quarterback position, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

On Wednesday, Nick Underhill reported that the Saints are likely going to stick with Carr for the 2025 season.

Carr’s two-year career in New Orleans has been disappointing to say the least. In 2023, Carr was solid, throwing for 3,878 yards, 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions while leading the Saints to a 9-8 record and missing the playoffs by one...
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Saints GM Loomis backs Derek Carr as team’s quarterback

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Saints general manager Mickey Loomis made comments Wednesday in support of starting quarterback Derek Carr's remaining with the team in 2025.
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Mickey Loomis addresses whether Saints are unattractive after coaches pulled out of search

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INDIANAPOLIS — Before hiring Kellen Moore, the New Orleans Saints conducted a thorough coaching search that saw several candidates withdraw themselves from the process. And for some, that only seemed to further solidify the perception that the Saints’ job wasn’t…
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The Saints expect to be 'active' in free agency after taking quieter approach last year

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INDIANAPOLIS — When the NFL informed teams last week that next season’s salary cap was expected to fall between $277.5 million and $281.5 million, the projection was even higher than the New Orleans Saints anticipated internally.
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Saints sticking with Carr as QB1, says GM Loomis

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Saints GM Mickey Loomis indicated Wednesday that Derek Carr will be the team's starting quarterback in 2025, saying Carr is "a guy we can win with."
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Saints decision on Derek Carr coming very soon. Have they already made it? Dattitude, Ep. 349

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Common sense and reality dictates Carr will be back as the team’s starting quarterback in Fall 2025. But what can we glean from reading through the lines?
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Saints rank 12th in league on annual NFLPA report card

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The Saints ranked 12th in the annual report card rankings released Wednesday by the NFLPA.
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