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The New Orleans Saints continue to do their homework in the trenches prior to draft day. Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report reported that the Saints were one of many teams in attendance for Illinois defensive tackle Johnny Newton’s pro day.

Newton would have been worked out last month with the rest of his Illinois teammates at the school’s pro day, but opted to have foot surgery to repair a partial Jones fracture, pushing his pro day to Tuesday, April 16.

Newton, at 6-foot-2, 304 pounds is an athletic specimen along the defensive line. His hand usage at the point of attack to go along...

The state of the NFC South looks drastically at the quarterback than it did just two years ago. Kirk Cousins is the newest signal caller in the division, but Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young and Derek Carr aren’t much more experienced than him. All three of those players are entering the second year with their teams. The division has fell a long way from the days of Cam Newton, Drew Brees and Matt Ryan.

Three of four quarterbacks in the division started their careers elsewhere, so everyone other than Bryce Young has played all four NFC South teams before. Excluding the team they currently play for, how has each quarterback fared against the rest of the division? Mayfield and Carr step into this season with a winning records, but it’s Baker Mayfield who has the best winning percentage against his divisional rivals.

Willie Gay Jr. is another young free agent who comes over to the New Orleans Saints. When the Kansas City Chiefs drafted him out of Mississippi State, Gay’s athleticism was one of his biggest strengths. That aspect of the linebacker’s game carried over to the pros. His time with the Chiefs, however, ended with changes in position and snap count.

Gay brings athleticism to a defense that severely lacked it a year ago, specifically in the front seven. Dennis Allen has made it clear Gay is here to compete with Pete Werner for the starting weak side linebacker spot. Gay’s experience in both...

The New Orleans Saints clearly need to better the offensive line in 2024.

With expert mock drafts pouring in as the NFL Draft looms near, many analysts have the Saints taking an offensive lineman. Let’s review how former first-round offensive linemen have fared in New Orleans.

Trevor Penning (2022)

Pick: 19

College: Northern Iowa

Carson’s Grade: D

Penning has struggled to find his path since arriving in New Orleans in 2022, which is partially due to injuries. He played in all 17 games last season but only started in five of them. The Saints took a gamble with Penning, and currently...

Running back Kendre Miller was drafted in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. He was expected to make an immediate impact, but unfortunately, the injury bug was hungry for fresh blood.

Miller missed nine games due to injury in 2023. He entered the season rehabbing a right knee injury. After playing his first career game on Sept. 24 against the Green Bay Packers, he played the next six weeks before sustaining another injury - this time to his ankle.

He returned for the final game of the 2023 season against the Atlanta Falcons. This game, though seventeen weeks...

We’re about a week away from the 2024 NFL draft, which means some of the draft’s most accurate forecasters are finally comfortable sharing what they’ve heard. One analyst to watch closely is NFL.com’s Peter Schrager, who has a lot of sources around the league and generally has a strong pulse for how teams are wanting to move in the draft.

But Schrager’s pick for the New Orleans Saints in his first mock draft is hardly unique. He went with Oregon State right tackle Taliese Fuaga as an ideal replacement for Ryan Ramczyk. We’ll let him explain:

Fuaga has drawn comparisons to Ramczyk...

The New Orleans Saints have scheduled their second Top-30 prospect visit of the 2024 NFL draft. One of the invited prospects is Western Michigan’s defensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland (See Full List Here).

Marshawn Kneeland solidified his status as a rising star in the NFL draft process with a standout performance at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. He was one of 321 players invited to the prestigious event, having previously impressed scouts at the Senior Bowl earlier this year.

At the Combine, Kneeland’s physical attributes turned heads. Standing at 6-foot-3 and 267 pounds, he possesses...

Last year, the New Orleans Saints invested a lot of resources at defensive tackle. Not only did they sign a pair of starters in Khalen Saunders and Nathan Shepherd, but they also used the 29th overall pick to draft Clemson’s…

The former Appalachian State star returns to the New Orleans Saints as a key piece of depth for the secondary.

We take a look at the biggest draft busts in franchise history for the Black and Gold.

The former Oklahoma star tackle is ready to make an impact at the next level. Some people believe his best fit is with the New Orleans Saints.

"Buyer beware" has always been the motto of the league for the annual draft. New Orleans has certainly not been immune from bad buys.

You won’t find Derek Carr, Andy Dalton, and Drew Brees mentioned in the same conversation too often, but that’s where we found ourselves here. Bleacher Report’s Derrick Klassen shared his scouting report on Oregon quarterback Bo Nix, a prospect in the 2024 NFL draft, and offered a couple of different pro comparisons for Nix: Carr, Dalton, and Brees.

Incidentally, all three of them have played for the New Orleans Saints. And that’s where this comparison falls apart. Brees of course accomplished a Pro Football Hall of Fame-worthy career in black and gold. Dalton spent a single year in New...

The New Orleans Saints announced that they have re-signed cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles to a one-year deal.

Jean-Charles was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 5th-round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He spent 2 years with the Packers before moving on to the San Francisco 49ers practice squad.

In November 2023, Jean-Charles was signed to the Saints practice squad. He was later signed to the active roster on January 4th. Jean-Charles played in three games, mostly on special teams.

Details of his contract are not yet available.

There isn’t a new punter kicking for the New Orleans Saints, but the one they have will be wearing a new number. Second-year pro Lou Hedley has given up his No. 39 jersey to switch to the more-appealing No. 15, per the team website. It’s a new number for him after he wore No. 94 in college at Miami.

So who will be wearing his old jersey number? Right now, that’s been assigned to rookie kicker Charlie Smyth. So the Saints’ Australian punter will be wearing No. 15 and their Irish kicker is using No. 39.

Fans should expect some competition to be brought in for Hedley, though it’s likelier...

The New Orleans Saints offseason program kicked off on Monday with players reported for voluntary workouts and weightlifting sessions, officially sliding the calendar into 2024. Everything that develops from here — the 2024 NFL draft, minicamp in May and June, training camp out in California in August, and the start of the season in September — starts with this grind at the team headquarters in Metairie in April.

Some players and coaches are feeling more pressure than others. The Saints are in a bad way amid a three-year playoff drought and the twin departures of Sean Payton and Drew Brees, longtime faces of the franchise. Few teams have spent more money and had less to show for it than the team’s ownership group led by Gayle Benson. If the Saints are going to end that streak and get where they want to go, it’ll be because some of these six people stepped up big-time: