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First-year Saints players in awe of a New Orleans phenomenon: the airport welcome parties
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By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Keith Kirkwood experienced a number of firsts on Sunday (Nov. 11). The New Orleans Saints rookie wide receiver played in his first official NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. He caught his first pass as a professional in the second quarter.
But what Kirkwood will remember most about his NFL debut occurred several hours later.
As he turned his car onto the auxiliary road leading out of Atlantic Aviation in Kenner, hundreds of Saints fans lined the street, and there among the throbbing black-and-gold masses was a sign: “I heart Keith Kirkwood...
Saints offensive line receiving extra rest after high snap totals against recent tough opponents
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By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
This season has been grueling for New Orleans Saints offensive linemen.
In five of nine games, the Saints offense has played 70-plus snaps, and in the previous five games, the team has faced some of the league’s top defensive lines in the NFL with Washington, Baltimore, Minnesota, the Rams and Cincinnati.
So, for the past two weeks, coach Sean Payton has rewarded some of the Saints offensive linemen with some extra rest.
“The Rams game was one where we backed off of practice the next week,” Payton said Thursday. “Each game...
Previewing the Saints’ offense and praying for chaos
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The Kist & Solak Show #42!
By Michael Kist | Bleeding Green Nation
As we ramp up our analysis of the New Orleans Saints entering this all-important Week 11 game it’s important to remember a couple of things. First, football is chaos. More than we would like to believe the difference in a game comes down to pure luck. Second, they play the games for a reason. Sometimes good teams get beat by lesser teams because they just get outplayed.
Those two factors are, for the most part, impossible to predict. The Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles are massive underdogs and in desperate need of both of those...
Alvin Kamara on saying the Saints would have beat Eagles in playoffs: 'Yeah, that's what I said'
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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
Alvin Kamara is convinced the Saints would have beat the Eagles in the playoffs last season.
The Saints running back didn’t mean any disrespect. He just simply believes in the talent of his team, and he thinks New Orleans would have continued its run if it had gotten by the Vikings last season.
So, during an interview with Bleacher Report, Kamara said that the Saints would have “beat the (expletive)” out of the Eagles if they had played in the NFC title game.
“Yeah, that’s what I said,” Kamara said. “I don’t care if we’re playing against the Monstars, my team, whatever team I’m...
Saints CB Eli Apple continues to settle into the defense
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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
Each week gets a little bit better for Eli Apple.
Now that he’s been with the Saints for three games, things are getting a little bit easier and more comfortable for him, and each game has felt better than the last. But the cornerback, who was acquired by New Orleans in a trade with the New York Giants ahead of the deadline, is still trying to figure some things out.
“It’s tough to say not going through a training camp with the defense and not hearing everything as far terminology goes,” Apple said. “But that’s why it’s great to have great guys in the locker room who can help...
Saints got ‘a hell of a player’ in Demario Davis, who has led the NFL’s top rush defense
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By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
When the New Orleans Saints were looking into linebacker Demario Davis this offseason, they saw a big, fast and intelligent linebacker they could plug into their defensive system at a number of positions.
“You saw a physical tackler,” Saints coach Sean Payton recalled from his evaluation this offseason. “We saw leadership in him. We felt he had position flexibility between Will and Mike (the weakside and middle linebacker positions).”
But when Davis looked at the Saints, he did not think of how he would fit in to the Saints defense...
PFF digs deep into Taysom Hill, Saints 'cheat code'
By John Sigler | Saintswire
New Orleans Saints football player Taysom Hill has taken the NFL by storm, strutting out onto the field at nearly every position: quarterback, tight end, slot receiver, halfback, kickoff returner, gunner, and punt protector. He’s done it all, and he’s been largely successful.
Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus took a deep dive into how Saints head coach Sean Payton has gotten so much mileage out of Hill, highlighting key plays to drive his points home. Here’s the real core of the passage:
The key has been when he’s utilized. Payton often brings Hill in at quarterback in the most high-leverage situations that occur...
Should Saints scout left tackles after Armstead's latest injury?
By John Sigler | Saintswire
New Orleans Saints left tackle Terron Armstead exited last week’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals and is expected to miss most of November with a pectoral muscle injury. That’s not the worst diagnosis, and certainly not as bad as may have been feared, but it’s still not good for a player writing quite the injury history. Here’s his background, per Rotoworld:
Nov. 11, 2018: pectoral injury (to miss 3-4 games)
Dec. 24, 2017: thigh injury (missed 1 game)
June 16, 2017: shoulder injury (missed 5 games)
Dec. 14, 2016: quadriceps injury (missed 9 games)
Oct. 4 2015: knee injury (missed 3 games)...
With Terron Armstead injured, how might Saints shuffle powerful offensive line?
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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
On one play in the first quarter of the New Orleans Saints' 51-14 win Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, Terron Armstead picked up a pass rusher with one arm and slammed him to the turf.
That was the kind of season the Saints left tackle was having before he went down with a pectoral injury later in the same game. After years of battling injuries and fighting (and failing) to get fully healthy, Armstead finally did it this season — or, at least, he came the closest he can get to reaching the mark.
Now he’s going to spend some time fighting to get back to that place.
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Alvin Kamara on saying the Saints would have beat Eagles in playoffs: 'Yeah, that's what I said'
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:47:00 CSTAlvin Kamara is convinced the Saints would have beat the Eagles in the playoffs last season.
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Saints' Jermon Bushrod ready for possible first start at left tackle since 2015 with Terron Armstead out
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:45:00 CSTThe last time Saints offensive lineman Jermon Bushrod started a game at left tackle was in 2015 when he played with the Chicago Bears.
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