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By BT Boylan - Sports Illustrated

The New Orleans Saints are 70 days away from their Week 1 clash with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Here is a look at the greatest player in Saints history to wear #70: OT Jammal Brown

Jammal Brown, 39, spent seven seasons in the NFL, five with the New Orleans Saints. After arriving at Oklahoma as an All-state awarded DT, Brown solidified himself as one of the best OL in the country, winning the Outland Award (best interior lineman) in 2004. A unanimous All-American in 2004, Brown entered the 2005 NFL Draft regarded as the best OT in his class.

The New Orleans Saints selected Brown 13th overall in the 2005 NFL Draft. Brown started 13 games as a rookie playing at RT and made the NFL’s All-Rookie Team. In 2006, under new HC Sean Payton, Brown moved from RT to LT. Tasked with protecting the Saints' new $60M man, QB Drew Brees, Brown produced his best NFL season. Brown anchored a strong OL that led the Saints to their first-ever NFC Championship appearance in 2006. Starting in 15 games, Brown earned his first trip to the Pro-Bowl following the Saints 10-6 season. ...

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By Zack Rosenblatt | NJ.com

The 2020 NFL season will be unlike any season ever before it for a lot of reasons. Let’s focus specifically on the quarterback position.

There’s a cliche that says the backup quarterback is the most popular player in town. In 2020, the backup quarterback position has arguably never been more important.

Think about it: What if Tom Brady or Daniel Jones test positive for the coronavirus in the middle of the season? That would mean that player would, theoretically, have to sit out for two weeks, and the Buccaneers or Giants, in this case, would have no choice but to temporarily hand the keys over to the backup.

Some teams understood that this offseason and invested in backup quarterbacks, including the Giants in signing Colt McCoy.

Others strangely stood pat, like the Rams and Titans. There is still plenty of time to add another quarterback before the season — Colin Kaepernick, anyone? — but for now, let’s take a look at each team’s quarterback situation. ...

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By Jared Dubin | CBS Sports

In 2017, the New Orleans Saints came extremely close to taking a trip to the NFC title game, losing to the Minnesota Vikings on a last-second miracle pass from Case Keenum to Stefon Diggs. A few months later, the Saints traded two first-round picks to move up and select University of Texas-San Antonio pass rusher Marcus Davenport with the No. 14 overall pick, hoping that his dynamism on the edge would help push the team over the top.

Davenport struggled a bit with injuries during what was still a solid rookie season, but played only 51 snaps in New Orleans' two playoff games, the second of which was another heartbreaking loss, this time to the Los Angeles Rams. Davenport came back healthy for his second season and took a nice step forward, starting all 13 games in which he appeared and picking up six sacks, five tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, and 16 quarterback hits. He got injured again down the stretch, though, and didn't appear in New Orleans' playoff loss to (again) the Vikings. ...

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