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High price of pass-rushers led to Saints' draft-day stunner

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BY Mike Triplett

METAIRIE, La. -- "It's got to be a quarterback. It must be Lamar Jackson."

That was the prevailing reaction when the New Orleans Saints made one of the biggest, boldest moves in this year's draft -- trading away next year's first-round pick and a fifth-rounder in 2018 to move up from No. 27 to No. 14.

And it was a fair reaction, considering that, well, no team in NFL history has ever made a move quite like it for a non-quarterback.

Instead, the Saints threw a curve ball, selecting defensive end Marcus Davenport from the University of Texas-San Antonio.

How rare was the move?

Full Article -- ESPN

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Drew Brees gives his thoughts about Derek Carr's retirement, Saints rookieTyler Shough

  • News source: BY MATTHEW PARAS | Staff writer
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When he first heard that Derek Carr had a shoulder injury, Drew Brees didn’t hesitate to reach out. Brees, after all, knew a thing or two about overcoming such an ailment. He offered to be a sounding board, and Carr…
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Jeff Duncan: The 2025 Saints will go as far as Tyler Shough and the Dat Pack take them

  • News source: BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
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Jennings: Saints’ projected starting offensive line

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One of the biggest remaining questions of the New Orleans Saints’ offseason is how they plan to reshuffle the trenches after selecting an offensive tackle in the first round of the NFL Draft in back-to-back years. After some thought, here’s the front five I’d feel most comfortable rolling with come Week 1:

With the ninth pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Saints selected Texas Longhorns OT Kelvin Banks Jr.

The year before, New Orleans took Oregon State OT Taliese Fuaga with the 14th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

Although Fuaga primarily played on the right side in college, a...
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A new food vendor at the Superdome? Why a large New Orleans employer is warning of job cuts

  • News source: By STEPHANIE RIEGEL | Staff writer
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The global hospitality company that provides food and beverage services at the Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center began telling employees Friday that they could be out of a job as of July 15 if the company's long-running contract with…
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What is the Saints’ toughest home game in 2025?

  • News source: Luke Hubbard
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The full 2025 NFL schedule released on Wednesday night, and with it, we finally got a look at the New Orleans Saints schedule. They have one of the easiest schedules in the league, but in my opinion, their road schedule is much tougher than their home schedule.

Of their eight home opponents, I think there’s a pretty clear two toughest games: Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers. The Bucs are defending NFC South champions and had what I thought was a pretty solid draft. On the other hand, San Fran has a really strong roster but were disappointing last season due to some injuries...
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Fleur-de-Links, May 16: Get an early look at this year's opener

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The New Orleans Saints will open their 2025 season at home against the Arizona Cardinals. Here's a look at the matchup.

As part of the Saints schedule release, they got comedian Rob Kazi to be Kellen Moore's angry translator. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out

The Saints have struggled with the first game after their bye in recent years. This year, they need to fix that.
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Saints only favored in one of 17 games for the 2025 season

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With the news on Wednesday night of the schedule release for the 2025 NFL season, the oddsmakers get to work to put odds on each game on the slate.

Even though the season is still 3.5 months away, the odds are not in favor of the New Orleans Saints.

According to most oddsmakers, the Black and Gold will only be favored in their matchup with the New York Jets, which comes on December 21 inside the Caesars Superdome. This comes a day after the schedule was released, where the Saints will not play a single prime time game in 2025, the first time that’s happened since 2000.

This doesn’t come...
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Tiering 25 rookie running backs by expected role: Lead backs, committee options and depth backups

  • News source: Mike Clay
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Which rookie RBs will make noise in 2025? We grouped 25 draft picks by expected Year 1 role, from Ashton Jeanty to Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
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Derek Carr's puzzling exit from the Saints -- and the questions that remain

  • News source: Jeremy Fowler and Katherine Terrell
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Derek Carr surprisingly announced his retirement on May 10. The decision -- and the timing -- has insiders throughout the league talking.
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Breaking down Saints 2025 schedule and making (too early) predictions on Dattitude, Ep. 375

  • News source: BY JIM DERRY | Dattitude Podcast Host
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Just how tough are opening four games against NFC West and Buffalo Bills? 6-week stretch with 1 home date could be tough to navigate, and no division games until Week 8.
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A look ahead at Week 1: Saints vs. Cardinals

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The opening game of the New Orleans Saints’ 2025 season is official, and they will be facing the Arizona Cardinals in the Superdome.

Before getting to the Saints’ side of this matchup, we have to look at what the Cardinals are bringing to the game. In recent years, the Cardinals have been highly disappointing. This is a team that has had playoff aspirations since their 11-6 season in 2021, but injuries to Kyler Murray have stopped any of those hopes. Last season, Murray was finally healthy for the whole season, but the roster was just not good enough, and they ended the season 8-9. After...
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Saints schedule speaks to respect being earned

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A small-market team with a low projected win total, in a mediocre division, with no marquee-name stars. It all adds up to the New Orleans Saints not being featured in a primetime game in 2025.
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Fleur-de-Links, May 15: Get a look at the Saints schedule for 2025

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The New Orleans Saints, for the first time since the turn of the century, will not play a game in primetime. Here's a look at this year's schedule.

The former coach of the Black and Gold will return to his former stadium to lead the Denver Broncos against the Saints.

Get to know the newest QB for the Saints, the former Iowa State quarterback who finished his career at Iowa Western.
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What are the very early odds for the Saints in Week 1

  • News source: Tina Howell
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The 2025 NFL schedule has officially been released, and we now know exactly who and when the New Orleans Saints will be facing each week this upcoming season.

In Week 1, the Saints will find themselves at home in the dome in a match up against Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals to open the 2025 season.

While it is still very early and we don’t even know who the quarterback for the Saints will be this season, our friends at FanDuel have put up some Week 1 odds which finds the Saints listed as 4.5-point underdogs with over/under at 41.5 points.

Do you agree with the early odds? Let us...
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