Saints stuff in today's MMQB

A couple of things in King's column caught me eye.

First, the negative. King describes the NO market for football as "struggling". I realize NOLA is still struggling from Katrina but the local support for the Saints has been fantastic.

But with the salary cap $29 million higher than that this year, and rising $7 million next year, struggling markets like Buffalo and Jacksonville and New Orleans are playing in a different league than the haves right now. And it's getting worse each year.

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Good news on Meachum's future -- indirectly.

Ran into Cowboys COO and director of player personnel Stephen Jones at the meetings, and he raised a good point about rookie receivers. "I would argue that, other than quarterback, receiver is the toughest position to get players to come in year one and make a real impact,'' Jones said.

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