Sean Kelley's Saints training camp observations for Saturday, Aug. 18
By Sean Kelley | NewOrleansSaints.com
The New Orleans Saints returned to the indoor practice field Saturday at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center. Saturday’s work for the team came one day after a 20-15 exhibition loss to the Arizona Cardinals. It included time in the film room, treatment, weight training, and a full team practice. Here are some observations:
First-round pick Marcus Davenport was on the field and dressed Saturday, but was not a full participant. Coach Sean Payton anticipates that Davenport, “will work and get playing time” this upcoming week. Defensive end Alex Okafor was absent Saturday. The first team defensive ends in Saturday’s practice were Cam Jordan and Trey Hendrickson. Mitchell Loewen and Al-Quadin Muhammed worked on the second unit.
One particular period saw Coach Payton really drilling down on the details of the wide receivers lining up and running their routes. Payton was hunched over with his hands on his knees as he spoke on nearly every snap of the period. It was a lot of teaching and perhaps some cleaning up after reviewing Friday night’s tape of the game vs. Arizona. ...
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