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By Joel A. EricksonThe biggest hit of Saints' training camp so far was laid by a guy competing to be the backup quarterback.Granted, New Orleans is not in pads yet, so there's not supposed to be much hitting at all, but Taysom Hill obliterated Arthur Maulet on a kickoff coverage on Friday, a...

By Joel A. EricksonEvery player in the NFL handles the offseason differently.Even the reigning Rookies of the Year. With 17 days left before the first practice of training camp, Alvin Kamara said he feels like the offseason has dragged on too long, and Marshon Lattimore feels like the...

By Joel A. EricksonDays after the NFL collectively broke minicamps across the country last week, scattering players and coaches for their final offseason break, the field at the Saints' indoor facility was full.Three hundred kids dotted the field, catching passes at one station, working on...

By Joel A. EricksonIf everything goes according to plan, the New Orleans Saints will open training camp at the end of July with all five members of one of the NFL's best offensive lines healthy and ready to go.But that doesn't mean there is no position battle brewing up front.For the...

By Joel A. EricksonThe New Orleans Saints added a flourish to their practice fields for the team's mandatory minicamp this week in remembrance of their late owner, Tom Benson, who died in March.Benson's initials, T.B., are painted at midfield on both of the team's practice fields.The...

By Joel A. EricksonAlex Anzalone has been through this before.The promise, the flash of ability, the season-ending injury to his right shoulder.For a player whose career at Florida was stunted by repeated injuries to that same right shoulder, the dislocation Anzalone suffered in the...