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(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Mike Scott, NOLA.comSure, there's a pretty big football game going on this weekend for Saints fans. The question is, how are you going to expend that nervous energy as you wait for that late Sunday kickoff? Luckily, there are plenty...

Saints fans at a pep rally before the Saints vs. Eagles game on Jan. 13, 2019. Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneBy Ann Maloney | NOLA.comEverybody loves a winner, and that includes New Orleans area restaurateurs, bakers and grocers who see a serious uptick in business...

Saintswire | USA today PhotoBy John Sigler | SaintswireThe Pro Football Writers of America recognized New Orleans Saints defensive end Marcus Davenport by selecting him for a spot on their 2018 All-Rookie team. Davenport was the 14th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, and the Saints traded...

WR Paul Turner - USA Today photoLink to videoBy James Parks | 247 SportsOnce again, J.T. Barrett is the subject of a transaction in New Orleans.The team cut the rookie quarterback from their practice squad and signed wide receiver Paul Turner to the unit, according to a report from The...

By Jarrett Bell | USA TodayMETAIRIE, La. – You might wonder what in the world Sean Payton was thinking last weekend when, already trailing 14-0 in the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles, he essentially bet the house by calling for a fake punt on fourth-and-1 from his own 30-yard...

By Herbie Teope - Around the NFL Writer | NFL.comMETAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints shut down the Los Angeles Rams' vaunted running game, which ranked third in the league in 2018, in a Week 9 matchup, holding Todd Gurley to 79 total yards (68 rushing) en route to a 45-35 win.Sunday's...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Beau Evans, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans officials gamely jabbed back at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Tuesday (Jan. 15) after she expressed her desire to see “anybody other than the Saints” in Super Bowl 53...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneAge is just a number.It’s a popular saying, and over the past couple weeks, it was a common refrain from New Orleans Saints players as they discussed quarterback Drew Brees, who...

(Photo: SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network)By Kevin Foote | The AdvertiserThe optimistic New Orleans Saints fan was hoping the extra rest would rejuvenate the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the postseason.As it turned out, way too many areas went a different direction from the 13-win regular season in...

By Victoria Cristina | WGNOSean Payton, at 55 years old, one Super Bowl victory on the résumé and, perhaps, a second merely a few weeks away, does not have a coaching tree. Yet his roots are sturdy and strong in New Orleans, where, on Sunday, his Saints face the Rams in an NFC Championship...

(David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneAtlanta is hosting the Super Bowl this year and that city’s mayor can’t find anything nice to say about the Saints' chances. Bless her dirty bird little heart.When asked by a reporter for...

By Kevin Patra | Around the NFL WriterThe New Orleans Saints added a familiar face to help replace defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins ahead of Sunday's NFC Championship Game versus the Los Angeles Rams.NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that the Saints are signing free-agent defensive...

By Mark Maske | Chicago TribuneDrew Brees has seen it all from Sean Payton. He has seen everything, good and bad, that they've done since arriving together, quarterback and coach, in a rebuilding city in 2006 to try to upgrade the fortunes of its woebegone football team.So when Payton does...

Here's a look at the referees for both the AFC and NFC Championship gamesBy John Breech | CBS SportsThe NFL has officially announced the two officiating crews that will be working the AFC and NFC title games this weekend, and if there are any conspiracy theorists out there who also happen to...

By AP | Fox SportsMETAIRIE, La. (AP) — Mark Ingram readily acknowledges that his last game with the Saints could come Sunday, when New Orleans hosts the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game.But Ingram hasn’t given up on bucking conventional wisdom and remaining with New Orleans...

By Rod Walker | The AdvocateLos Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints (NFC Championship)When: 2:05 p.m. SundayWhere: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New OrleansTV: FoxRadio: WWL-AM, 870; WWL-FM, 105.3 in New Orleans; KMDL-FM, 97.3 in Lafayette; WDGL-FM, 98.1 in Baton Rouge; en español: WGSO-AM...

NOLA.com PhotoAmos Morale III, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune New Orleans Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata said he texted his teammate Sheldon Rankins after Sunday’s NFC Divisional playoff win against the Philadelphia Eagles to check on him and send him well wishes.Rankins was carted...

Photo - Fox SportsBy AP | Fox SportsMETAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints third-year defensive tackle David Onyemata plans to spend Tuesday — the players’ usual day off — performing some extra conditioning work at club headquarters.He is among a trio of defensive linemen likely headed for more snaps...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneWhen Ben Watson took the field in Sunday’s divisional playoff game against the Eagles, he did so with a heightened sense of things. All the emotions he typically feels on game day were...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneAndrus Peat didn’t make any excuses on Sunday.In the New Orleans Saints win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round, Peat struggled at times as a hand injury impacted his...

By Brett Martel - AP | ABC NewsCoach Sean Payton the New Orleans Saints are anything but risk averse.After all, Payton's Saints won a Super Bowl with the help of a surprise onside kick nine years ago, and now New Orleans is one home victory away from its first Super Bowl since then — thanks...