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Jairus Byrd's turn to shine for improving Saints defense, and other practice observations
By Larry Holder, NOLA.com
My mentions of Jairus Byrd haven't been all too plentiful during this year's New Orleans Saints training camp.
It's a give and take with this.
The give involves not mentioning Byrd too often for his performance in practice. The young cornerbacks have taking much of the headlines with their stellar play on a near-daily basis.
The take is that Byrd has been a staple with the first-team defense essentially the entire camp. That hasn't been the case by any means the last two offseasons. Byrd has been ready and able for the Saints, and never been a real liability for the improving defense.
I noticed Byrd more for his playmaking abilities during Monday's first training camp practice session back at the team's facility in Metairie. Drew Brees probably noticed him, too.
Brees lined up the offense on a red zone team drill during the afternoon session. The quarterback looked for Brandon Coleman on a crossing route. Brees' pass flew high (even though I'm not sure how Coleman made the effort to put his hands up) into the hands of the leaping Byrd behind Coleman.
MORE -- Times-Picayune
Jairus Byrd's turn to shine for improving Saints defense, and other practice observations
By Larry Holder, NOLA.com
My mentions of Jairus Byrd haven't been all too plentiful during this year's New Orleans Saints training camp.
It's a give and take with this.
The give involves not mentioning Byrd too often for his performance in practice. The young cornerbacks have taking much of the headlines with their stellar play on a near-daily basis.
The take is that Byrd has been a staple with the first-team defense essentially the entire camp. That hasn't been the case by any means the last two offseasons. Byrd has been ready and able for the Saints, and never been a real liability for the improving defense.
I noticed Byrd more for his playmaking abilities during Monday's first training camp practice session back at the team's facility in Metairie. Drew Brees probably noticed him, too.
Brees lined up the offense on a red zone team drill during the afternoon session. The quarterback looked for Brandon Coleman on a crossing route. Brees' pass flew high (even though I'm not sure how Coleman made the effort to put his hands up) into the hands of the leaping Byrd behind Coleman.
MORE -- Times-Picayune