Saints' line turns to 'unsung hero' Max Unger for leadership (1 Viewer)

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By Luke Johnson - NOLA.com | Times Picayune

The first New Orleans Saints training camp practice of the 2018 season wrapped up, and there on the field the team's new play-by-play voice was yukking it up in the middle of a group of offensive linemen.

The recently retired Zach Strief did not go far to find new employment, a job that allows the 12-year Saints veteran plenty of opportunities like these to tell stories with his old teammates. The big difference is those opportunities will not include time spent in the locker room or the huddle.

Strief's departure would seem to leave a 6-foot-7, 320-pound void in the offensive line room. But even as old teammates were pulled toward him like magnets seeking hugs and high-fives, Strief insisted this was not the case and has not been for a while.

Center Max Unger was already the guy.

"Last year, he already was," said Strief, who played just two games before an injury cut his final season short. ...

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