(Source: Craig Loper/Gray Television)
By Craig Loper and Josh Auzenne | WAFB.com
METAIRIE, La. (WAFB) - There’s nothing like the popping sound of players in shoulder pads colliding with one another and those echoing pops finally filled the air Sunday at Saints training camp.
Unlike last season when the Saints were beaten up all day by the sun on the first day of pads, a steady overcast of clouds Sunday helped with the heat quite a bit in a literal sense, but the heat was turned up, figuratively, on the third day of practice with the pads on.
"The key is for each side of the ball to ... as that momentum swings back and forth throughout the course of the practice, to be able to regain that, but overall, I thought we carried the pads well," said head coach Sean Payton. "We'll look at the film and see where we're at."
"All these practices we had with OTAs and then, the two days before not putting any pads on, it's hard to block somebody nor shed and release as a lineman with no pads on," added linebacker Craig Robertson. "So, it's good for them to finally get their hands on somebody and use their technique the way they're supposed to."
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