Saints Upbeat For OTAs Despite Brees' Absense (1 Viewer)

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With no sign of a contract breakthrough for Drew Brees on the eve of the Saints' first offseason practice, safety Roman Harper tried to look on the bright side.

"I'm actually going to really enjoy it," a grinning Harper said of practicing against backup quarterback Chase Daniel.

"We're learning a new defense and we really don't know left from right in a lot of this stuff, so you don't want to get taken advantage of with Drew," Harper continued. "You know he's going to pick us apart anyway, so why not get out here and learn what we can and can't do against Chase."

New Orleans is holding its first three offseason practices, called organized team activities, Tuesday through Thursday. Those will also be the Saints' first practices under new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.


Posted: May 21, 2012 10:38 PM by AP from katc.com

 

[ndcc]

From other parts of the article: "Drew is important to this team in a million different ways, but it doesn't mean that when he disappears the wheels are going to fall off."


Yet their primary message was that they are decidedly upbeat about returning to practice and are pulling together to overcome the team's turbulent offseason while keeping their sights set on the next Super Bowl, which will be played in New Orleans.

Brees wants a long-term deal and
"Drew's absence will be weird for sure, but we all expect him to be there in training camp," Strief added. "There's a point where, yes, it becomes an issue, but we're months from that point."

Posted: May 21, 2012 10:38 PM by AP from katc.com

Good find.

Not really "news," but lots of good nuggets in this article.

 

[Vrill]

We'll be fine and drew will be signed.

 

[soupcan dan]

New Orleans is holding its first three offseason practices, called organized team activities, Tuesday through Thursday. ."

Posted: May 21, 2012 10:38 PM by AP from katc.com

finally i know what OTA stands for----didnt want to look like a fool asking..............

 

[AARPSaint]

Please don't quote entire articles. Just give us a tease from the beginning and provide the link. Thanks.

 

[bobad]

Posted: May 21, 2012 10:38 PM by AP from katc.com

Where's the article? I don't find anything in this link.

 

[AARPSaint]

OP needs to supply it.

 

[Yasha1969]

Here's a link:
The Associated Press: Saints upbeat despite Brees' absence

It's to the original, since some moron at KATC can't spell "absence."