Category: New Orleans Saints
Friday, April 19th, 2013
The Saints weren't themselves with Sean Payton serving a season-long suspension in 2012, but the defense was particularly terrible. Naturally, everyone expects Payton and Co. to select a defensive player with the No. 15 overall pick in this year's draft, but Payton says that there are times when the best ...
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints took some heat when they decided to hire Rob Ryan this offseason. Sean Payton doesn't particularly care about that heat. Now reinstated and gearing up for the 2013 season, Payton says the team did its homework and did what's best for the program.
Sean ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2013
Sean Payton is back and the New Orleans Saints are trying to forget one of the most painful periods in team history. Payton stresses that the team needs to forget about the bounty scandal and everything that took place before that. He wants to start fresh in 2013.
Sean Payton joined ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2013
Drew Brees would obviously have preferred to have played in Super Bowl XLVII last night in New Orleans, but Brees sucked it up this past week and performed as an ambassador for his adopted home city as tourists invaded the Big Easy during Super Bowl week.
Drew Brees joined Scott and ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
Sean Payton is back and thus the expectations have grown significantly for the 2013 New Orleans Saints. Sure, New Orleans was a perennial contender with Payton on the sideline, but this team looked so bad at times last year that it's tough to tell what they'll do with Payton coaching ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
This past Tuesday the NFL reinstated Sean Payton to his full time duties as head coach of the New Orleans Saints. Payton has served his time after admitting his role in the team's pay-for-performance program.
Drew Brees believes the Saints have the ability to turn things around quickly next season. The ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
It's an offseason of what-ifs in New Orleans. What if the lowered punishments of many of those involved in Bounty Gate would never have been set so high in the first place? What if coach Sean Payton's sentence would've been reduced like that of nearly everyone else? And what if ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2013
It was an ill-timed off year for the New Orleans Saints, who are out of the playoffs, and after a season plagued by the bounty scandal they won't have a chance to play when they host the Super Bowl at the Superdome this year. Drew Brees is a little bitter ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
It's been a disappointing season for the New Orleans Saints following the fallout of the bounty scandal. New Orleans has struggled to maintain consistency and the defense has been spotty at best. For a team that sits at 6-8, the Saints are looking to finish strong and also play spoiler. ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2012
The New York Giants must have been listening to Antrel Rolle last week when he stated that the defense had to play with more "dog" in order to get back to where they need to be to make another Super Bowl run. New York crushed the Saints in Week 14 ...
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