Archive for August 2010
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NFL team reports: What we learned in the NFC South (SportingNews.com)
What SN's NFC South correspondents learned watching training camp and exhibition games: ATLANTA FALCONS 1. The defense will gamble on third down. Last season, opponents converted on third down a league-high 45 percent of the time. You would think coordinator Brian VanGorder had turned into a blitz master during preseason. They are experimenting, trying to figure out a way to get off the field. 2. DE Kroy Biermann is a fine complement to John Abraham.Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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Supa Saint Calls a Truce with Vikings Fans
Supa Saint Calls a Truce with Vikings Fans
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Brees' drive appears undiminished by accolades (The Canadian Press)
METAIRIE, La. - Drew Brees stood alone on the goal line, reflecting on everything that went wrong in practice. Then he took off, running the length of the New Orleans Saints' practice field several times over.Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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New Orleans Saints - Drew Brees - United States - Louisiana - Metro Areas and Regions
Brees' drive appears undiminished by accolades
Drew Brees stood alone on the goal line, reflecting on everything that went wrong in practice. Then he took off, running the length of the New Orleans Saints' practice field several times over.
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Merriman taking it slow in return from injury (The Canadian Press)
SAN DIEGO - Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman won't play in Thursday night's exhibition finale at San Francisco due to an Achilles' tendon injury, and there's no guarantee he'll play in the regular-season opener Sept. 13 at Kansas City.Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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New Orleans Saints Repeat? Troy Aikman Says Too Many Things Need To Go Right
Doubt all about New Orleans now
"I don't know that it's a big deal, but it's more than just a little blip. As good as New Orleans has been all season long, for the last month they've not been good...Now, they've lost two in a row...They must be doubting themselves a little bit as they go into the playoffs."
~Troy Aikman, Sporting News, January 1, 2010
Only a fool or a donkey tries the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Yet, Troy Aikman is saying once again this year that the Saints are all hat and no cattle. You see, Aikman is a former Cowboy and Cowboys are fond of saying things like that.
Aikman's first NFL game as starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys was a 28-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints and it seems the Golden Boy has really never gotten over it.
It was such a drubbing that Jimmy Johnson's hair was all out of sorts when the final seconds ticked off the clock.
As the Saints approached the playoffs last January, Aikman was not a big believer in the team's chances to advance, and he assured Dallas Cowboys fans that those Bayou Boys really had no chance at all. He talked about all the games they could've lost and should've lost.
Aikman sounded like Jim Mora with all that could've, would've, should've talk.
Seems Troy is back to his old ways.
In an August 30, 2010 Sporting News column titled, "A lot of things—maybe too many things—need to go right for the Saints," Aikman begins by offering the obligatory praise that the national media offers before putting the proverbial screws to the Saints.
"I like the Saints, and I think they're going to be really good again this season," writes Aikman. "With Brees at quarterback and most of the supporting cast back, the offense shouldn't lose its edge. It well could be the best offense in the league."
"BUT," adds Aikman, "there are reasons to think returning to the Super Bowl will be no easy task."
Somehow, you just knew Golden Boy Aikman wouldn't view the New Orleans Saints as a team on the rise. With the exception of Jon Gruden and Trent Dilfer, no one in the national media would bet the mortgage payment on the Saints these days.
Aikman sees three reasons why, in his view, the only way the Saints will be at the Super Bowl is with a ticket. First, the former Dallas QB views the New Orleans defense as average at best.
Aikman is another national media guy who believes all those turnovers the Saints generated in 2009 was luck.
Smoke-n-mirrors they say.
Writes Aikman: "Conventional wisdom would say the Saints had a great defense last season. Coordinator Gregg Williams' aggressive, attacking unit was second in the league in creating turnovers...but a closer inspection shows that the defense was middle of the road—if not below-average—in a lot of areas."
Yeah, it's a damned shame for the Indianapolis Colts that the below-average defense you speak of, Troy, did not show up in Miami last February.
Guess that was a fluke...an aberration...eh, Troy?
Golden Boy Troy also says the NFC South competition will likely be too tough for the Saints, citing that since 2002, "each of the NFC South teams has won the division once, and the last-place team has finished first the following six times."
"Here's something else: We're discussing the chances of New Orleans' repeating as Super Bowl champion, yet no NFC South team has won back-to-back titles," says Aikman in Sporting News.
Perhaps, Troy is a little ticked that BP has looked like a more efficient unit than the Cowboys offense this preseason.
Finally, Aikman thinks the Saints just don't have the hunger anymore after winning it all last season.
"A lot of things have to go a team's way for it to win a championship, and it seemed like a lot went the Saints' way last season," writes Aikman. "The Saints can't expect that things will fall into place like that again this season."
"More than that is that teams sometimes lose a little bit of their edge after reaching the pinnacle.
"The Saints are about to find out what most of the previous 43 Super Bowl champs learned. Winning is hard. Repeating is harder."
Yeah, and finding the end zone has been so damned hard for your Cowboys lately, Troy.
Who the hell knows?
Jerry Jones may be calling you out of retirement soon.
You and Favre are about the same age, right?
You are coming to the party next Thursday night in the Superdome, aren't you, Troy?
Just wouldn't be the same without you.
Read more New Orleans Saints news on BleacherReport.com
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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton plays 60 with Williams School
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton visits Williams School to talk to kids about how important it is to exercise....Click to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints Central
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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton plays 60 with Williams School
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton visits Williams School to talk to kids about how important it is to exercise....Click to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints Central
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Wednesday Practice Report
Sharper Update, Daniel-Ramsey Battle and Roster cutsClick to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints : News
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