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February 7, 2012
Posted by New Orleans Saints Newsc6ab36 in New Orleans Saints News, Topix - Saints Search
New Orleans Saints targeting LSU's Frank Wilson for wide receivers coach
Reports have surfaced today that the New Orleans Saints are looking at LSU running backs coach/recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson to fill their vacant wide receivers coach position.
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February 7, 2012
Posted by Eric Freeman, Jr. in New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News, NFC South, nfl
Ricky Williams Retires: A Open Letter to the NFL's Enigma from Who Dat Nation
Dear Ricky,
Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.
We've been here before with you, but now it's different. Now it looks like you're done for good.
What is there to say? Yes, you're finishing your career with 10,009 yards and 74 total touchdowns. Only 25 people have ever rushed for more yards than you, so way to go.
That's where the kudos end.
I don't blame you for destroying two years worth of draft picks for the New Orleans Saints. I wasn't upset about our giving up the entire 1999 NFL Draft just for you.
You were the prize of the draft. You won the Heisman at Texas, sitting exactly where Stanford QB Andrew Luck sits now: universally hailed as a "once-in-a-generation" type player.
Which is why you fell to 5th in that draft, after Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith and Edgerrin James. That's right. You weren't even the first running back drafted, and we gave up our entire draft for you.
(There's actually a special note on Wikipedia on the main page of "the 1999 NFL Draft" just for you: "The New Orleans Saints traded all of their draft picks to the Washington Redskins for running back Ricky Williams, the first time ever that an NFL team has had only one pick in a draft." Lord knows we didn't need a QB, what with the team of Billy Joe Tolliver, Billy Joe Hobert, Jake Delhomme and even Lamar Smith, or as we all know him, who?
But no matter. You started for the Saints, carrying the ball over 250 times. You gained just under 900 yards, good for a 3.5 yards per rush average. Not to mention your two TDs that season.
Not before embarrassing yourself, and your whole city at that point.
Yes, we remember the dress.
As ESPN The Magazine photographer Greg Heisler put it, "Ricky was into it, and Ditka was happy with it as long as he wasn't wearing the dress."
We were all wearing the dress.
Your next two seasons were actually fairly decent, except we began to worry about whether you could take the beating required to be a starting running back. You played well in 2000 and 2001, but you were also hurt at the end of 2000, so you can't claim that "you were there" when Hakim dropped the ball.
2001 was a breakout year for you. 1,245 rushing yards is never something to laugh at, especially when you finished 8th in the NFL in rushing. But our time with you had to end.
As soon as we had a chance to trade you, we did just that, receiving four draft picks (including two first rounders) for you. The next season, you halfway made us pay, leading the NFL in rushing with 1,853 yards (just over a mile) with the Miami Dolphins.
Then came the problems.
First, the marijuana. Then the clinical depression (unless that was first). Then the early retirement in 2004.
We were honestly proud to see you again after your stint in the CFL, recovering from your depression and anxiety, and paying your dues (which included two long IR stints and a year-long suspension for the weed), but you were never the same running back.
Hell, you weren't the same guy.
We had no idea what to think of you after we gave our whole draft to the Redskins. We knew even less when you ran into problem after problem.
But considering everything you've been through, there's only one thing to say.
We're proud of you, Ricky.
All is forgiven. (Even that damn dress).
Sincerely,
Who Dat Nation
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Former Argos running back Williams retires (The Canadian Press)
Damon Allen will always wonder just how good Ricky Williams could've been the second time through the CFL.Click to read the original Saints article by Yahoo! Sports - NFL - New Orleans Saints News
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BLUE HEAVEN! FALSE START, SUPER FINISH ROLLER-COASTER RIDE TO AN UNLIKELY TITLE
INDIANAPOLIS - The Giants were living proof this season that it isn't how you start, but how you finish. And boy, what a finish it was. If anyone had suggested as late as halftime of their Christmas Eve game against the Jets that Tom Coughlin's team would go on to beat Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in Super Bowl XLVI just six weeks later, you would have demanded they get drug-tested. Standing at 7-7 after an ugly home loss against the Redskins and owners of a four-game losing streak that dropped them from 6-2 to 6-6, the Giants seemed much more liable to get Coughlin fired in January than make hotel reservations for Indianapolis in February.Click to read the original Saints article by FOXSports.com News for Saints
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New Orleans Saints hire Andre Curtis as assistant secondary coach
In another move to plug a coaching staff hole, the Saints announced Tuesday that Andre Curtis had been hired as the new assistant secondary coach. Curtis becomes the third new member of Coach Sean Payton's staff since the end of...Click to read the original Saints article by New Orleans Saints Central
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February 7, 2012
Posted by New Orleans Saints RapidReports in New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News
Payton says he, Spagnuolo share defensive vision
Sean Payton on defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo: "Steve is someone that I have known for several years, who's an outstanding football coach and is very well-respected around the National Football League... Steve shares the same vision that we do for our defense moving forward and will be a big asset to our coaching staff.”
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February 7, 2012
Posted by New Orleans Saints RapidReports in New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News
Saints hire Curtis as assistant DB coach
The Saints hired Andre Curtis as assistant secondary coach on Tuesday. Curtis coached with new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo with the Rams and the Giants. The team also finally announced the hirings of Spagnuolo and secondary coach Ken Flajole.
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February 7, 2012
Posted by New Orleans Saints RapidReports in New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News
2011 Saints position review: P -- Morstead
P Thomas Morstead has become one of the NFL's most potent special teams weapon. Morstead ranked second in the NFC in punting average and broke the NFL single-season record for touchbacks as the Saints' kickoff specialist.
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February 7, 2012
Posted by New Orleans Saints RapidReports in New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Saints News
2011 Saints position review: K -- Kasay
The Saints really lucked out to pick up K John Kasay during the preseason when K Garrett Hartley landed on injured reserve. The left-footer made 28 of his 34 field goal attempts with a long of 53 yards. Kasay will probably not return next season with Hartley ready to return, but the 42-year-old kicker can certainly still play.
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