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Getty Images The Saints signed their entire draft class Tuesday, but they needed to create salary cap space to do it. They did that by restructuring the contract of cornerback Marshon Lattimore, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The move converts the $10.2 million of Lattimore’s fifth-year...

Getty Images Jameis Winston was the No. 1 overall pick in 2015. The team that drafted Winston won the Super Bowl six years later — after replacing him with Tom Brady. Now following a year spent as the Saints’ backup to Drew Brees and Taysom Hill, Winston has a chance to start again. He’s...

Getty Images Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore talked for the first time since the 2020 season ended. But he had nothing of substance to say about his legal issue or his contract status. Lattimore was arrested in March and charged with a fourth-degree felony of receiving a stolen handgun...

Getty Images The Saints waited more than a month to sign any of their draft picks, but they won’t drag things out any longer. According to multiple reports, the Saints have signed all six rookies they added during this year’s draft. First-round defensive end Payton Turner‘s four-year deal...

Getty Images Saints employees are doing the responsible thing and getting vaccinated. New Orleans head coach Sean Payton said all the Saints’ Tier 1 and Tier 2 employees have been vaccinated, according to Katherine Terrell of TheAthletic.com. Tier 1 employees are those who have the closest...

Getty Images The Saints may have found a veteran for their defensive backfield. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, New Orleans is bringing in Dre Kirkpatrick for a visit. Kirkpatrick most recently played for the Cardinals in 2020, appearing in 14 games and starting 11. He recorded three...

Getty Images Canadian Jevon Cottoy, a receiver/tight end, is garnering interest from NFL teams. Cottoy has worked out for the Texans, Raiders, Patriots and Saints already. He has a scheduled workout with the 49ers for next week, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Cottoy, who is 6 foot 5, 230...

Getty Images The Panthers have signed receiver C.J. Saunders, the team announced Tuesday night. They cut quarterback Tommy Stevens in a corresponding move. Stevens spent most of last season on the Panthers’ practice squad. He entered the league as a seventh-round draft choice of the Saints in...

Getty Images The Packers won’t trade the quarterback who doesn’t want to play for them because the Packers don’t believe he won’t play for them. That’s the gist of a recent report from Matt Schneidman of TheAthletic.com, and it makes plenty of sense. Schneidman writes that the Packers would...

Getty Images Taysom Hill was a quarterback when he entered the NFL, but his time with the Saints has seen him fill a lot of roles on offense and special teams. Drew Brees’ retirement has led to a shift back to his original stomping grounds, however. Hill is competing with Jameis Winston to be...

J.D. Roberts, who had a College Football Hall of Fame career as a lineman at Oklahoma and later became head coach of the New Orleans Saints, has died at the age of 88. Roberts became the second head coach in Saints history when he was named the team’s interim head coach during the 1970 season...

Getty Images The Saints drafted Cesar Ruiz in the first round in 2020 and seemed intent on playing him at center. But without a real offseason because of the pandemic, combined with training camp injuries, Erik McCoy remained at center and Ruiz started 13 games at right guard. It now appears...

Getty Images The Saints are conducting their OTAs a little differently this year, with head coach Sean Payton saying Monday that the team won’t hold formal practices. But one former player still looms over the proceedings. Mickey Loomis has been New Orleans’ General Manager since 2002. But...

Getty Images The third phase of the NFL’s offseason programs got underway on Monday with the start of organized team activities and the NFLPA’s push to have players opt not to participate in in-person work will lead to a lot of attention being paid to who takes part. Saints head coach Sean...

Getty Images The Saints were at odds with the mayor of New Orleans last season over the city’s limits on attendance at the Superdome. But with COVID-19 vaccinations going well, a full house is expected this season. Saints President Dennis Lauscha told the team’s website that there’s every...

Getty Images Taysom Hill makes more money than Jameis Winston. Bettors will make more money if Hill ends up starting for the Saints over Jameis Winston. Via DraftKings, the odds for Winston serving as the Week One starting quarterback for the Saints stand at -200. For Hill, the odds are +145...

Getty Images The 18-week 2021 NFL schedule has been released and the Saints will begin the season at home vs. the Packers. Keep reading to see the Saints’ full schedule including dates, times, opponents, prime-time games, and more. RELATED: 2021 Sunday Night Football schedule | Thanksgiving...

Getty Images Among the many things on which you can now wager (in the places where you can legally wager) is the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award. DraftKings has one player as the clear favorite for 2021: Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Prescott, who suffered a season-ending ankle...

Getty Images The Saints have made a pair of roster moves on Tuesday, bringing back one of the players they recently cut. Per the transaction wire, New Orleans re-signed defensive back Eric Burrell after waiving him with a failed physical last week. Burrell initially signed with the Saints when...

Getty Images The Dolphins claimed cornerback Trill Williams off waivers from the Saints. New Orleans cut Williams with a failed physical last week but apparently hoped to re-sign him. Instead, Williams is headed to Miami. Williams went undrafted out of Syracuse, where he made 93 tackles...