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Getty Images The 2020 season included a historic Christmas Day game for Saints running back Alvin Kamara, who scored six touchdowns. The game was a ratings bonanza. So with Christmas 2021 landing on a Saturday, the NFL is thinking about jamming another gift into our collective stocking. Peter...

USA TODAY Sports Whether it happens this year or next year, it seems inevitable that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson officially will ask the Seahawks to trade him. When the official request comes — or when the offers arrive from the Cowboys, Bears, Raiders, or Saints — who with the Seahawks...

Getty Images New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell posted a recruiting pitch to Russell Wilson, attempting to lure the quarterback to the Saints. Seattle’s mayor didn’t react kindly to New Orleans’ proposition. Jenny Durkan, Seattle’s mayor since 2017, tweeted back to Cantrell: “I love you, Mayor...

Getty Images Russell Wilson has made it clear that he’d accept a trade to the Saints, along with three other teams. And even though Drew Brees has yet to retire (and still possibly won’t), New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell has made her pitch for Wilson to join the Saints. “I’ve heard the...

USA TODAY Sports Drew Brees is retiring. Unless he isn’t. Fitness trainer Todd Durkin recently posted a video on Instagram that shows Brees pushing a weighted sled while Durkin utters a string of superlatives: “What is he doing? . . . Drew, what are you doing? OK, he’s never done that! . . ...

Getty Images With Russell Wilson‘s agent identifying the four teams for which Wilson would waive his no-trade clause, the message becomes clear. If any of those four teams — Raiders, Bears, Saints, Cowboys — want Wilson, now is the time to make a move. So will one or more of them make a move...

Getty Images At this point, Russell Wilson hasn’t requested a trade. But we do know the four destinations for which Wilson would waive his no-trade clause. The news that Wilson would be willing to head to New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas, or Dallas has created some ripple effects across the...

Getty Images Agent Mark Rodgers has confirmed to ESPN something that PFT reported 13 days ago: Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has not yet requested a trade. But Rodgers took it a huge step farther. Wilson told ESPN that Wilson wants to play in Seattle “but, if a trade were considered, the...

Getty Images Three weeks ago today, Saints coach Sean Payton said on PFT Live that the team expected an announcement from quarterback Drew Brees regarding his future within a week or a week and a half. The silence from Brees has become deafening. All signs continue to point to retirement, with...

Getty Images Saints defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins is headed into free agency for the first time and he knows that his health is a question that teams will have this season. Rankins tore his left Achilles in the 2018 playoffs and then had surgery on his right Achilles the next year to...

Getty Images Veteran offensive lineman Nick Easton has drawn interest from four teams after his release from the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago, according to NFL reporter Josina Anderson. Easton was cut by the Saints in a salary cap move as they were well over the cap. However, the Saints...

USA TODAY Sports Tiger Woods was on his way to meet NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Justin Herbert when he crashed his car in a rollover accident in the Los Angeles area Tuesday, Shelley Smith of ESPN reports. Woods reportedly was running late for a scheduled photo shoot with Brees and...

Getty Images On a February 3 appearance on PFT Live, Saints head coach Sean Payton said that he expected quarterback Drew Brees to make an announcement about his plans for the 2021 season in “the next week, week-and-a-half.” We’re closing in on three weeks since that appearance and there’s...

Getty Images Zach Strief is returning to the Saints as assistant offensive line coach. After Strief’s playing career ended, he spent three years calling play-by-play on WWL and the Saints Radio Network. “The opportunity to help the Saints bring another world championship is just too great for...

Getty Images The Steelers, fully aware that they may not have enough around quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to justify bringing him back for another year, suddenly seem to be ambivalent about an ongoing relationship. So if (and it’s still a fairly big if) the Steelers decide to sever ties with...

Getty Images Wayne Nunnely, who spent 16 years coaching the defensive line in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos has died at age 68, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas announced. Nunnely retired from coaching following the 2011 season after a three-year...

Getty Images All signs pointed to Drew Brees retiring from the Saints, even before he slashed his 2021 salary as part of a broader plan to manage the salary-cap reckoning. However, Brees still hasn’t announced his intentions. Given the estimate provided two weeks ago by Saints coach Sean...

Getty Images New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is providing sponsorship for a car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for this weekend’s race the Daytona International Speedway Road Course. Kamara will sponsor the No. 6 JD Motorsports with Gary Keller car driven by Ryan Vargas. The car...

Getty Images Tuesday’s PFT Live included an experimental exercise that could have been good, or it could have been bad. It ended up being more good than bad. Or, more accurately, it was fun for us to do. Whether it was good or bad is for you to decide. We played a word association game, based...

Getty Images If the Saints are able to fill up the Superdome in 2021, they won’t actually be filling up the Superdome. As recently explained by Luke Johnson of NOLA.com, via Sports Business Daily, renovations at the Super Bowl will remove 4,300 seats for the coming season. The Saints currently...