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USA TODAY Sports The Saints got a couple of key offensive pieces back on the practice field Friday. Quarterback Taysom Hill and running back Latavius Murray were both limited participants in their only on-field work of the week. Hill hurt his knee last weekend and Murray injured his quad...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said earlier on Friday that Ronald Jones will be a game-time decision. Officially, the running back is listed as questionable. Jones (quad/finger) did not practice on Wednesday, but was a limited participant on Thursday and Friday. He was active...

Getty Images Just two days before a playoff game, a Saints player has tested positive for COVID-19. Saints backup center Will Clapp has tested positive, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. Clapp doesn’t get much playing time (he didn’t play any offensive snaps, and only four special teams...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians likes to say, “No risk it, no biscuit.” On Sunday, when he tries to beat the Saints for the first time as head coach in Tampa Bay, there will be no extra “risk it.” Asked by reporters on Friday whether he’ll coach more aggressively on Sunday night in...

Getty Images In both of this year’s Bears-Saints games, Saints cornerback CJ Gardner-Johnson talked trash to a Bears wide receiver, only to have that receiver ejected for punching him. Bears Chairman George McCaskey had some strong words for Gardner-Johnson, and for his own player’s inability...

The first time Tom Brady took on Drew Brees, Brees threw for 293 yards for Purdue, but Brady threw for 250 yards and Michigan won 38-12. That was in 1999, when Brees was a junior and Brady was a senior. And Brady still recognizes that he’s the elder quarterback. When Brady’s Buccaneers play...

Getty Images Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your emergency COVID-19 kicker and long snapper closest. On Wednesday, Saints coach Sean Payton explained that the team had signed kicker Blair Walsh and long snapper John Denney to the practice squad just in case the team’s...

Getty Images Tom Brady is 43. As of today, Drew Brees is 42. In two days, they meet in New Orleans. If the Buccaneers lose, Brady undoubtedly will be back. If the Saints lose, Brees quite possibly won’t be. The reality that Brady will see his first post-Patriots season end or that Brees may...

Getty Images When the Buccaneers played the Saints in Week One, Antonio Brown wasn’t employed. When the Bucs hosted New Orleans in Week Nine, it was Brown’s first game in more than a year. Now, as the two teams prepare for round three, Brown is ready to contribute significantly. “He’s [at]...

Getty Images The news that the Lions are hiring longtime Rams executive Brad Holmes as Detroit’s new general manager means that for the first time, the league’s new rule rewarding teams that help develop minority coaches and executives will be put into place. Holmes is a minority, so the Rams...

Getty Images The Saints’ Thursday injury report looks the same as the one they turned in on Wednesday. Running back Latavius Murray (quad), quarterback Taysom Hill (knee), and cornerback Patrick Robinson (hamstring) were out of school for the second day in a row. Murray left last Sunday’s win...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said on Wednesday that he was hopeful running back Ronald Jones would be able to practice on Thursday and Arians’ hope was realized. Jones took part in the session on a limited basis. He was active for last Saturday night’s win, but never played...

Getty Images The last time the Buccaneers faced the Saints, New Orleans won a 38-3 blowout. When they play again on Sunday, Tom Brady says, it’s going to be a different Buccaneers team. “I think we’ve certainly come a long way,” Brady said, via the team’s website. “I think we’re just going to...

Getty Images Last week, MDS and I agreed on all six games. We got four of them right. Agains the spread, MDS went 3-3. I was a pathetic 2-2. This week, we disagree on one of the four games. For the only three, we have the same winner, both straight up and against the spread. Check out all...

Getty Images The Falcons appear to have found their next General Manager. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Saints assistant G.M. of pro personnel Terry Fontenot is the favorite to land the job. No deal is expected until after the Saints have been eliminated from the playoffs. They host...

Getty Images The Saints are close to having their receiver corps back at full strength. They got Michael Thomas and Deonte Harris back from injured reserve last week. Tre'Quan Smith returned to practice Wednesday. The Saints placed Smith on injured reserve Dec. 24 with an ankle injury. Smith...

Getty Images Between them, Drew Brees and Tom Brady have a lot of everything: wins, completions, yards, touchdowns, rings (mostly belonging to Brady), awards (mostly belonging to Brady) and respect. “Tom and I have a friendship and a mutual respect,” Brees said Wednesday. While Brady has more...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is warning his team not to get caught up in trash talk. Arians noted that the officials were letting the Saints get away with a fair amount of trash talk last week against the Bears, and when Bears receiver Anthony Miller retaliated against Saints...

Getty Images Mike Evans hyperextended his knee in the Buccaneers’ Week 17 win over the Falcons but was still able to play in the wild-card win over Washington. Evans knows it could have been a lot worse. “God is good,” Evans said on Wednesday, via Greg Auman of The Athletic.com. “I dodged a...

Getty Images Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones wasn’t on the practice field on Wednesday. Jones was active for last Saturday night’s game against the Washington Football Team, but he did not play because of a quad injury that went from a minor issue to a major one in the hours leading up to...