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Getty Images The Saints are signing receiver Bennie Fowler, Nick Underhill at NewOrleans.Football reports. Fowler, 29, played eight games for the Giants last season and made 23 catches for 193 yards. He also rushed for 20 yards. The Giants released Fowler in November. Fowler entered the NFL...

Getty Images It’s a strange time in America, and among those who have a vested financial and/or rooting interest in the success of sport. Some insist that the articulation of any possibility of sport struggling to thrive during the worst pandemic in more than a century comes from a deep-seated...

Getty Images Most teams are just trying to get healthy players into the building to start training camps at the moment. In some places, they’re already thinking ahead to the final game of the season. During a videoconference with reporters Thursday, Saints left tackle Terron Armstead made it...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara is entering the fourth and final season of the contract he signed as a third-round pick in 2017 and that’s led to thoughts of a contract extension this offseason. Kamara said in April that he’d like a deal that allows him to remain in New Orleans...

Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic is changing everything about the way sports conduct business. That goes so far as to include the licking, the spitting, and the snot that comes with human beings. In a detailed (perhaps overly detailed depending on when you ate) look at the problems with...

Getty Images It’s hard to call what Larry Warford‘s doing opting out, since he doesn’t have a contract to opt out of. Either way, he’s not playing this year. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the three-time Pro Bowl guard isn’t playing this year, despite multiple offers. He’s planning to...

Getty Images The Saints lost another backup tight end to a leave of absence. Jason Vander Laan has opted out of the 2020 season, according to the NFL’s transactions report. Fellow tight end Cole Wick‘s decision to opt out was reported earlier Tuesday. Their departures leave the Saints with...

Getty Images The list of NFL players opting out of playing in 2020 continues to grow on Tuesday. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Saints tight end Cole Wick has chosen not to play this season. Wick ended last season on the Saints’ practice squad and signed a future contract with the...

Getty Images The Saints waited longer than most other teams to start signing their draft picks, but they got them all done in one fell swoop. The team announced Monday that they have all four of their picks under contract. First-round offensive lineman Cesar Ruiz‘s four-year deal comes with a...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees is making a $5 million donation to help his community stay healthier. Brees just posted on social media that he was donating that sum in partnership with Ochsner Health “to build numerous healthcare centers throughout Louisiana in the communities that...

Getty Images With training camps opening this week, Jadeveon Clowney remains a free agent. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas wants to change that. Thomas went on Twitter Saturday, perhaps inspired by the news that the Seahawks had traded for Jamal Adams, and said the next big move in the NFL...

Getty Images The NFL salary cap usually grows each year. Next year, it’s expected to shrink. And some teams are going to feel the pinch. Friday’s agreement between the NFL and NFL Players Association guarantees that the salary cap won’t drop any lower than $175 million, but even that...

Getty Images John Kuhn entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie out of Shippensburg University and ended up making three Pro Bowls and winning two Super Bowl rings. He feels for the undrafted rookies this year who won’t get the same opportunity to prove themselves that he did. Kuhn noted that...

Getty Images Monday’s PFT Live looked at the defensive players with whom we’d start a franchise. On Tuesday, we flipped it around — with a caveat. Other than quarterback, which offensive players would you want to start a franchise with? Our choices are contained in the attached video (i.e...

Getty Images Former Saints and Seahawks center Max Unger says he has lost 60 pounds in the 18 months since he last played, and he says that has to be the priority for a retired offensive lineman. Unger says he’s now down to “240ish” after he was listed at 305 in his career. “Weight loss was...

Getty Images The Saints’ only Super Bowl victory happened in 2009. It doesn’t seem so long ago since the Saints have turned themselves into annual contenders. But New Orleans has missed out on prime opportunities to win more titles. The Saints made the postseason the past three years, going...

Getty Images Several NFL players took to Twitter around noon Eastern on Sunday to blast the NFL for what the players say is the lack of a coherent plan to keep them healthy while having a safe and successful season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In tweets that were obviously part of a coordinated...

Getty Images At a time when college football seems to be facing a steep uphill climb to play in 2020, the man whose team resides at the top of the sport’s mountain believes it will happen. “My gut feeling is we’re going to play,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said, via Marty Smith of ESPN.com. “Whether...

Getty Images As the NFL and the NFLPA continue to try to work out workplace safety rules before the start of training camps, players are caught wondering what’s coming next. And depending on the last thing they hear, their confidence about what’s coming can vary. Saints defensive end Cam...

Getty Images A New Orleans judge dismissed a request to unseal records related to the competency of former Saints owner Tom Benson on Tuesday. According to Jim Mustian of the Associated Press, multiple news organizations had been seeking the release of the records as a corollary to the team...