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Getty Images The talented pass rusher Noah Spence has experienced another setback. The Saints put Spence on the non-football injury list today, according to multiple reports. That means he will not count toward the Saints’ 90-player roster limit. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Spence...

Getty Images For the first time in 2019, pass interference was reviewable on replay. That worked so poorly that in 2020, it won’t be. And NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent says the NFL needs to learn from its mistake. Vincent told Peter King for Football Morning...

Getty Images The Saints have built a talented roster, and it skews older. That’s not just at quarterback, where 41-year-old Drew Brees is back for another push, but across the board. And all that experience, coupled with the obvious restraints created by the coronavirus pandemic have led coach...

Getty Images The Saints aren’t having a virtual offseason program in what is a different offseason for players on every team. But New Orleans is planning on a normal training camp. The Saints are scheduled to hold training camp at their team training facility in Metairie. “There’s been a lot...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Saints coach Sean Payton have exchanged texts about their teams’ Week One meeting. Payton said in an Instagram chat with Kay Adams that he and Brady have engaged in some friendly banter since Brady joined the NFC South. “Yeah, Tampa Week 1...

Getty Images The Saints added some linebacker and special teams depth. Via agent Drew Rosenhaus, the Saints have agreed to a one-year deal with linebacker Anthony Chickillo. Chickillo, a former sixth-round pick from Miami, spent the last five seasons with the Steelers. He had 7.5 sacks and...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Taysom Hill has become an oddly polarizing figure in NFL circles. Naysayers point to a limited track record at quarterback. Supporters rely on the impact he has whenever he enters a game. The biggest question regarding Hill relates to whether he’ll succeed Drew...

Getty Images The Saints have changed athletic trainers for the first time since 2000. The team has hired Shone Gipson to replace long-time head athletic trainer Scottie Patton, Luke Johnson of NOLA.com reports. Gipson started with the Saints this month, arriving with almost 20 years...

Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas easily led the NFL in receiving yards last season, and the Vegas odds say he’s got a good chance of doing it again. Thomas is the betting favorite to lead the league in receiving yards in 2020, with +350 odds at Caesars Sportsbook. Last year...

Getty Images The NFC South is about to be down to one stadium named after a German luxury car. According to a report from WDSU, the Saints’ naming-rights deal for the Superdome with Mercedes-Benz will end in 2021, and the manufacturer will not renew its sponsorship. The Saints and...

Getty Images Michael Thomas is the odds-on favorite to repeat as the league leader in receiving yards. The Caesars Sportsbook lists the Saints receiver with +350 odds. It seems a safe bet. Thomas led the NFL with 1,725 yards receiving in 2019, the seventh-best single-season mark in NFL...

Getty Images It started innocuously, with the question of whether it’s harder to catch a pass while covered by Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore or to break up a pass while guarding Saints receiver Michael Thomas. Then, Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker chimed in. Parker picked the Gilmore...

Getty Images When it comes to replay review for pass interference, the easy decision for the NFL is to dump it. The tougher decision is replacing it. Next Tuesday, the league’s owners will have a virtual meeting, their first collective conversation since the pandemic began. As one source with...

Getty Images The Saints have agreed to terms with free agent Ty Montgomery, Nick Underhill of neworleans.football reports. Montgomery has played both running back and receiver, giving Sean Payton yet another toy for his offense. The Packers made Montgomery a third-round choice in 2015. He...

Getty Images The Saints announced their acquisition of running back Ty Montgomery, and cut the cord on a previous multi-position project. In announcing Montgomery’s signing, the Saints announced the release of tight end Mitchell Loewen. Loewen signed with the Saints as an undrafted rookie in...

Getty Images The members of the Competition Committee agree that replay review for pass interference needs to go. They aren’t entirely on the same page as to why it failed, however. Last Friday, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones (a member of the committee) attributed the problems with the rule...

Getty Images There is no tanking in the NFL. Unless there is. . . . Saints coach Sean Payton hasn’t forgotten the 2014 regular-season finale when the Buccaneers blew a 20-7 fourth-quarter lead after pulling many starters at halftime and most by the start of the fourth quarter. The Saints won...

Getty Images The New Orleans Saints have situated themselves in such a way that Taysom Hill appears to be the quarterback-in-waiting for when Drew Brees elects to retire from the game. But with Hill essentially being a gadget player through his first three seasons in New Orleans and having...

Getty Images The Saints will bring offensive lineman Patrick Omameh into camp this year. Omameh, who had been a free agent for two months without any news of any teams making him offers, agreed to terms with the Saints today. Last year Omameh played in 14 games with the Saints, with one...

Getty Images Yes, Saints coach Sean Payton has questions about whether the league will explore former Steelers linebacker James Harrison’s claim that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin gave Harrison “an envelope” after Harrison was fined $75,000 for an illegal hit in 2010. No, Payton doesn’t expect to...