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Getty Images With the entire NFL sphere of influence in Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine last week, bits of information begin to circulate about what could happen as free agency approaches in the coming weeks. When it comes to the New Orleans Saints, they may have a specific target at...

Getty Images Plenty of people were waiting to find out if Drew Brees was going to play in 2020, but at least one person had a heads up on the Saints quarterback’s decision before he went public with it last month. During an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio, wide receiver Michael Thomas said he...

Getty Images The Saints are expected to hire Maryland assistant Cory Robinson, Matt Zenitz of al.com reports. Robinson coached the cornerbacks and was defensive passing game coordinator for the Terrapins. He could serve as the assistant defensive backs coach with the Saints, according to...

Getty Images This time of year rumors get thrown around a dime a dozen. Some benefit agents/players. Some benefit teams. Some are rumors for rumors sake, seeing what sticks or connecting dots. Sometimes, it’s hard to differentiate. Mike Sando of TheAthletic.com quoted an unnamed General...

Getty Images Saints defensive end Cam Jordan will spend some time recovering from surgery this offseason. Jordan told Michael Silver of NFL Media that he had core muscle surgery a couple of days after the Super Bowl. Jordan played throughthe final five weeks of the Saints’ season and he also...

Getty Images The decision by CBS to get Tony Romo under contract in advance of CBS getting the NFL under contract could make it just a little harder for the NFL to get any network under contract. Responding to the news of Romo making $17 million per year to serve as a game analyst on TV (only...

Getty Images There’s been plenty of discussion about the quarterback position in New Orleans over the last few weeks and it remained a main topic of conversation for General Manager Mickey Loomis in Indianapolis this week. Loomis said that the team is waiting for clarity on the Collective...

Getty Images Drew Brees already announced he is returning for a 20th season, his 15th with the Saints. He will not test free agency whether he has a contract completed with the Saints by March 18 or not. Teams are waiting for clarity on the Collective Bargaining Agreement before getting down...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2020 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted and restricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when...

Getty Images Darren Sproles announced his retirement this offseason, and he’d like to think he’ll be under consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in five years. Asked by TMZ.com if he sees himself as a Hall of Famer, Sproles said he hopes so. “I hope so, but I don’t know. I’ve got to...

Getty Images The Saints have been in need of a linebackers coach since Mike Nolan left the team to become the defensive coordinator in Dallas and they’ve settled on a replacement. Per multiple reports, the team will be promoting assistant linebackers coach Michael Hodges to fill the role...

Getty Images Volonte Bell, the older brother of New Orleans Saints safety Vonn Bell, was killed Sunday night in a multi-car accident in Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bell was driving a Honda Civic that didn’t slow down and struck a trailer being towed by...

Getty Images Drew Brees announced he plans to play in 2020 and he plans to play for the Saints, which leaves the matter of putting a deal together that makes that happen. It’s not a situation causing much stress for head coach Sean Payton. Payton appeared on WWL Radio on Wednesday that the two...

Getty Images Drew Brees announced on Instagram earlier Tuesday that he will return for 2020. Some will view that as bad news for Taysom Hill. It means Hill will not start for the Saints in 2020. Hill, though, sees it as good news for Brees, the Saints and himself. After the news of Brees’...

Getty Images At $244.7 million and counting, Drew Brees will surpass Peyton Manning ($248.7 million) and Eli Manning ($252.3 million) in career earnings this year. It remains to be seen, however, whether Brees will hold off Tom Brady, who at $235.2 million is only $9.5 million behind. The...

Getty Images Forget TB12, at least for now. There’s another TB who will definitely be a free agent next month, and some are suggesting that Teddy Bridgewater could cash in significantly. Via multiple accounts on Twitter and elsewhere, Jeremy Fowler said on ESPN Monday that Bridgewater will...

Getty Images Free agency begins a month from today. The unprecedented array of available quarterbacks means that, in many respects, the process already has begun. Agents who need to place quarterback clients and teams that need a quarterback are actively considering their options and, at least...

Getty Images The Saints may have to put those plans for a future franchise quarterback on hold. The old one’s coming back. Quarterback Drew Brees just announced on Instagram that he’s returning for the 2020 season. Next to a photograph of a mountaintop on Instagram, he wrote: “My feelings...

Getty Images In 2010, when Brett Favre surpassed 70,000 career passing yards in his final season as an NFL quarterback, it seemed like an impossibly high total. In 2020, Drew Brees is likely to top 80,000 career passing yards. Brees announced today that he will return to the Saints for the...

Getty Images The Saints joined the Archdiocese of New Orleans in asking Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ellen Hazeur to bar the media from a hearing next week regarding whether emails between the team and the Archdiocese about sexual abuse committed by clergy should remain under seal...