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Getty Images The Saints are releasing running back Kerwynn Williams, Herbie Teope of The Times-Picayune reports. Williams joined the team during training camp. Williams was with the Cardinals from 2014-2017 and joined the Chiefs in 2018 but failed to make their roster out of camp. He also...

Getty Images If soccer star Carli Lloyd is serious about a bid to become an NFL kicker, she could have the help of one of the best to ever do it. Hall of Fame kicker Morten Andersen posted a video on Twitter, offering his assistance to the two-time World Cup champion and two-time FIFA women’s...

Getty Images Tackle Jermon Bushrod is reportedly set to announce his retirement. Jane Slater of NFL Media reports that Bushrod will make the announcement during Thursday night’s final preseason game. Bushrod is expected to sign a one-day contract with the Saints in order to retire as a member...

Getty Images It’s not quite the Holy Trinity of a football team, but it’s close. The three key coaches — the head coach, the offensive coordinator, and the defensive coordinator — go a long way toward determining how good a team will be. On Thursday’s PFT Live, we drafted the best such trios...

Getty Images The NFL’s most marketable player is old enough to be the father of many of the league’s players. A poll conducted by Sports Business Journal of 40 “marketing/branding execs, sports business professors and both print and on-air football media” resulted in Patriots quarterback Tom...

Getty Images Taysom Hill wants to be Drew Brees when he grows up. OK, Hill is already grown up: He’s 29 years old. But the Saints’ backup quarterback, who also moonlights as a runner, receiver and special teams player, wants to be a starting quarterback some day. And toward that end, he’s...

Getty Images The Texans got wide receiver Keke Coutee back on the practice field Monday, but that didn’t raise head coach Bill O’Brien’s hopes of having him in the lineup for the season opener. Coutee has been sidelined by a sprained ankle this summer and O’Brien said that he is “not hopeful”...

Getty Images Saints cornerback P.J. Williams was arrested in January when police believed he was driving while intoxicated and he resolved the case in a New Orleans court on Tuesday. NOLA.com reports that Williams pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of reckless operation of a motor vehicle and...

Getty Images Former Wyoming defensive end Carl Granderson signed with the Saints, but he didn’t report to training camp after a district court judge sentenced him to six months in jail in July. District Judge John Perry suspended Granderson’s jail sentence Friday and placed him on supervised...

Getty Images Among the decisions that teams will be making as they set their 53-man rosters this week is what to do with players who still remain on the physically unable to perform, non-football injury and non-football illness lists. The Saints have to make such a decision with defensive...

It appears that Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, and Michael Thomas are good at football. So the Saints aren’t going to risk them any more than necessary. Brees authored an impressive eight-play, 72-yard touchdown drive in the Saints’ third preseason game against the Jets, and promptly got the rest...

Getty Images Saints tight end Garrett Griffin was carted off the sideline after being examined in the blue medical tent, Herbie Teope of The Times-Picayune reports. Griffin needed assistance off the field with what appeared to be his lower left leg. He entered the game on the roster bubble...

Getty Images Barry Bennett, a defensive lineman who spent 11 seasons in the NFL, and his wife were found dead Wednesday, via the Associated Press. Foul play is suspected, and their 22-year-old son reportedly is the primary suspect. The 63-year-old Bennett lived in Long Prairie, Minnesota. A...

Getty Images The latest Cam Newton injury shines a bright light on a trio of backup options who may not currently be ready for prime time. Behind Newton on the Carolina depth chart are Kyle Allen, rookie Will Grier, and Taylor Heinicke. So if Newton ends up missing time with a foot/ankle...

Getty Images Saints offensive lineman Chris Clark was carted off the field in Sunday’s preseason game, and that will be his last action of the year. Clark has been placed on injured reserve, according to Herbie Teope of the Times-Picayune. The 33-year-old Clark started 13 games for the...

Getty Images The Saints have added a veteran linebacker to the roster ahead of their third preseason game of the summer. John Keim of ESPN.com reports that the team has signed Will Compton to the 90-man roster. The Saints have also placed offensive lineman Chris Clark on injured reserve...

Getty Images The Saints started Teddy Bridgewater against the Vikings in the first preseason game, but he won’t get a start against the other team he spent time with before going to New Orleans. Bridgewater spent last offseason and most of the preseason with the Jets before a late August trade...

Getty Images Vikings receiver Laquon Treadwell is appealing his $28,075 fine for an illegal blindside block against the Saints, Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reports. “They’re enforcing the rules, and you’ve got to follow the rules,” Treadwell told Tomasson. “I have an appeal...

Getty Images Just days after being released by the Atlanta Falcons, linebacker Stephone Anthony has found a new team with a familiar face as head coach. Anthony has signed a new deal with the New York Jets, which the team announced Tuesday night. The move to New York reunites him with head...

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Laquon Treadwell has been fined $28,075 for an illegal blindside block against the New Orleans Saints, according to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. On the penultimate on the first half of last week’s first preseason game, Treadwell delivered a...