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Getty Images Since being released by the Lions, Theo Riddick has options. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the veteran running back is scheduled to visit the Lions next. Riddick met with the Saints Sunday, and his kind of pass-catching ability seemed like an intriguing option there. But...

Getty Images The Saints will take a look at a potential addition to their offensive line group on Sunday. Mike Triplett of ESPN.com reports that veteran Patrick Omameh will work out for the team. Omameh opened last season with the Giants and started six games at right guard before hurting his...

Getty Images Whenever players under contract choose not to show up for training camp, management-side mouthpieces routinely lament the fact that the player has chosen to violate the terms of his agreement. But there are two agreements that apply to every NFL player: The agreement between player...

Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins is the only player on the Saints’ physically unable to perform list and he could stay on the PUP list into the regular season. Saints head coach Sean Payton said on Saturday that training camp is likely “a little early” for Rankins to return to action after...

Getty Images The Lions cut running back Theo Riddick on Friday to sign defensive lineman Mike Daniels. Riddick didn’t need long to find interest. He will make his first visit to the Saints, Rob Demovsky of ESPN reports. Riddick is the only running back in the NFL with at least 300 receiving...

Getty Images That perfect world envisioned by Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis may be emerging, sooner than a later. A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that the Saints and receiver Michael Thomas are “close” to getting a deal done that would end his unexpected holdout. The...

Getty Images The Falcons are making a veteran addition to their linebacking corps. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is signing Stephone Anthony to their 90-man roster. Anthony recently visited with the Bills in his search for a new team. The Falcons saw Anthony several times...

Getty Images The Saints continue to talk to Michael Thomas’ representation about a new deal for the receiver. The sides have talked for weeks without reaching an agreement, and Thomas is staying away until a new deal is done. Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis said Thomas’ holdout “bothers”...

Getty Images The NFL’s bid to get an appeals court to strike down a decision allowing for discovery in a lawsuit over the missed pass interference call in the NFC Championship game last January was denied on Wednesday. According to Matt Seldge of the NOLA.com, the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court...

Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is a training camp holdout. Thomas, who wants a new contract, did not report with his teammates this morning, according to NFL Media. The 26-year-old Thomas is heading into the fourth and final year of his rookie contract and is due to make...

Getty Images The Saints are adding some depth on defense as they report to camp. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Saints are signing former Jets linebacker Josh Martin. The 27-year-old Martin spent most of last year on injured reserve after suffering a concussion in Week Four...

British soccer star Harry Kane has said he’d eventually like to kick in the NFL. A Hall of Fame kicker has essentially told Kane to kick rocks. Via the Evening Standard, Morten Andersen has dismissed Kane’s aspirations. “For Harry Kane to become an NFL kicker, it’s not going to happen,”...

Getty Images The Saints were linked to defensive end Ziggy Ansah early in free agency, but Ansah wound up signing with the Seahawks a couple of months ago. New Orleans has now moved on to the next best available Ziggy. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team has signed defensive...

Getty Images Two others have done it. Christian McCaffrey hopes to be the third. “I got a lot of goals that I keep to myself, but one goal is definitely the 1K/1K club,” the Panthers running back recently told ESPN.com. “I almost did it last year and it was a bummer not getting it. Two guys...

Getty Images Plenty of receivers want new contracts. Most of them likely will be getting those contracts without changing teams. One of the best receivers in the league is among those waiting. According to Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, negotiations on a long-term deal for Saints receiver...

Getty Images The Saints are taking a look at a possible veteran addition to their secondary. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that cornerback Deshawn Shead is working out for the team on Tuesday. Shead spent last season in Detroit and appeared in 12 games before landing on injured reserve after...

Getty Images The Saints have placed Sheldon Rankins on the physically unable to perform list, according to the NFL’s official transactions report Tuesday. The move comes as no surprise givens Rankins tore his Achilles on Jan. 13. With a normal prognosis of 10 months, Rankins could miss the...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images The Saints activated rookie receiver Emmanuel Butler. Butler passed his physical, according to the NFL’s official transactions report Monday. The Saints placed Butler on the non-football injury list last Thursday when the team’s rookies reported for training camp. Butler signed...