By Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton, speaking to reporters during Senior Bowl preparations in Mobile, Ala., on Monday confirmed that quarterback Drew Brees suffered a low-grade MCL sprain earlier in the season.
He said that there are many levels of severity with ligament injuries, and he declined to make comparisons to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who sat out the second half of the NFC championship game with a similar injury
By TP
New Orleans Saints guard Jahri Evans was the only member of his team voted onto The Associated Press’ All-Pro first team. Fellow guard Carl Nicks made the second team along with safeties Malcolm Jenkins and Darren Sharper. This is the second consecutive All-Pro honor for Evans.
What the New Orleans Saints are sharing on Twitter:
Wide receiver Lance Moore: “I’m gonna have to go with the NFC. Packers have a great team and it would be good to see a new team win it.”
Linebacker Scott Shanle: “The way the packers looked on that turf in Atlanta I like them to win it all.”
New Orleans Saints safety Roman Harper will replace the Green Bay Packers’ Nick Collins in the Pro Bowl, the team announced Sunday.
The Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 21-14 in the NFC championship game Sunday to advance to Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6. The Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 30 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu
By James Varney, The Times-Picayune
In theory, New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis might have stalked the halls of the team’s Metairie headquarters last week as one bummed-out football executive.
The team he did so much to mold had, one year after its greatest triumph in the Super Bowl, lost a wild-card playoff game in chilly Seattle to one of the biggest underdogs in NFL postseason history. Two days later, his alma mater, the University of Oregon, fell just short of winning its first national championship in football.
But when Loomis discussed the Saints’ 2010 season and what might be ahead in 2011, he seemed energized and excited about his looming offseason assignments.
By Nakia Hogan, The Times-Picayune
Now that the New Orleans Saints have been eliminated from the playoffs, the cacophony of hammers and drills at the Superdome can begin.
Work will start on the final phase of the remodeling of the Dome on Jan. 24, a five-month project aimed at further sprucing up the building that has undergone massive upgrades since Hurricane Katrina wrecked the 36-year-old venue in 2005.
When construction begins, workers will make drastic changes to the lower bowl of the stadium, reconfiguring it to increase seating by 3,500, widening the plaza concourse, building two bunker club lounges and adding additional concession stands.
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
In the Sport of Kings, horses often experience sharp declines in performance after a career-best race.
They call it the Bounce Factor, and the theory applies just as well to Super Bowl champions.
For a variety of reasons, NFL teams rarely duplicate championship performances the season after they hoist the Lombardi Trophy. More often, there’s a significant drop in performance the next season, especially when the Super Bowl season tends to be an outlier.
By Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune
Welcome to the offseason of uncertainty.
Nearly half of the 65 players who ended the season on the New Orleans Saints‘ roster or injured reserve list could become free agents. That alone would make for the busiest offseason the team has had since it rebuilt the roster in 2006.
By Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints tailback Pierre Thomas described his injury-plagued season as a roller-coaster ride. But the pending free agent said Tuesday that won’t keep him from returning to New Orleans in 2011 if he and the Saints can work out a deal.
Thomas’ season was marred by a lingering ankle injury and conflicting diagnoses from various doctors. Though Thomas said he doesn’t blame anyone for the way his injury was handled, he said if he could go back in time, he would have rested the ankle for longer after injuring it in Week 3.
By Mike Triplett, The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees made it clear Tuesday that he’d like to reach a long-term contract extension with the Saints this offseason, though he didn’t exactly make any demands.
“I think every player’s always looking for an extension aren’t they? That goes for you guys too,” Brees said to a group of reporters. “I’ve got one year left (on his current contract). And discussions have been ongoing. So we’ll see how it plays out.”
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