March 04, 2010, 5:16PM
The New Orleans Saints just announced that they are releasing defensive end Charles Grant, linebacker Mark Simoneau and guard Jamar Nesbit.
We’ll try to get some reaction from the team and players. Here’s the full release from the team:
New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced Thursday that the club has released offensive lineman Jamar Nesbit and linebacker Mark Simoneau, and that the club will release defensive end Charles Grant on Friday.
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 – 2:37 PM
The 2011 Pro Bowl will be played a week before Super Bowl XLV and return to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, the NFL announced today. The game will be televised live on Sunday, January 30 on FOX at 7 PM ET. FOX will televise Super Bowl XLV a week later on Sunday, February 6 from Cowboys Stadium in North Texas.
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March 02, 2010, 1:50PM
New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, No. 25 turns 25 today. Here are 25 interesting moments of his career with the Saints.
APRIL 29, 2006 DRAFT DAY
Bush is taken second overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 2006 NFL draft. The Houston Texans selected defensive end Mario Williams, leaving Bush for the Saints and new coach Sean Payton, who was trying to drum up excitement for the team.
SEPT. 10, 2006 AT CLEVELAND BROWNS
Bush plays in his first game with the New Orleans Saints and immediately showed his versatility, rushing for 67 yards — averaging 4.5 per run — and catching seven passes for 52 yards. He also returned three punts for a 7.3 yard average.
Rest the rest here.
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February 26, 2010, 3:27PM
INDIANAPOLIS – As promised, here are the highlights from my conversation with New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton this afternoon at the NFL scouting combine:
– He used some strong words to emphasize that the team is planning to keep tailback Reggie Bush in the fold, regardless of the fact that Bush is due a base salary of $8 million this year and $12 million next year.
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February 26, 2010, 11:45AM
INDIANAPOLIS — Here’s the complete list of one-year qualifying offers the Saints have made so far, including the level of compensation and salary:
First- and third-round pick compensation
OT Jammal Brown ($3.619 million)
First-round compensation
S Roman Harper ($2.521 million)
Second-round compensation
WR Lance Moore ($1.759 million)
OT Zach Strief ($1.759 million)
RB Pierre Thomas ($1.684 million)
OT Jermon Bushrod ($1.684 million)
Third-round compensation
DT Anthony Hargrove ($1.226 million)
TE David Thomas ($1.176 million)
WR Courtney Roby ($1.176 million)
S Usama Young ($1.101 million)
Seventh-round compensation
LB Marvin Mitchell ($1.101 million)
No draft-pick compensation
DT Remi Ayodele ($1.101 million)
S Chris Reis ($1.101 million)
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February 22, 2010, 5:27PM
New Orleans — A league source indicated Monday that the New Orleans Saints aren’t planning to use the franchise tag on free agent safety Darren Sharper. But General Manager Mickey Loomis has given no indication yet what his intentions are.
The deadline for designating franchise and transition players is Thursday. The Saints would have to offer Sharper, 34, a one-year deal worth $6.455 million to lock him up. Or they could decide to skip the franchise tag and negotiate a new deal with him or let him leave for another team in free agency.
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February 22, 2010, 5:42AM
A fan asked New Orleans Saints Super Bowl XLIV hero Tracy Porter Thursday if there was special meaning in the way he gestured as he ran toward the end zone after picking off Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
“After the interception, you pointed in the air 3 times with each hand. What is the significance of this really cool jesture? Was it preplanned or spontaneous?” the guy asked during a midday chat on ESPN.com.
It was spontaneous, No. 22 said. “I was pointing to the Who Dat nation in the crowd. When I was running down there I saw them jumping and shouting, so I wanted to give them a shoutout.”
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February 20, 2010, 7:14PM
Younger fans may find it hard to believe that, in the pre-Super Bowl championship era, the Saints were so bad that fans wore paper bags over their heads at games and competed to sail paper airplanes onto the field. Late local sportscaster Buddy Diliberto is credited with coming up with the paper bag masks during a long-ago 1-15 season.
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Some New Orleans Saints players will visit the New York Stock Exchange on Friday and ring the opening bell to celebrate the Super Bowl XLIV victory against the Indianapolis Colts.
Pro Bowl right guard Jahri Evans, four time Pro Bowl safety Darren Sharper, Pro Bowl safety
Roman Harper, defensive back Leigh Torrence and wide receiver Marques Colston will be the Saints players who will ring the bell.
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By DAN MINER
Posted Feb 17, 2010 @ 10:52 PM
UTICA —
Will Smith, a New Orleans Saints defensive end and Thomas R. Proctor High School graduate, continues to gain accolades around the region.
Will Smith
Smith, whose team won the recent Super Bowl over the Indianapolis Colts, was honored with a resolution at Wednesday’s Common Council meeting for his athletic feats and contributions to the Mohawk Valley.
“Having a local resident reach to the level that Will Smith has done and in such an exemplary way, he’s certainly a role model for all of our citizens,” said Councilman Frank Vescera, D-1, who sponsored the resolution.
Smith went on from Proctor to Ohio State University, where he was a three-year starter and won a national championship as a junior.
As a Saint, he was named to the Pro Bowl in 2006 and had a career-high in sacks this year with 13, good for fifth in the league.
The resolution also mentions Smith’s various activities around the region, including hosting the “Evening of All-Stars” awards banquet honoring the O-D’s All-Mohawk Valley Football Team and holding the Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way Foundation’s punt, pass and kick competition and skills camp.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Councilman Jerry Kraus, D-at large, said the council should invite Smith to a meeting the next time he’s in town to congratulate him personally.
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