Violent crime a problem that could drive Saints away

2008 New Orleans Saints Team Needs Cornerback: Mike Mackenzie was the only reliable cornerback the Saints had in 2007.  New Orleans signed Randall Gay and Aaron Glenn to add some veteran leadership.  However, with the Saints' secondary having so many issues giving up the deep ball, it would be wise...

It looks like the 0-4 Packers are in for another rough week. They are playing the New Orleans Saints, but it looks like their biggest opponent this weekend will be themselves. The Packers will have to play even more shorthanded than they already are with tight end Bubba Franks, running back Ahman G...

As expected, attorneys for Lloyd Lake??"co-founder along with Michael Michaels of the now defunct New Era Sports & Entertainment??"filed a civil suit on Tuesday in San Diego County Court against Former USC and Heisman Trophy-winning running back (and now in his second season with the New Orleans Saints), Reggie Bush and his family. The suit alleges that Bush and his family failed...

At the end of his rookie season, linebacker Stewart Bradley provided a spark to the Eagles defense and showed enough of his ability to impress the coaching staff. His mental and physical attributes caught their eye as well. "He's tall," defensive coordinator Jim Johnson said. "He's big - 245 or 250 - but he's got good height. He's smart. He&...

We keep crying for that big back to compliment Brian Westbrook and one was let go today by the New Orleans Saints. Deuce Mc Callister has to command a little attention from head coach Andy Ried as a 232 lb. back up to Brian Westbrook. When I look at the free agent market for running backs and full backs, I would put him in consideration with the likes of Darren Sproles (not happening...

The Giants finally pulled the trigger and sent Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints for a second-round and fifth-round choice in the 2009 NFL Draft. Should anyone in New York care that Shockey was shipped to the Big Easy? I don't believe it's that big of a loss for the Giants. Last year New York Giants football fans were lamenting the retirement of the ultimate self...

Maybe he is just trying to stir up off-season intrigue, but SI.com’s Peter King believes the Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints talks aren’t dead. From King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column today: I think, Giant beat writers, you might sniff around this one: New Orleans is ...

So much for those Walt Harris-to-Pitt rumors. It looks like the former Panther head coach is headed to the University of Akron to be their quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. Harris will join the staff of head coach J.D. Brookhart, who was Pitt's offensive coordinator under Harris from 1999-2003.As for Pitt's still-vacant offensive coordinator job, the hot rumor yesterday...

The Eagles did the Vikings a huge favor today by beating the New Orleans Saints.  This means the Vikes can clinch a playoff berth by defeating the Redskins tonight, and we won’t all have to sweat that final regular season game in Denver. I want everyone to hit our sister site Inside the Iggles...

It has only been four weeks since the Washington Redskins wrapped up their 2008 season. And yet, even as the ups and downs of a season both energizing and exhausting begins to recede in the rear view mirror, it has already begun to crystallize in memory.Trailing in the fourth quarter of the home opener, in danger of falling to 0-2 and perhaps sending rookie head coach Jim Zorn's...

"In response to our blurb regarding a report in the Newark Star-Ledger that the New Orleans Saints offered a second-round pick and safety Roman Harper for Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, a source with knowledge of the discussions tells us that the Giants wanted a two and Harper, and that the Saints refused.

While the 2009 NFL Draft looks as if it’s going to be a little light in some areas, at the top of the draft, it is stacked with good quality defensive ends at the top and then it starts to go downhill a little bit after the first three rounds. Teams will want to get one of the defensive ends mentioned here early as all of them have the capability to be an impact player in their...

Reports have surfaced that New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Matt Lehr is being investigated by federal authorities for distributing performance enhancing substances, but his attorney has declined that is the case. Lehr's lawyer, Paul E. Coggins did say that Lehr has not been involved in any illeg...

At times of such destruction and despair, people look to sports as a way to take their minds off of their troubles. Sunday the New Orleans Saints gave the people of New Orleans something to cheer about, something to feel good about by winning their season opener 23-20 against the Carolina Panthers. ...