MICKEY LOOMIS RUMORS

There's been lots of random stuff the last few days in Saints land so I figured today I would link you on good material today while sparing you my usual commentary. Don't get used to it, though.Here are some worthwhile things to check out: Mike Freeman of CBS blasting the Saints, and Canal Street Chronicles blasting him in return.Mickey Loomis says all the right things...

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis, who is suspended for the first eight games of the 2012 season because of the bounty scandal, is reportedly going to join the Hornets front office.

The league’s most prominent contract negotiations right now are between Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. Brees saved the Saints franchise from mediocrity and a possible move from New Orleans, yet the organization is still playing hardball with the single season passing yards record holder. Yesterday, Brees spoke out and called the negotiations, as you could expect, “extremely...

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he isn't taking any of Drew Brees' recent complaints about the slow pace of contract negotiations personally. ''I feel for him. I feel with him. He wants to be here right now. I want him to be here right now and we'll work hard to get that accomplished,'' Loomis said Friday while attending an event at the Saints...

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says he isn't taking any of Drew Brees' recent complaints about slow contract negotiations personally. Loomis says the star quarterback's next contract is going to have a significant effect on the team for a long time, so it has to be right for the Saints as well as Brees. Loomis spoke while attending a Saints Hall of Fame event...

There is still much work to be done, but federal sources told The Sports Xchange this week that it might be difficult, although not yet deemed impossible, for investigators to uncover any substantial evidence against New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis in the ongoing "eavesdropping" case that was initiated by a state police and FBI task force. A federal source not...

Earlier this week, I broke down the massive implications for both the Saints and ESPN revolving around the explosive wiretapping report from Outside the Lines at Bloguin's NFL site This Given Sunday. The categoric denial from the Saints (and threat of possible legal action) has created a high stakes poker game with both sides all in. In a nutshell, if more evidence arises to...

What the h*ll is going on in New Orleans?First the Bountygate scandal and now ESPN is reporting that New Orleans GM Mickey Loomis had “an electronic device in his Superdome suite that had been secretly re-wired to enable him to eavesdrop on visiting coaching staffs for nearly three NFL seasons.”Uh oh.Sources familiar with Saints game-day operations told “Outside the Lines...

If the latest report from ESPN's Outside the Lines is true, the Saints GM could be away from football for a lot longer than just eight games. 

The NFL will continue to investigate the Saints' bounty system over the next several weeks, and it could ultimately cost Sean Payton his job.