Saints punter shaves head for charity
Thomas Morstead had a simple identity. He was an NFL player with hair down to his shoulders so that he looked like he could have been playing bass in a Scandanavian metal band.
But the New Orleans Saints punter found a cause, and on Saturday had it all cut off in order to raise money for a children's cancer charity called the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Morstead got the...
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Saints P shaves head for charity
Saints punter Thomas Morstead parted ways with his long locks at a recent charity event in New Orleans where funds were being raised to fight cancer.
Saints Nation: The State of Saints' Special Teams
Talking about special teams, there really is not much to say about the subject. The special teams unit for the Saints has been pretty good almost every year, covering the entire spectrum from field goals to punting. Last year however, the production dropped slightly. The special teams unit is supposed to set the tone of the game, or change the momentum in favor of their team. The...
Saints sign long-snapper Drescher to 4-year deal
The New Orleans Saints have announced signed restricted free agent long snapper Justin Drescher to a four-year contract.
The team made the announcement Wednesday but did not release financial terms of the deal.
Drescher arrived in New Orleans in November of 2010 as a rookie free agent and has played in all 41 games since then, handling snaps on field goals and punts.
Saints punter...
Saints Nation: The Top 20 Non 1st Round Draft Picks in Saints' History
Picking the best non 1st round draft picks for the Saints was a fun exercise, but a very difficult one too. There is no way I could come up with a 10 top list, too many good players to name. So I decided to do 20. Some great Saints players on here. I hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane, or the history lessen if you're a newer/younger Saints fan.
20. Fred McAfee, RB...
After a lackluster showing in 2012, the 2013 Pro Bowl gives fans a decent game
There was a lot of talk this season about what would happen to the Pro Bowl after this season. Would the league get rid of it? After the performance last season there really wasn’t much optimism. Players like Aaron Rodgers were open about how upset they were with the lack of effort. Some plays were so bad that the fans were booing the players. We thought we’d see the same tonight...
Saints Nation: Pro Bowl Today
Today represents your last chance to watch a Saints player play football until next season as four Saints will compete in the Pro Bowl: Drew Brees, Thomas Morstead, Jahri Evans and Jermon Bushrod. While the Pro Bowl game has been positively miserable to watch the last couple of years especially, some players have suggested they're going to try a little harder this season. I&...
Saints Nation: Jermon Bushrod Joins Morstead, Evans and Brees With Trip to Hawaii
As sweet as it was to see the Falcons lose for most Saints players, especially Scott Shanle who made his hatred of them very clear with his epic trolling of the Falcons' fans on twitter, the loss was even more significant for Jermon Bushrod. The Saints' left tackle, by virtue of a 49ers win, will now be headed to his second consecutive Pro Bowl as Joe Staley is now ineligible...
Saints Nation: Drew Brees Headed to Pro Bowl
As expected, the very serious knee injury of Robert Griffith III will keep him out of the Pro Bowl and will vault first alternate Drew Brees into the game. Brees will join Thomas Morstead and Jahri Evans as the Saints players going to the all star game. Many congrats to Brees on making the Pro Bowl yet again, making this is sixth trip with the Saints and seventh overall as a pro...
Saints Nation's 2012 Player Awards
Below you'll find our annual awards for the best Saints players. The awards are all chosen by me, largely influenced by the player grades, and I've included the 2011 winners for comparison's sake. The Saints Nation rule: if you are chosen as the MVP, you cannot be chosen as the player of the year for your unit, and you cannot win more than one award. You may find my MVP...
Saints Nation: Thomas Morstead and Jahri Evans to Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl rosters were announced and only two Saints players made it to the starting roster this year. Guard Jahri Evans is headed to the game for the fourth year in a row, and punter Thomas Morstead who is one game away from breaking the all time net yards average record for a season is a first timer. While both are very much deserved, Evans' place amongst the elite group is...
Saints Nation: 5 Things to Look For in Saints @ Cowboys
After drubbing the Bucs 41-0, I'm anxious to see the Saints play another team fighting for their playoff lives, this time on the road. Was the Bucs game an abberation of the 2012 season or have the Saints truly turned a corner? The Saints need to win out and need a massive amount of help for the postseason to work out, and well, it ain't happening. But you have to feel better...
Saints P Morstead eyeing record
(Eds: Updates. With AP Photos.) Saints punter and kickoff specialist Thomas Morstead prepared for the 2012 season as if it would be his audition for a new contract.
When he unexpectedly received a lucrative extension as training camp began, the pressure was off in some respects. That, however, didn't change Morstead's approach, and he now finds himself poised to set NFL...
Saints Nation: If Thomas Morstead Doesn't Make the Pro Bowl, It's the Final Indictment on a ...
Very few players in my lifetime as a Saint fan have I felt more deserving of a Pro Bowl berth than Marques Colston at some point in his career. Seriously, how has he never been? What an utter crime that is. But there's one guy this season that deserves it more than he ever has, and that's punter Thomas Morstead. Morstead, despite being the punter for a small market team and...
Saints Nation: Unbeaten No More, Saints Take Out Falcons 31-27
In what was one of the best regular season wins of my lifetime as a Saints fan, the Saints held on to beat bitter rival and previously undefeated Atlanta Falcons 31-27 in the Superdome. The win raises the Saints' record to 4-5 (dammit if they had only beaten KANSAS CITY!!!!!) but more importantly gives us hope as we know they can beat anyone on any given Sunday. The defense is...
Saints Nation: Saints Give Thomas Morstead Enormous Contract
Serious cap problems coming as soon as 2013 didn't stop Mickey Loomis from making a massive investment in the team's star punter Thomas Morstead. Morstead's contract extension is good for 6 years at $21.9 million, although only just less than $7 million is guaranteed. Unless his contract gets cut short, then, he'll be a Saint for the next 7 years. Morstead's contract...
Saints extend P Morstead 6 years, $21.9 million
The agent for Thomas Morstead says the Saints' punter and kickoff specialist has agreed to a six-year extension worth $21.9 million.
Vann McElroy says the deal pays Morstead an average of $3.65 million during the final six years of what now becomes a seven-year deal running through the 2018 season.
That would make Morstead the second-highest paid punter in the NFL behind Oakland...
Saints P Thomas Morstead Receives A Six-Year Contract Extension
Saints punter Thomas Morstead agreed to a six-year contract extension worth a maximum of $21.9 million on Thursday, according to a league source. Morstead was entering his final year of his contract. Morstead, a fifth-round draft pick in 2009 that the Saints traded up to acquire, has become a weapon for the Saints on special teams both in the punt and kickoff game. Of course, he...
Saints Nation: New Poll on Saints Nation!
It's kind of a borderline embarrassment that I've had the old poll up as long as I have, but that's finally been updated. Now, on the left side of the page you can vote for your MVP of the Saints' season not named Drew Brees. Will you go with Colston, Pierre Thomas, Sproles, Jimmy Graham or Thomas Morstead? All of those guys have been phenominal in their own right...
Saints Nation: 2011 Saints Nation Player Awards
Below are the 2011 Awards for the Saints players. I've included the 2010 winners for comparison. The awards are all chosen by me. The Saints Nation rule: if you are chosen as the MVP, you cannot be chosen as the player of the year for your unit.
Saints' MVP: Drew Brees (2010 winner: Drew Brees)Saints Offensive Player of the Year: Marques Colston (2010 winner: Marques...
New Orleans Saints Wildcard Game Recap: Lions’ Roar Silenced
Although the New Orleans Saints prevailed over the Detroit Lions in Saturday evening’s NFC portion of Wildcard contests by the final score of 45-28, it certainly did not start out looking like it would end that way at all.
The Lions and their long-suffering fans had been bragging about the restoration of the roar upon earning their first return trip to the NFC Playoffs since 1999...
New Orleans Saints Punter Thomas Morstead Must Be a Pro Bowler
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Just For Kicks: An Interview With Saints Punter Thomas Morstead
A phone interview with New Orleans Saints Punter Thomas Morstead, who talks about his famous surprise on-side kick in Super Bowl XLIV and his mother's battle with breast cancer.
Saints Nation: Phone Interview With Saints' Punter Thomas Morstead
I've got a special treat for you guys today, mostly thanks to Marjin's persistence to whom I owe this, and that's a phone interview with Saints' star punter Thomas Morstead. The phone interview was a little bit choppy at times but overall it's tolerable. Sorry the audio didn't come out perfect but you can also read my transcribed version of the interview below...
Saints Nation: Defensive and Special Teams Player Grades @ Rams
Overall it's hard to fault the defense too much for what transpired in that game. Stopping Steven Jackson was the one poor demonstration, but otherwise they got good pressure and rendered A.J. Feeley mostly useless. Poor tackling, lack of speed sideline to sideline, inability getting off blocks, and mental mistakes were all still showcased in this game, though, so there&...
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