New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis touched upon a variety of subjects while addressing the media in a pre-draft press conference on Friday afternoon – although, as expected, he didn’t reveal any of the Saints’ specific draft plans.
“The trick of this press conference is to avoid giving the competition any idea of our plans,” Loomis said.
The New Orleans Saints released their offseason workout schedule Thursday. Training camp, which is typically the only portion of the offseason open to the public, is scheduled to open July 29 and will be held at the team’s practice facility in Metairie.
The Saints will begin their offseason conditioning program Monday. Rookie minicamp is scheduled for the weekend of May 7-9. The full-squad minicamp is scheduled for the weekend of June 4-6. And the12 sessions of organized team activities will be scattered between May 24 and June 18, when the team will break for the summer until training camp.
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The NFL will release its 2010 regular-season schedule on Tuesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. ET.
NFL Network will reveal the schedule live on a special NFL Total Access presented by GMC Sierra, set to coincide with an interactive schedule release on NFL.com.
Opponents for each team already have been determined, and the 2010 preseason schedule was released earlier this month.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany are expecting their second child, the quarterback revealed today while appearing as a guest speaker at the Ritz-Carlton’s quarterly hotel-wide meeting.
Brees said Brittany is 13 weeks pregnant, which would mean a due date around October. Their first child, son Baylen, was born on Brees’ 30th birthday on Jan. 15, 2009.
By James Varney and Mike Triplett
The New Orleans Saints enter the final hours of restricted free agency Thursday with a handful of players still unsigned, although none of them appear to be another team’s crosshairs
With the deadline for restricted free agent to sign offer sheets elsewhere coming at midnight Thursday, the Saints remain uncertain about the decisions of running back Pierre Thomas, guard Jahri Evans, wide receiver Lance Moore, safety Roman Harper, linebacker Marvin Mitchell and wide receiver Courtney Roby.
Pierre Thomas throws out the first pitch at a White Sox game !
Last Thursday Pierre Thomas threw out the first pitch at a White Sox game. If you check out his facebook fan page you can see more picture s !
New Orleans Saints safety Usama Young will sign his one-year tender offer with the team Thursday, the deadline for restricted free agents to sign with another team.
His agent, Andy Simms, confirmed the player’s decision Wednesday afternoon.
Who dat at the top of the NFL merchandise sales list? It’s the New Orleans Saints. Dat’s who.
The Super Bowl champions sold the most licensed product in the league on NFLShop.com this fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010. What’s amazing about this is the fact that the team has never even ranked in the Top 10 in sales in its entire history.
New Orleans Saints fullback Heath Evans is holding a raffle to benefit his foundation, which fosters hope and healing in the lives of children and families affected by sexual abuse.
Prizes packages include:
New Orleans Saints restricted free agent left tackle Jammal Brown said he has not yet signed his qualifying offer from the Saints, and he is not planning to attend the team’s offseason conditioning program when it begins next Monday.
“I don’t consider it a holdout. I’m just patiently waiting,” said Brown, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this year before new league rules went into effect, making all free agents with less than six years of experience into restricted free agents.
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