New Orleans Saints

Saints Coach Sean Payton is known as one of the NFL's most creative offensive strategists. But even when the subject strays from his playbook, he thinks big. Payton's excitement is palpable when he talks about his latest endeavor --...

Saints Coach Sean Payton seems generally encouraged by what he's seen from the first two days of rookie minicamp practices. He gave positive reviews to the Saints' top two draft picks, defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis and cornerback Tracy Porter. He...

While he has yet to be tested against NFL veterans, coaches appear pleased by Sedrick Ellis' performance during the first few practices of this weekend's three-day rookie camp, which started Friday and ends Sunday.

Trading up for the New England Patriots' seventh overall pick in Saturday's NFL draft, the Saints snatched up Southern California defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis.

Now that it's clear Deuce McAllister will remain with the New Orleans Saints, he wants to make it clear he'll run the ball as well as he did before having surgery on both knees last season.

If the Giants hadn’t repeatedly put Tom Brady on his ass in the process of winning Super Bowl 41, Sedrick Ellis would probably not be a Saint. But because the NFL is a league of trends, and because a strong defensive line is what made the Giants champions and set the current trend, the Saints went [...]

We made it. It’s finally here, football fans.  The Draft!  Who’s excited, who’s excited?  I am definitely excited.  Today the Saints will make additions to their roster that could possibly put them in position to win a Championship.  Don’t underestimate the importance of a good draft.  These are the players that could either elevate your team [...]

The LSU Tigers and New Orleans Saints are almost synonymous for me.  As an LSU student, I love the Tigers.  They gave me the thrill of a national championship season that I will never forget.  But if someone made me choose between the two; if someone threatened to blow up Tiger Stadium unless I picked the [...]

The Giants and Saints worked hard to try and work out a deal on draft day for tight end Jeremy Shockey, and even though it didn’t happen, reports from the New Orleans Times-Picayune today says the deal may still be worked out.  Jimmy Smith wrote today that Saints coach Sean Payton would love to have [...]

Saints Select DT Sedrick Ellis With The Seventh Pick

The Pats moved their 7th pick of the draft to the Saints, and in a move that was expected, the Saints jumped right into the mix, grabbing USC DT Sedrick Ellis with that pick.  Ellis is a beast that some think is better than Glenn Dorsey, who went to the Chiefs two picks before Ellis.  [...]