By NFL-EN | dave@nflen.com
The 'shattered dream team' Philadelphia Eagles couldn't do much of anything on offense, except occasionally run the football. The Eagles were stopped numerous times in the red zone by the New Orleans Saints, mainly because of horrible offensive line play.
The Eagles were supposed to get back on track against a Saints defense on track to break records in yards allowed per game for a single season. This was supposed to be the game the Eagles climbed back to .500. Instead, this game was one in which it became apparent to all watching that the Eagles have issues on both sides of the ball, and that quarterback Michael Vick isn't good enough to carry a team by himself.
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Showing posts with label New Orleans Saints. Show all posts
Sean Payton will be coach for hire after suspension?
By NFL-EN | dave@nflen.com
The New Orleans Saints gave head coach Sean Payton a contract extension in 2011 which was due to run through the 2015 season, and the league voided that extension because of the language in the contract. With his contract set to expire after this season, what could happen?
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| Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) |
The Denver Broncos dominate the New Orleans Saints
By NFL-EN | dave@nflen.com
The Denver Broncos scored first in the first quarter on a 1 yard Willis McGahee TD run, but the Saints would answer the bell in the second quarter with a 29 yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles.
The Broncos would once again take the lead on a 13 yard touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Eric Decker. After this score, the Broncos added a 33 yard field goal from Matt Prater and wouldn't look back, winning this game handily.
The Denver Broncos scored first in the first quarter on a 1 yard Willis McGahee TD run, but the Saints would answer the bell in the second quarter with a 29 yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles.
The Broncos would once again take the lead on a 13 yard touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Eric Decker. After this score, the Broncos added a 33 yard field goal from Matt Prater and wouldn't look back, winning this game handily.
Free agency review
Sometimes it can be hard to follow where a player signs with in the offseason, and once they do sign we can forget they signed with another team. Here is a list of the free agent signings of every team made so far this offseason. This list is not entirely accurate as players may have been traded or cut or something else, but it is about 99% dependable.
Will the statement made by Goodell to the players and coaches stick?
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Penalties not harsh enough for players involved in 'bounty' program
By now we all know the discipline handed down to the players involved in the New Orleans Saints 'bounty' quicker picker upper scandal. (A gate is an opening that separates one area from another when closed, not something to be thrown on the end of a news scandal story just because Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein once did it)
Giants owner John Mara thinks NFL moving away from kickoffs
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| kickoff close (Photo credit: just.jim) |
Mara, a member of the NFL Competition Committee, thinks kickoffs are the most dangerous play in the game today, and says there have been talks of different ideas to replace it yet.
While he admits that taking away the kickoff probably wouldn't happen soon, he thinks it will one day.
The whole concern behind the kickoff play are the concussions and other injuries sustained during the play.
You can try to make the game more safe all you want, but until many players realize that the 'bounty' system the New Orleans players and coaches had in place is a bad thing, we will still see players getting hurt, then suing the NFL years later.
These same players want the NFL to take better care of the players that no longer play the game, but will not allow any of that money to come from their cut of the revenue. Maybe they need to look at the way they play the game, and start playing it the right way, within the rules, because I'm here to tell you, removing the kickoff play from the game would have little impact on the number of concussions sustained over the course of a full season.
NFL upholds penalties on Saints, sort of...
By Dave Brown
Earlier today the league announced that the penalties against the New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt, will stay the same after their appeals process.
Payton got clarification on the suspension from the commissioner, Roger Goodell, on his suspension. Payton is to have no contact with his players or team that involves coaching. Goodell will review each suspension before making any reinstatement.
If the Saints personnel involved participate in the required programs and follow the terms of their suspensions, the Saints might get back a draft pick in 2013, though probably not the second round pick they lost when penalized. The Saints $500,000 fine might also get lowered, and Payton, Loomis, and Vitt might get some pay back from the time they were suspended.
Gregg Williams, did not appeal his suspension, and is out of football at the NFL level indefinitely.
Payton now has until April 16th to get some things done for the Saints, and somewhere near the top of that list has to be Drew Brees, who has yet to sign his one year franchise tag.
The NFL clearly wants to send a message here, and the teams and players need to listen carefully. For all the complaining we hear in the media about the NFL not caring about the health of their own players, then to have players participating in these types of programs, the NFL isn't going to tolerate it.
The hypocrisy has to stop.
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| New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Payton got clarification on the suspension from the commissioner, Roger Goodell, on his suspension. Payton is to have no contact with his players or team that involves coaching. Goodell will review each suspension before making any reinstatement.
If the Saints personnel involved participate in the required programs and follow the terms of their suspensions, the Saints might get back a draft pick in 2013, though probably not the second round pick they lost when penalized. The Saints $500,000 fine might also get lowered, and Payton, Loomis, and Vitt might get some pay back from the time they were suspended.
Gregg Williams, did not appeal his suspension, and is out of football at the NFL level indefinitely.
Payton now has until April 16th to get some things done for the Saints, and somewhere near the top of that list has to be Drew Brees, who has yet to sign his one year franchise tag.
The NFL clearly wants to send a message here, and the teams and players need to listen carefully. For all the complaining we hear in the media about the NFL not caring about the health of their own players, then to have players participating in these types of programs, the NFL isn't going to tolerate it.
The hypocrisy has to stop.
Hawthorne to New Orleans
Seahawks loses linebacker David Hawthorne to the Saints after Hawthorne signs a 5-year contract with New Orleans. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Last year Hawthorne put up 115 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, and picked off 3 passes returning 1 for a touchdown. The 26 year old linebacker undrafted out of TCU will join newly signed Curtis Lofton who came over from Atlanta in the Saints linebacker corps who will most likely be losing Jonathan Vilma because of suspension, year left on contract and other reasons. Hawthorne led the Seahawks defense to be the ninth best defense in the league allowing 332.2 yards per game, and the team was 11th in pass defense with 219.9 pass yards per game allowed and was 15th in rush defense with 112.3 yards per game allowed.
Sean Payton may have new job
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| (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) |
This wouldn't interfere with his coaching job, because Payton has been suspended for the full 2012 season as a result of the bounty program the New Orleans Saints were running.
What teams have used their franchise tags?
The latest at NFL.com has all the franchise tags applied so far, and what teams have applied them. Read on...
New Orleans Saints use franchise tag on Drew Brees
Yesterday the New Orleans Saints used the exclusive rights franchise tag on Drew Brees, meaning the Saints will own his rights for the 2012 season. The tag value is expected to be between $16 million and $17 million.
This came after reports had Brees and his agent turning down the Saints latest offer, which would have made Brees the highest paid quarterback in the NFL.
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This came after reports had Brees and his agent turning down the Saints latest offer, which would have made Brees the highest paid quarterback in the NFL.
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Erasing a Legacy
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