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By Ray Glier - AOL NewsWhen the Atlanta Falcons played the Cleveland Browns on a toasty day in the 2010 regular season, the Falcons went right to their no-huddle offense and stuck with it. The Browns' defensive linemen were gasping, and that included Shaun Rogers, 31 years old, who has been cut by the Browns. He's a run stuffer, a big guy, and the Saints are supposedly looking for a defensive tackle. Is this the best fit? Maybe it is when the Saints play the Panthers, but considering the Falcons' no-huddle and the wheels on Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman, how does Rogers fit? You also have to look ...
Saints' Running Back Platoon Faces Uncertain Offseason
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsThe New Orleans Saints waived tailback P.J. Hill, who spent the season on injured reserve, but that does nothing to clear up a muddled running back picture. Hill tore his triceps in the preseason and was part of a avalanche of injuries in the backfield, which included Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas, Chris Ivory and Lynell Hamilton. The Saints finished 28th in rushing and put way too much on the shoulders of quarterback Drew Brees, who set a career high in interceptions. The pass rush did not have to slow down too much, especially with Bush out with a broken leg and no threat on short ...
Saints Have Plenty of Roster Decisions to Make Regarding Free Agents
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsStart counting down the list of unrestricted free agents with the Saints. Keep going, keep going ... 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. That's a lot. New Orleans finished 12-5 in 2010, a year after winning the Super Bowl, and there is a roster adjustment to be made before 2011. This could look like a different team in 2011, if there is a 2011. Look at the list: Defensive back Darren Sharper, defensive linemen Jimmy Wilkerson and Anthony Hargrove. Then there is wide receiver Lance Moore, safety Roman Harper, tight end David Thomas, running back Pierre Thomas, safety Usama Young, tackle Jermon ...
Saints Must Address Poor Special Teams in Offseason Once Again
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsThere was a tight focus on the New Orleans Saints' special teams early in the season. Kicker Garrett Hartley struggled, which included a missed field goal in overtime that would have beaten the Atlanta Falcons. But Hartley turned out to be the least of the problems for the Saints, who have some issues to resolve again on special teams. Hartley, who lost his job briefly during the regular season, made his last 13 field goal attempts of the season. There was the shocking special teams breakdown in the upset loss to the Browns, 30-17. Joshua Cribbs passed across the field to Eric Wright on a ...
Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas, Chris Ivory Leave Saints With RB Questions
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsWill Reggie Bush play for less in 2011, if there is a 2011 season? He will probably have to. He went through an injury-marred season in 2010 and now the all-purpose star of the Saints is coming into the last year of his contract where he is due $11.8 million. Given the concerns of owners for their finances it is difficult to see Bush staying in New Orleans when he is due that much money. He can be cut, as per terms of the deal, or he could re-negotiate and come back for less money as long as a couple of seasons are tacked on. "Common sense would tell you probably not," Bush told the ...
Fantasy Football 2011 Draft Prep: The Ryan Mathews Rule
By Paul Bourdett - AOL News2011 Draft? But the 2010 season hasn't even finished yet! You're right, it hasn't. But that doesn't mean we can't start thinking about the things we did right and wrong this past season, and start incorporating them into our thought processes for 2011. From the decisions we made on draft day six months ago, to what we saw transpire on the field throughout the season, it really isn't that difficult to see what we did right and where we went wrong. That's not to say luck didn't play a huge role in where we ultimately placed in our respective leagues, but we also had some measure of control ...
Saints vs. Seahawks: Preview & Prediction
By John Hickey - AOL NewsSaturday's game between the wild-card New Orleans Saints (11-5) and the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks (7-9) will cover some uncharted terrain. Home-field advantage is always a huge issue in the playoffs, and everybody seems to agree that the din put out by the Seattle fans is second to none in the NFL, making it hard on the visitors. Even so, the Saints are 10½-point favorites in this one, the largest point spread for a visiting team in an NFL playoff game in recent memory. The Saints have never won a road playoff game. Last year, en route to the Super Bowl, New Orleans had a bye the ...
Chris Ivory Placed on Injured Reserve
By Ray Glier - AOL NewsYou know that point spread in Seattle between the Seahawks and Saints? It could shrink some in the next 24 hours. Chris Ivory, the leading rusher for New Orleans, has been placed on injured reserve with a foot injury and is out for the season. Ivory was one of four Saints injured in the game with Tampa Bay on Sunday. An undrafted rookie free agent, he burst on the scene this season as the Saints suffered one injury after another in their backfield. Ivory rushed for 716 yards and averaged 5.2 yards per carry. Even with the return from injury of veterans Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas, Ivory ...
Social Media Roundup: Welcoming 2011
By Chris Sesno - AOL NewsIt's been a year since the last Social Media Roundup, so we have a lot of ground to cover. OK, now that the obligatory New Year's joke is out of the way, let's get down to business. Last week we surfed the social media tubes to see how our favorite athletes were celebrating the holidays. We found out the true origins of the new "Landochocinco" celebrity couple, witnessed some tweetin' trash talk between Roddy White and the Saints, and saw Chris Johnson feeling a little lonely on Christmas. But now it's 2011. What are the sports stars doing to bring in the New Year? Here's a sample, ...
Saints vs. Seahawks: Defending Champs Take Aim at Upset-Minded Seattle
By Chris Burke - AOL NewsThe Saints, defending champions of the NFL, finished the regular season 11-5; Seattle won in Week 17 to improve to 7-9. Yet, it's the Saints who have to make the cross-country trip to visit the Seahawks in the first round of the playoffs. Seattle, winners of the NFC West by virtue of a final-week win over St. Louis, will try to guarantee that we'll see a new team celebrating come February by pulling what would be one of the bigger upsets in recent postseason memory. It won't be easy -- New Orleans opened as a 10 1/2-point favorite, despite playing away from home, and the Saints present ...
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