New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The New Orleans Saints made several roster moves today as the team prepares to host the Oakland Raiders on Sunday at the Superdome. The Saints announced that they have placed K Martin Gramatica , FB Olaniyi Sobomehin and CB Tracy Porter on the reserve/list, waived TE Buck Ortega and signed four players to the 53-man roster: K Taylor Mehlhaff , TE Sean Ryan , DT Montavious Stanley and DE Jeff Charleston...
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Opening Statement: “Going through the injury report, Jon Stinchcomb (back) did not practice, Marques Colston (thumb) was limited, Jeremy Shockey (hernia) was limited, Aaron Glenn (ankle) did not practice, Sedrick Ellis (knee) did not practice, Mike McKenzie (knee) did not practice, Antwan Lake (groin) did not practice, Kevin Kaesviharn (back) did not practice, David Patten (groin) did not practice,...
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Opening Statement: PAYTON: “A couple of notes from yesterday: we waived Buck Ortega and signed Courtney Roby in his place and then Matt Simon was released off the practice squad and we signed Tyler Lorenzen , a tight end, to the practice squad. Today’s notes, injury-wise: Jammal Brown (hip) did not participate; Darnell...
Saints Gab (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
NOLA.com reports that the team has inked TE Buck Ortega: The Saints waived tight end Buck Ortega. Ortega first joined the Saints as a member of the practice squad late in the 2007 season. The 6-4, 250-pound tight end split the 2008 campaign between the practice squad and the active roster, and played in 12 games [...]
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
The Saints have brought back kick return specialist and reserve receiver Courtney Roby . General manager Mickey Loomis announced the signing on Tuesday and said tight end Buck Ortega was waived to make room on the roster. Roby, now in his fourth year in the NFL, signed with the Saints during the 2008 season and served as the team's primary kickoff returner for five games before his season ended with...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The following Saints backups did not record significant stats in Week 1 against the Lions: RB Lynell Hamilton , TE David Thomas , QB Mark Brunell and TE Buck Ortega .
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
The heat index crept over 100 before 9:00 am, but by that point, the New Orleans Saints roster of nearly 85 players and 16 coaches were hard at work helping to restore four homes in the Hollygrove neighborhood in New Orleans. The temperature didn’t seem to matter, rather the impact of the day is what seemed to strike the biggest chord on this day for the Saints. In the final week of organized...
Canal Street Chronicles (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
The Times-Pic has just released the full list of New Orleans Saints players who were cut today. Including Joey Harrington and Adrian Arrington , whose names were released earlier today, those players are: Position Player WR Courtney Roby WR Skyler Green WR Matt Simon RB P.J. Hill RB Herb Donaldson LB Anthony Waters DT DeMario Pressley G Tim Duckworth CB Danny Gorrer DT Early Heyman TE Martrez Milner...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Saints TE Billy Miller was helped off the field because of an apparent injury to his lower right leg during New Orleans' preseason finale against the Dolphins on Thursday night. Miller was unable to put any weight on his right leg after the injury, which occurred while he ran a pass route as quarterback Joey Harrington was being sacked. Sitting on a trainer's table, he covered his face and was consoled...
Canal Street Chronicles (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
According to the list of key off-season dates on the left sidebar of CSC, the NFL mandates that all team rosters be cut down to 75 players by tomorrow. Payton mentioned during yesterday's press conference that those cuts would actually come this morning . By my calculations the Saints roster currently sits at 79 players, meaning four players would need to be accounted for in some way, whether released...
Canal Street Chronicles (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Twitter JeremyShockey 1 more practice with texans before game... Drew is back and i see that look in his eye.... look out bawtp Twitter-dee, twitter-dum ... Saints smell the blood of the houston tex-uns ... That's my prose 4 the day! jeffduncantp Back at Reliant Park. Sun already on high wattage. Gonna be another sweat-fest. FYI: Drew Brees is reportedly back. wwltvsports Jammal brown not out yet....
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
The Saints and Houston Texans concluded their three joint practice sessions this morning on the practice fields at Reliant Stadium, and tempers ran neck and neck with the soaring temperatures under the cloudless Texas sky. On four separate plays, spanning two fields, pushing and shoving escalated and caused both teams to come together in order to get order restored. Fortunately, none of the combatants...
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
The Saints held their second mini-camp practice this afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. The practice was open to the public and very well attended, with 2,268 spectators coming through the gate. The team will practice again (weather permitting on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.-gates open an hour early and fans attending are once again encouraged to bring a canned food item for the Second Harvest Food...
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Practice Notebook, 8/11 by Ricky Zeller The Saints went full-live tackling in nine-on-nine goal line drills today – 17 plays in all – that featured some of the most rugged hitting of training camp. The defense distinguished itself by allowing only three touchdowns, two on running plays and one on a play-action pass QB Joey Harrington to TE Buck Ortega in a matchup between the second units…RB...
New Orleans Saints (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Practice Notebook, 8/10 by Ricky Zeller Tired of hearing about the heat? That’s OK. But today’s full-pads practice was a stunner, with a heat index of 124 degrees, and as LB Scott Shanle put it as he walked off the field, “That was the real deal right there.” RB Reggie Bush called it the hottest practice he had ever participated in, “Like being in hell,” a sentiment...
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