New Orleans SAINTS official thread 2015-16

[treeduck]

The Saints swept this week's voting for the FedEx Air and Ground Player of the Week awards, with QB Drew Brees and RB Tim Hightower both winning. Brees threw for 412 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions despite fighting through a torn plantar fascia in Sunday's 38-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hightower ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 47 yards.

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Saints to sweep the Clowns now!

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Matty "Ice Pick" Ryan Edited January 3, 2016 by treeduck

[treeduck]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

[RushCanuck]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

[treeduck]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

[treeduck]

The 4 still standing from our Superbowl win:

 

http://saintsreport.com/forums/attachments/f2/82334d1451860849-final-four-originals-pictured-image.jpg

[laughedatbytime]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

Edited January 4, 2016 by laughedatbytime

[The Analog Cub]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

[treeduck]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

Or your new hot woman is a Cowboys fan? Naaa maybe not.

[The Analog Cub]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

Or your new hot woman is a Cowboys fan? Naaa maybe not.

 

I'd question my choice in women.

[laughedatbytime]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

That's a decision that needs to reflect your own individual morality and if you want your kids to take your guidance seriously.

[laughedatbytime]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

Or your new hot woman is a Cowboys fan? Naaa maybe not.

 

I'd question my choice in women.

That or whether she picked up any diseases from Jerruh.

[The Analog Cub]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

Or your new hot woman is a Cowboys fan? Naaa maybe not.

 

I'd question my choice in women.

That or whether she picked up any diseases from Jerruh.

 

It's not a question of whether she did in that case, it'd be a question of how many.

[treeduck]

Saints win and finish with a 7-9 record which equals the worst record in the Brees-Payton era, the 4th time in fact.

Hey treeduck, are you going to keep supporting the Saints in the future? I'm curious what drives your loyalty.

Am I going to keep following them? I've been following them since around 1983! Why would i stop now? When I first followed them they hadn't even had a winning season never mind made the play-offs! The Dome Patrol didn't exist yet, Drew Brees was still in short pants. This to me is the golden age!

You can't change your team, short of them moving, getting a local expansion team, or your kid getting drafted.

 

How about your team getting caught cheating?

 

I started watching football when I lived in Maine and the next year (2007) the bullshit happened with Belichick.

 

Started watching the Bears after I needed a new team and moved to Iowa.

Or your new hot woman is a Cowboys fan? Naaa maybe not.

 

I'd question my choice in women.

That or whether she picked up any diseases from Jerruh.

 

It's not a question of whether she did in that case, it'd be a question of how many.

Jerry Jones is the Charlie Sheen of the NFL!

[treeduck]

Report: Drew Brees doesn’t need foot surgery

 

Posted by Josh Alper on January 5, 2016, 3:26 PM EST

 

Saints quarterback Drew Brees played the last two weeks of the regular season with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot and it sounds like the recovery process in the offseason will go forward without the need for surgery.

 

Ed Werder of ESPN reports that Brees visited with Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte and that the foot specialist recommended 4-6 weeks of rest for Brees before he resumes any training program this offseason. That timeline leaves plenty of time before Brees would be starting an offseason workout program.

 

Brees played well in the last two weeks, throwing for 735 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in a pair of Saints victories.

 

With surgery off the table, the most pressing matter for Brees in the near term will likely be sorting out his contract situation with the Saints. Brees is set to have a $30 million cap charge in 2016, which is the final year of his contract with the team. He said Monday that he’s “absolutely” open to an extension that would bring that number down in the short term by pushing some of the money into future years.

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Payton: "I promise I won't have any 'next questions.' I promise to sit here until everyone's done asking questions."

[treeduck]

Payton: "I plan on finishing my career here."

 

"I think Zach Strief said it best last week, 'I'll be here as long as they'll have me'"

 

"Leave early as a hero, stay late and become a villain. I'd rather be a villain."

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Sean Payton on chance of going to another team: "I knew in my heart of hearts, that was not going to come to fruition."

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Payton on staying in New Orleans: "It exists here. It exists in this city, in this stadium, for these fans. This is it. This is where I want to be."

[treeduck]

Did other teams reach out to you?

 

Sean Payton "no, not at all."

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Payton on Drew- I texted him 5 minutes before I walked in here. I don't wanna coach anywhere else and anyone else.

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Payton on salary cap: "The regrets are hindsight, and it's always in the dead-money cases."

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Asked about regrets with player moves, Payton: "There's still regrets every time I see Ninkovich line up and sack someone for New England"

[treeduck]

Report: Dan Campbell, Joe Lombardi joining Saints staff

 

Posted by Josh Alper on January 13, 2016, 4:42 PM EST

 

Sean Payton’s 2016 coaching staff will reportedly include a couple of assistants who didn’t finish the 2015 season in the same jobs they had when it got underway.

 

Dan Campbell made the move from Dolphins tight ends coach to interim head coach, but didn’t get the job on a permanent basis after going 5-7 in the wake of Joe Philbin’s dismissal. There were a few teams interested in bringing him to their staff, but Mike Triplett of ESPN.com reports that the Saints have ended his brief unemployment.

 

Per Triplett, Campbell will be assistant head coach in addition to serving as tight ends coach. Current tight ends coach Dan Roushar is expected to remain on the staff in a different position.

 

Campbell got bumped up during the season, but Joe Lombardi’s year went in the other direction. He was fired as the Lions’ offensive coordinator during the season and Triplett reports he’ll return to his previous job as the Saints’ quarterbacks coach. Mike Neu had been in that position, but left to become the head coach at Ball State.

 

Longtime NFL cornerback Aaron Glenn is also heading to New Orleans to serve as a secondary coach. Glenn, who wrapped up his playing career with the Saints in 2008, was an assistant secondary coach in Cleveland the last two years.