Saints for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Wisconsinite, Daily Reveille alumnus, U.S. Marine veteran. Semper Fi.
New Orleans, LA
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A 5-foot-4 high school sophomore. Injuries throughout his college career. Still a top-10 draft pick with the #Saints.
“I wasn’t supposed to be here,” Jordyn Tyson said.
Here is how he made it.
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Neighbor who evacuated had a window to their house blow open in the storm. Another neighbor who lives across the street ran over with a power drill to close it off. #NewOrleans #AlgiersPoint
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I'm proud of my Marine Corps service, but it is a largely private pride. Today is a day when I felt I needed to put it out there.
Drew Brees, you spoke. Now I need you to listen. nola.com/sports/saints/artic…
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Alvin Kamara: "If they fine me, I'll just match it and send it to charity. The Grinch always tries to steal Christmas."
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Alvin Kamara caught 2 passes today, and this is important because it brought his season total to 81. Here are Alvin Kamara's catch totals in his first 3 years.
2017: 81 catches
2018: 81 catches
2019: 81 catches
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The Saints were one of four NFL teams to not allow a single 300-yard passer this season. This was the first time since 2005 the Saints went an entire season without allowing one.
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CJ Gardner-Johnson on his interception of Tom Brady: “I was in a boat. I was jamming my receiver on an island. Then I saw a little baby GOAT floating in the water so I had to go pick him up.”
Let this man write a screenplay
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I’d put 2011 Tyrann’s highlight reel up with 2005 Reggie Bush and 1999 Michael Vick’s as my all-time “that dude is cold” classics
A look back at the last time @Mathieu_Era played for a Louisiana team 🐯
📺: @SECNetwork
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Don’t look now, but Drew Brees is leading the NFL in completion percentage for the third straight season, and he’s on his way toward shattering the NFL record he set a year ago.
Brees is completing 75.7 percent of his passes this season after completing 30 of 39 yesterday
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Emmanuel Sanders, on New Orleans continued: "It's like their food: New Orleans has flavor. I just ate some gumbo. It has flavor. When you speak of New Orleans, it's good food, good vibe, just flavor. It's sauce."
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Emmanuel Sanders said his grandma prayed that he ended up in New Orleans: "She loves Drew Brees, she loves Sean Payton, she loves the offense."
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lol at Tyrann Mathieu’s face when Jamaal Williams suggests BBQ sauce for his crawfish
Jamaal put BBQ sauce on crawfish... Is this acceptable? 😂
#Saints | @jswaggdaddy
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Bryan Bresee, of Clemson, is walking around the Saints locker room in an LSU hoodie. I watched Davon Godchaux decorating his locker in purple and gold. College football season is so back.
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The night before Drew Brees had surgery performed on his thumb, Teddy Bridgewater took the entire Saints offense out for a steak dinner. The message? ‘We’ve got to put our foot on the gas. We can’t pump the brakes.' theadvertiser.com/story/spor…
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Alvin Kamara, speaking on the then-San Diego Chargers not signing Drew Brees way back in 2006: "It's business, but shit, that's not a business decision I would've made."
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Cam Jordan asked after the game if there was a sense of disbelief the way this season ended: "With the talent we have put together on this team, we had — we have full belief in us. Even up to the last second, we figured the ref was going to come in and be a ref. It’s a joke."
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Alex Okafor on the Saints giving him the sack bonus despite him falling one shy. “Honestly, I’m just grateful. The Saints have given me opportunities since I got here.”
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Alvin Kamara asked to reflect on his 6 touchdown performance: "I'm blessed to be able to do it in the city that I love and with the team that I love."
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Alvin Kamara got his offensive linemen some customized adidas bomber jackets with their name and number on the back.
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Here is @A_kamara6 on Mark Ingram: "Free Mark! I talked to him before the game. He’ll probably be at the airport when we land. It feels good to know he served his four and he’s going to be back. It’s about to be ugly."
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Emmanuel Sanders talking about how he's noticed the city imprinting on the team in his previous stops: "Our head coach is doing the Griddy with a pair of Jordan 11s on. That's New Orleans, right?"
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I think this is a marvelous shot from @DavidGrunfeld of Drew Brees taking one last look at the Superdome as he walks off the field.
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Anthony Mackie was one of the celeb golfers playing with the Saints today at the Zurich shoot out. Before he talked to us, Sean Payton turned to him and said, "Hey Anthony, that's the first official round I've ever played with a Falcon."
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Tyler Shough, line of the day: “I feel like I’m already ingrained in New Orleans. I’ve already popped a tire in a pothole.”
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Was wondering why I saw Tre'Quan Smith's helmet flying 15 yards downfield.
I mean, the officials needed to come in here and have a really good day. And they have not done that.
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For the first time in his excellent 11-year career, Thomas Morstead has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month
Morstead's month
- 17 punts
- 11 downed inside the 20
- 48.8 yard average (No. 3 in the NFL)
- 44.3 yard net average (No. 5)
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I feel like the Emmanuel Sanders signing about the same way I felt about Jared Cook's last year: He is an immediate upgrade at a position of need and should fit beautifully in the Saints offense. Excellent signing.
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Alvin Kamara on Jameis dancing in the locker room on crutches: "That's Jameis, man. He's a character. I don't even want to call it emotion, it's fire."
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Jared Cook asked if Jameis Winston is at all like Teddy Bridgewater personality wise. And he delivered with his response: "Teddy is a cool cat, a calm cat, a laid-back Florida boy. Jameis is a wild boy."
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Mike Thomas moves into No. 4 on the @Saints all-time receptions list, passing Jimmy Graham nola.com/sports/saints/artic…
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lol. Watch Terron Armstead after Kamara rips off an 11-yard run on the first play of the Saints second offensive drive.
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“Nobody respects you cheap shotting anybody,” Mark Ingram on Mike Evans/Marshon Lattimore
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Q: Are you vaccinated?
Alvin Kamara: “I might be”
(Pause)
AK, laughing: “Yeah I’m vaccinated”
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Drew Brees went on the Today show and said he wished Roger Goodell would have addressed the blown call immediately.
"He basically waited until he absolutely had to, which was at his annual Super Bowl press conference, I don’t really think he said much during most of that"
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"I know I don't perfectly fit the mold of a New Orleanian, but I feel like one." — Thomas Morstead
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Saints last five games, defensively.
- 13 ppg
- 286.6 total yards per game
- 12 turnovers
- 24 sacks
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Emmanuel Sanders on playing with Brees: I've been in a pass happy offense in 2010 with Ben Roethlisberger and in 2014 with Peyton Manning. ... So to be back in a pass happy offense with a Hall of Fame quarterback, it's like WR heaven for me.
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FOX cameras found Sean Payton right after that Jameis Winston TD to Callaway, and the look on his face is priceless.
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Brees: "The kids can't jump on me like they usually do. ... But I can still play Barbies and paint fingernails with my daughter."
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An important take: The Saints should make today's uniforms their full time home set, and the color rush should be their full time road set.
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Crazy story: Dr. Jerry Poché (father of Jared) & Jimmy Roy (dad of strength coach Travis) performed CPR on a UF fan @ the game & revived him
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It’s hilariously frustrating to me that this 3-3 LSU football team that couldn’t run the ball to save its life for five weeks just had a player set the single game rushing record against a good Florida defense
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Sean Payton: "I'm pulling for Vonn Bell and Trey (Hendrickson)."
Long pause.
"Eli a little bit."
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Antoine Duplantis finished his career with 359 hits.
His four-hit game tonight gave him a career best 91 in a single season. Unreal consistency over the course of four years.
2016: 89 hits/.327
2017: 90 hits/.316
2018: 89 hits/.328
2019: 91 hits/.324
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CJGJ jumps on this Jameis pass in 7-on-7. Bradley Roby follows with a pick on the very next play
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Terron Armstead: "I think this is one of my favorite wins in my career. Just the circumstances, the way the game played out, the energy, the way we went out and won — it was a fun game, a hard-fought game."
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Alvin Kamara is going to get PAID and I don't care what the RB market says about that. This offense feels like it would be completely lost without him.
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Saints and Pelicans loaded up the Carr family with gear upon their arrival in NO yesterday
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Mark Ingram asked where Taysom Hill fits in the Zoom and Boom. What is his nickname in that?
Ingram: “Taysom is Taysom. Tay-some of deez.”
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What is Sean Payton going to give Drew Brees for his 42nd birthday Friday?
“Just a good red zone plan.”
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Saints DE Cam Jordan has been named the NFC defensive Player of the Week. Second time in the last three weeks he’s warned that honor
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Tyrann Mathieu, presented with the fact that he's turning 30 soon, asked if this will be the last stop in his career.
"Hopefully."
(Pause)
"You said 30 like I'm old. I'm just heating up."
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Marshon Lattimore hints that the Saints are going to come up with a different team celebration after turnovers this year because so many others are doing it around the NFL
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Sean Payton said Drew Brees has "periodically poked his head into the building" when he's been in town
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For my friends in media and for the Philly and KC fans traveling to New Orleans for the Super Bowl — welcome! Hope you enjoy all New Orleans has to offer. Here are my favorite food & drink spots in the city — far from comprehensive, but a place to start. Locals, feel free to add
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Some exciting news to announce: Today is my first day on the job covering the Saints for the USA Today network. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to keep telling Louisiana's great sports stories and to stay in a place that has become home.
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Look, I love Jamaal Williams fit on the New Orleans Saints football team, but good God man, 10 minutes into this press conference and all I can think about is how well his personality fits into this city. Feels like he's going to be a fast fan favorite.
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Sean Payton talking a little about #LSU today, gave us this gem: “The last thing I told Joe (Brady) was that he was making a mistake. Shows how much I know.”
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Alvin Kamara on the rushing performance: "We could do that every week. Me and Latavius talk the most shit to Sean, like, ‘Yeah, let’s go, let’s run the ball.’"
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Sean Payton on Alvin Kamara: "He's too talented of a player. I'm seeing everything in practice, the way he prepares. His best football of the season is ahead of him."
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Alvin Kamara when asked about this being a statement win: "I'm coming in here every year thinking we're going to be the shit."
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Sean Payton said he doesn't want to sound displeased, but also adds he doesn't feel the Saints have played their best football yet.
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Marques Colston stopped by Saints practice today. Still looks like he could ball.
📸: @brettdukephoto
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Per a Falcons subreddit, some Falcons fans tried to buy some billboards mocking the Saints' recent playoff losses. New Orleans business owners refused to take their business. nola.com/saints/2019/01/like…
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The day Sean Payton stepped down, Dennis Allen immediately was the favorite to follow him. Saints interviewed a lot of highly qualified candidates, but went with the guy who'd spent 12 of the last 16 years on Sean Payton's staff.
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Taysom Hill, asked about Brees' importance in today: "If I'm being honest, I didn't fully understand what it took to be a starter until I got here. ... Drew was with me every step of the way this week."
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Cam Jordan is saying he feels sorry for whoever has to line up across from David Onyemata next week
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