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Given the future geographical issues with New Orleans (fading into the sea), Baton Rouge ftw

 

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Retrial date set for April 4 in death of former Saints defensive end Will Smith

Posted by Curtis Crabtree on October 7, 2021, 2:26 AM EDT

A new trial date has been set for Cardell Hayes in the death of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith after his previous conviction was thrown out by the United States Supreme Court in January.

According to Kevin McGill of the Associated Press, a new trial has been set to begin on April 4.

Hayes was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Smith in 2016 that stemmed from a traffic dispute. Hayes was convicted by a non-unanimous decision, 10-2. Such judgments have since been deemed unconstitutional and Hayes’ conviction, which had been under active appeal at the time of the Supreme Court decision on split decision judgments, was thrown out.

Hayes has claimed he acted in self defense. Hayes and Smith engaged in an argument after their vehicles collided. Hayes then fatally shot Smith, and his wife Racquel was also injured in the incident.

Hayes had been serving a 25-year prison sentence from the conviction handed down in 2017. He has been free on conditional release and home confinement since the prior judgment was tossed.

 

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[Trickster]

Pity about Jameis, looks an ACL.

 

[andana]

Pity about Jameis, looks an ACL.

And Hill still with concussion

 

[Trickster]

And Hill still with concussion

I know the cap is tight but is Deshaun an option. I think Panthers were looking at him. Or Darnold if Watson goes there?

 

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I know the cap is tight but is Deshaun an option. I think Panthers were looking at him. Or Darnold if Watson goes there?

please take Darnold.

 

[andana]

Pity about Jameis, looks an ACL.

Possibly MCL also damaged. He was dancing in the change rooms after the game tho, on crutches.

 

[Mitho]

Hill back any day now though. Just needs to pass a final concussion test. Also got Ian Book in the wings. Surely Hill gets a crack as soon as he's fit. IIRC there was big talk pre season about him starting over Winston?

 

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There was talk maybe Cam Newton but Payton closed the door on that

 

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The Athletic's Larry Holder said he "doubts" Jameis Winston will be the Saints' starter in 2022.
Holder said Winston, who is out for the season with an ACL injury, probably didn't do enough in seven games to convince Sean Payton that he's the future of the franchise. Winston in March signed a one-year deal with New Orleans. Taysom Hill, the favorite to serve as the team's starter with Winston sidelined, is also playing on a one-year deal. "I think the Saints will explore any and every avenue this offseason for a quarterback," Holder said. "Even pondering a trade for Super Bowl champions like Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. That's not an exaggeration." Winston, Holder said, was always considered a "one year experiment" in New Orleans. He should get a shot to start somewhere else in 2022.

 

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Philip Rivers says he’ll listen if Saints want to call

Posted by Josh Alper on November 2, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT

Saints head coach Sean Payton said that it would be a challenge to bring in a quarterback unfamiliar with the team’s offensive system in the wake of Jameis Winston‘s season-ending knee injury, but a longtime NFL starter could be an option if Payton decides to go that route.

Former Chargers and Colts quarterback Philip Rivers retired after the end of the 2020 season and took over as a high school football coach in his native Alabama this fall, but told Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times that he would listen if the Saints gave him a call. Rivers said he has not heard anything from the team at this point.

Rivers started every game his teams played between the 2006 and 2020 seasons and closed out that by throwing for 4,169 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions while completing 68 percent of his passes for the Colts last season.

Trevor Siemian replaced Winston in Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers. The team hopes to get Taysom Hill back from a concussion this week and also has rookie Ian Book on the roster.

 

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Michael Thomas (ankle) is seeing a specialist and his return in "unpredictable".
Thomas has a new issue with his ankle, which prompted a visit to a specialist. The issue also led to the Saints trying to trade for a wide receiver before the deadline. Thomas' timeline for returning from the PUP list is unknown, but it's clearly not imminent. Even when Thomas does return he'll be catching passes from Taysom Hill, following Jameis Winston's ACL injury. It's looking like 2021 will be a lost fantasy season for Thomas. The 28 year is under contract for three more seasons with the Saints, and his 2022 salary fully guarantees in March.

 

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Michael Thomas (ankle) released a statement that he is out for the 2021 season.

 

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Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas will miss the entire 2021 NFL season.

Thomas announced today that he will not be able to play this year because of a setback on the ankle injury that he initially suffered last year.

“I’ve always been a man of faith and these past few months my faith has truly been tested,” Thomas wrote. “As many of you know, early last season I injured my ankle and worked extremely hard over the next few months to get back in time to finish the season. Unfortunately, the rehab didn’t go as planned and earlier this offseason it was apparent I would need to have a procedure to repair the injury. Since then, the team and I have worked diligently, day and night to rehab and get me back on the field. Unfortunately, there has been another small setback which we will have to address. To my displeasure, I will not be able to make it back in time for this season but will do everything in my power to get back to the player I have always been. I know God doesn’t make mistakes so I will continue to follow in his path, and can’t wait to be back on the field in front of the best fans on the planet.”

Thomas was the 2019 NFL offensive player of the year, but he struggled to stay healthy in 2020 and is now missing all of 2021. The Saints will hope he can return in 2022.

 

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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Trevor Siemian will start Week 9 against the Falcons.
Rapoport added it's not "a surprise considering how poised he was in relief last week," when Siemian threw for 159 yards and a touchdown in relief of Jameis Winston (knee, IR) in an upset win over Tampa. It's unclear if Siemian is starting against Atlanta because he acquitted himself well in Week 8 or because Taysom Hill (concussion) isn't ready to suit up a month after he suffered a brain injury against Washington. Siemian becomes a reasonable superflex option against a bottom-dwelling Atlanta secondary. Hill should be held as a bench stash for now, though there's no telling if or when he'll return. Siemian has a chance to solidify himself as the Saints' rest-of-season starter with another solid outing in Week 9.
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SOURCE: Ian Rapoport on Twitter
Nov 5, 2021, 10:39 AM ET

 

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Deonte Harris gets probation in drunk driving case, faces possible NFL suspension

Posted by Michael David Smith on November 8, 2021, 6:25 PM EST

Saints wide receiver Deonte Harris is facing a possible NFL suspension after he was sentenced to probation today for drunk driving.

Harris was in court in Towson, Maryland, today, where he was arrested in July, according to NoLa.com. Under a plea agreement, Harris was allowed to maintain his not guilty plea while accepting the one-year probation sentence.

The league office confirmed that it is monitoring the case with Harris. He could be suspended.

Harris leads the Saints with 323 receiving yards on 21 catches this season.

 

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Saints declared Alvin Kamara (knee) out for Week 10 against the Titans.
Mark Ingram had a 13% target share in Week 9, with Kamara still heavily involved as a receiver with an 18% target share. Trevor Siemian isn't likely to be very productive on Sunday, but he does look likely to check down frequently to Ingram. Since reuniting with Sean Payton in Week 8, Ingram has averaged 11 touches per game. He will carry the load as a touch-based RB1 opposite Tennessee on Sunday. Kamara will look to make his return against the Eagles' run funnel defense in Week 11.

 

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Saints will start QB Trevor Siemian in Week 10 against the Titans.
Taysom Hill will back up Siemian, and Sean Payton indicated that the team will have packages in place for the dual-threat quarterback. With Alvin Kamara (knee) ruled out this week and a very weak wide receiver group, Siemian is not set up for success against a Titans defense that just embarrassed Matthew Stafford. Siemian should be able to handle checking down repeatedly to Mark Ingram this week. Anything beyond that is a stretch.

 

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Sean Payton on roughing the passer penalty: No opinion on it; next question

Posted by Charean Williams on November 14, 2021, 9:55 PM EST

Another week, another officiating controversy. What else is new?

It’s also not new that the Saints were on the wrong side of a key call (or non-call).
In the 2018 NFC Championship Game, it was a missed (and blatant) pass interference call on then-Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman that cost the Saints. On Sunday, it was a controversial roughing the passer penalty on Saints linebacker Kaden Elliss.

The call by referee Jerome Boger negated Marcus Williams’ interception in the end zone. Four plays later, Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill scored on a 1-yard run to give the Titans a 13-6 halftime lead on their way to a 23-21 victory.

Replays showed Elliss did not hit Tannehill in the head. Instead, he pushed him in the back with Elliss’ helmet maybe grazing Tannehill’s nameplate.

“There wasn’t an explanation, what do you want me to say? You want my opinion on it?” Payton snapped. “No. No opinion on it. Next question.”

Payton made his point without incurring a fine from the NFL office. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad call.

CBS rules expert Gene Steratore said on the broadcast that Boger had a “difficult” viewing angle on the play and should have asked for help.

“What you hope for in that play is that the umpire, who is in the offensive backfield and has the opposite angle, can come and talk to you there and walk you through that and hopefully get you to pick that up,” Steratore said. “So you get the right call at the end of the day, because that is not roughing the passer, in my opinion.”

 

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Saints signed QB Taysom Hill to a four-year, $95 million contract extension.

Hill's contract is worth between $40 million and $95 million depending on what position he ends up playing for the Saints. He can make up the $55 million discrepancies by earning the starting quarterback role over the next four years. The deal also includes $22.5 million in guarantees. Schefter noted that Hill's contract is unlike any other in the NFL because of how it scales his salary up based on what position he is playing. Strangely, the deal comes just a week after Hill didn't see a touch in a game that Trevor Siemian got trounced in. The move signals an attempt to make Hill the team's long-term solution at quarterback by New Orleans, albeit with plenty of reservations from the team. Hill is a low-end QB1 in any week he starts based on his rushing production but the Saints haven't given him that chance this year. It's possible he gets his first start of 2021 versus the Bills in Week 12.

SOURCE: Adam Schefter on Twitter
Nov 22, 2021, 4:06 PM ET

 

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Sean Payton is stepping down

BREAKING: Sean Payton Has Informed Saints He's Stepping Down As Saints HC

Major changes are coming to New Orleans. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Sean Payton has informed the New Orelans Saints he intends to step down as the head coach: Payton has been the head coach of the Saints since 2006. He has a record of 152-89 including one Super Bowl victory. The...

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Sean Payton nearly became Cowboys coach in 2019; could it happen now?​

Posted by Mike Florio on January 25, 2022, 3:05 PM EST

With Sean Payton stepping down as head coach of the Saints after 16 years on the job, his next move will become an issue of major intrigue and curiosity. There’s a sense he could land in television for a year or two, perhaps before returning to the NFL.

Or maybe he could simply resurface with a new team. Maybe sooner than later.

He has been linked to the Cowboys on various occasions in the past. He worked there as offensive coordinator under Bill Parcells, before getting the New Orleans job in 2006. Not long ago, Payton nearly became the head coach of the Cowboys.

What follows comes from my new book, Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn’t). The essay from which it’s drawn can be found there, if/when you purchase the book. (The book contains more than 100 total essays about the last 20 years in the NFL.) Consider this a taste, with the obvious goal being that perhaps you’ll decide to buy the whole pie.

The year was 2019. The month, January. The Cowboys had won 10 of 16 games, along with a wild-card contest against the Seahawks. They lost to the Rams in the divisional round, 30-22. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones contemplated an upgrade from coach Jason Garrett to Sean Payton. Jones wanted to pull the trigger. Payton did, too.

Things unfolded quickly. The Saints had played in the NFC Championship, losing to the Rams on January 20. That week, Jones quietly made his move.

It was a delicate situation, for various reasons. First, the Cowboys had a coach. Jones wouldn’t have fired Garrett unless he knew he could have gotten Payton. Second, league rules (specifically, the Rooney Rule) require a diverse and inclusive search. Third, Jones had to ultimately know that, after going through the motions of a search, he’d be able to get Payton.

So a deal was worked out, behind the scenes. The Saints would have allowed the Cowboys to hire Payton. The Cowboys would have compensated the Saints for the rights to Payton’s contract. And Payton would have signed a new contract with the Cowboys.

It was ready to go. It was happening. It was locked, and it was loaded. Then came Monday, January 28. On that day, New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis announced he would not sign another contract with the team, and he requested a trade. (In July, the Pelicans traded him to the Lakers.)

Gayle Benson owns both the Pelicans and the Saints. Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis was, as of January 2019, the executive vice president of basketball operations with the Pelicans. Once Davis made clear his intention to leave New Orleans, Loomis told Payton that Loomis couldn’t be the common thread between a pair of such high-profile Louisiana departures.

That ended it, just like that. The Saints were no longer interested in essentially trading Payton to the Cowboys. In September, Payton signed a new contract. That deal has three years left on it.

And, yes, Jones could once again fire up the behind-the-scenes engine in an effort to land Payton. It would be the same drill as three years ago, however. This time, an unexpected Pelicans-related complication wouldn’t get in the way.

If not now, then maybe 2023. Or 2024. Regardless, the Cowboys have a talented team. And Payton is keenly aware of the fact that no coach in NFL history has won a Super Bowl with two different franchises.

So there’s the story, courtesy of Playmakers. If that leaves you wanting the rest of the pie, well, dig in.