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METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints have been an average team for the last three seasons, finishing 7-9 each time. The key to them being an above-average team this season likely rests with them improving enough on defense to be at least average on that side of the ball. Since head coach Sean Payton and…
The New Orleans Saints spent the first month of the new league year on two major projects -- both of them involving the reigning Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. Fixated on getting better on defense after a slight improvement last season from 2015, when they were absolutely dreadful on that side of the ball, the…
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The New England Patriots reportedly offered their No. 32 overall pick in this year's NFL Draft to New Orleans for wide receiver Brandin Cooks, but the Saints rejected the proposal. The Saints felt the trade package being offered wasn't enough for the 23-year-old Cooks, sources told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The proposal also included New Orleans…
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Former New Orleans Saints receiver Robert Meachem was released from jail on Thursday after three days of incarceration when he made a $100,000 alimony and child support payment to his ex-wife. Judge Adrian Adams of Jefferson Parish's 24th Judicial District Court in the New Orleans area had previously ordered the 32-year-old Meachem to pay 25 percent…
