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Seven New Year’s Resolutions

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Here are some New Year’s Resolutions for the Saints:
1. Hire an aggressive Defensive Coordinator. Gibbs’ defensive philosophy does not work for these Saints. Hire Ted Cottrell!
1(a) SIGN VILMA!!!!!!
2. Get three Defensive Backs that can play man-to-man coverage; either draft or free agency.
3. Trade Jammal [...]

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Smith and Grant are gone in 2009?

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The Saints need a complete defensive overhaul in 2009. A new defensive coordinator, defensive backs, linebackers (Fujita and Vilma can stay), and defensive ends (McCray stays).
Will Smith has not been productive at all this year. On Sunday, he over-ran a simple containment play that resulted in Michael Turner [...]

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Saints’ defense ’smarter, faster’ – ESPN

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NEW ORLEANS — The stage was all set for another memorable collapse. Then, the unimaginable happened. The Saints’ defense didn’t fall apart.
The unit that was largely responsible for last year’s 7-9 record was the driving force behind Sunday’s 24-20 victory against Tampa Bay at the Superdome. When it mattered most, [...]

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Saints Note: Thank You Bruce Allen

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Saints fans have to applaud Bruce Allen’s stubbornness on the Favre trade. Allen was “unwilling” to unload a 3rd round pick and a player for the one player that could have wreaked havoc for the Saints and Panthers. Smart move? Of course time will tell, but I don’t think so.
Why? [...]

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ESPN – Breaking down the NFC South

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ESPN – Breaking down the NFC South – NFC South

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Ellis will join Saints on Wednesday

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The Saints will officially get their first-round draft pick Sedrick Ellis to join them in training camp after agreeing to a five-year contract Tuesday evening.  Ellis is expected to be in attendance for the afternoon practice on Wednesday before immersing into the full routine on Thursday, according to Saints spokesman [...]

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Sedrick Ellis Signs $49 Million Dollar Contract

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First-round pick Sedrick Ellis agreed to a five-year deal with the Saints, General Manager Mickey Loomis confirmed. He will arrive in camp Wednesday.
Ellis deal is worth up to $49 million with $19.5 million in guarantees, according to league sources. The guaranteed money is the most important figure, since the total [...]

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Ellis signs 5-year deal with Saints

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The New Orleans Saints have signed defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis.
The draft’s No. 7 overall selection, Ellis agreed to a five-year deal with $19.5 million guaranteed. Further financial details weren’t immediately available.
The contract details were first reported by FOXSports.com.
Despite having missed a week of training camp practices, the 6-foot-1, 309-pound Ellis [...]

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Production Manager

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Even though he’s new to the team, Jonathan Vilma said he thinks he has the solution for people who say the New Orleans Saints linebacking corps has underachieved the last couple of years.
“If you’re getting that knock, you just have to prove them wrong,” Vilma said. “I’m not big into [...]

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Saints??. Healthy or Not?

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Some would say that the 2008 season for the New Orleans Saints depends on the health of or more specifically, the return of health for key players. Unfortunately, health has been an issue on both offense and defense. Depending on what happens in the next 6 weeks, could [...]