After a disappointing end to the 2019 season for the Saints, the only thing Who Dat Nation can do is look forward. But how many guys from the current team will be back next year. 25 players on the Saints current roster are set to become free agents, including Quarterback Drew Brees who just completed his 19th season. Saints Offensive Tackle Terron Armstead can’t imagine Brees not playing for the Black and Gold next season…
cut 18 (16) “….without him”
Backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is also a free agent and could be signed to be a starter for another team. Third-string Q-B Taysom Hill is also a free agent in March and will likely receive a lot of interest because of his versatility.
The Ragin Cajuns wrapped up the 2019 season by beating Miami of Ohio 27-17 last night in the Lending Tree Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. It’s the first time the Cajuns have won a bowl game outside of the state of Louisiana since the 1944 Oil Bowl in Houston. Quarterback Levi Lewis was named the game’s M-V-P as he threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns and finishes the season with over 3,000 yards passing.
Brandon Ingram had 35 points for the Pelicans, but New Orleans lost to the Utah Jazz 128 to 126. Ingram had a chance to tie it at the buzzer, but Rudy Gobert blocked his shot at the rim. The Pels thought it was a foul.
In college hoops, Mylik Wilson scored a career-high 30-points as the Cajuns defeated Appalachian State 81-73. Coastal Carolina crushed ULM 93-64. Grambling improved to 2-0 in the SWAC play with a 68-63 win over Alabama State. Southern lost to Prairie View A-and-M 64-54.