Saints Coach Sean Payton will meet with the media today as he speaks publicly for the first time since Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay. New Orleans is heading into a busy offseason. The Black and Gold have several players entering free agency including Trey Hendrickson, Marcus Williams, Jameis Winston, Jared Cook and Sheldon Rankins are among the big names.
Plus there’s the looming retirement of Quarterback Drew Brees, who according to his wife, Brittany, played through a lot more than just rib injuries. Brittany said in an Instagram post that her husband also had a torn rotator cuff, torn fascia in his foot to go along with the eleven broken ribs and a collapsed lung which we already knew about. Brittney said Drew never complained once despite what was a difficult season.
Former Saints assistant head coach adn tight ends coach Dan Campbell is officialy the head coach of the Detroit Lions and he reportedly received a six-year contract. Campbell was an interim coach with the Dolphins in 2015 and went 5-and-7.
In college basketball, Nicholls won its fifth straight last night as the Colonels defeated Houston Baptist 92-83. Ty Gordon scored a season-high 27 points in the win. UNO clobbered Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi 87-69. Stephen F Austin defeated Northwestern State 86-74 and Southeastern Louisiana outscored McNeese 92-88. Gus Okafor had 26 points for the Lions, while the Cowboys remain winless in Southland play.
The Pelicans visit the Utah Jazz again tonight. Utah beat New Orleans 118 to 102 on Tuesday night. Utah sunk 21 three-pointers in the game as the Pels have lost six of their last seven and they are in 12th place in the Western Conference.
High school football…Union Parish running back Trey Holly is the Class 3A Most oustanding offensive player of the year. Holly rushed for 27-hundred yards and 44 touchdowns last season. St. James defensive end Sai’von Jones is the Defensive Player of the Year in 3A. He’s headed to LSU. Madison Prep Landry Williams is coach of the year after leading the Chargers to their first state title in football.