6:45 LRN Sportscast

The Saints will face Green Bay in preseason game number two tonight. Wide receiver Michael Thomas will not play as he gets ready to make his much anticipated return for week one of the regular season. Thomas says he’s not all the way back from suffering that ankle injury in week one of the 2020 season…
cut 18 (16) “….things show up”
Andy Dalton will get the start at quarterback tonight and third-stringer Ian Book is also expected to see plenty of playing time. Book was sacked five times last week and turned it over twice. The Saints fumbled three times last Saturday against Houston and Coach Dennis Allen wants to see better ball security tonight. Kick-off from Lambeau Field is at 7 PM tonight.

One of the bigger position battles at LSU is for place kicker. LSU has been spoiled at this position with Cole Tracy and then All-American Cade York. Coach Brian Kelly says freshman Damian Ramos has been impressive, but there’s also sophomore Ezekeal Mata, Northwestern State grad transfer Trey Finison and freshman Nathan Dilbert….
cut 16 (20) :,,,field goals”
Notre Dame transfer Jay Bramblett is expected to handle punting. He averaged 42 yards a punt in three seasons for the Fighting Irish.

The daughter of NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback Brett Favre has transferred LSU. Breleigh Favre is a beach volleyball player and competed for Southern Miss, where she won 36 matches, the fourth most in school history.