Following the surprise retirement of Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu, the Saints are signing former Colts safety Julian Blackmon. The former third-round pick had 300 tackles and 10 interceptions in five seasons with the Colts.
The Saints began training camp today. The story of camp will be the three-way quarterback battle between Jake Haener, Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough. Rattler got the starting reps today. Running back Alvin Kamara says he saw a group anxious to be great.
Cut 21 (15) “…be good.”
Shough will get the starting reps tomorrow.
The only players absent from the first day of practice were tight ends Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau, who were both placed on the physically unable to perform list yesterday.
Sun Belt Media Days began with the West Division in New Orleans yesterday. UL-Lafayette was picked to win the West in the conference preseason poll. Head Coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-mo) is looking to return to the Sun Belt championship after falling short last year.
Louisiana Tech Head Coach Sonny Cumbie spoke at Conference USA Media Day yesterday. The Bulldogs are coming off a 5-and-8 season, in which they were able to back their way into a bowl game. Cumbie says it was most of the players’ first bowl experience.