Tomorrow night the saints open pre-season against the Minnesota Vikings in the Mercedes Benzs Superdome. Five of the current saints’ players have suited up for the Vikings in the past including backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Coach Sean Payton says the number of former Vikings players on the saints squad is not on pourpose….it just happens that way.
Saint’s kicker Wil Lutz has had an interesting off season. He signed a five year extension on his contract…got engaged….and bought a house in New Orleans. Lutz has hit on 87 of 100 field goals and 148 of 153 extra points in his career. Last year was his best as he missed just one extra point and two field goal attempts. Lutz is a product of Georgia State University.

Colin Kapernick says he’s still ready to return to the NFL even though he’s been un-employed for the past three seasons. In a video posted Wednesday on social media the 31 year old is shown working out in a gym. He says in his video 5 a.m. 5 days a week for 3 years…still ready. Kaepernick was with the 49’ers when he helped start a protest about social and racial injustice in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem during games.
In the major league yesterday the Chicago white sox split a double header with the Detroit tigers. The Yankees, reds, royals, blue jays, a’s, Astro’s, Braves, Brewers, mets, Cubs, National’s, Dodgers and Indians all won.