Posted on June 11th, 2008
Written by Wayne Lett
The New Orleans Saints locked up one of their cornerstones on Wednesday, signing defensive end Will Smith to a six-year, $70 million contract extension that includes $26 million in guaranteed money, NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports. Smith, who received about $20 million in bonuses when he signed as a first-round draft choice out of Ohio [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2008
Written by Wayne Lett
Even though attendance at the Saints' organized team activities and offseason conditioning program is voluntary, wide receiver Marques Colston has participated while his agent has conducted talks with the team about the possibility of a renegotiated contract. Until Monday. Colston was absent from the OTA session, his whereabouts unknown to Coach Sean Payton. Colston, who [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2008
Written by Wayne Lett
The Saints have fired Vice President of Player Personnel Rick Mueller in a restructuring of the player personnel department, the team announced Wednesday. At the same time the club said it had hired Khai Harley as director of football administration, replacing Russ Ball who left earlier this year to become vice president of player finance [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008
Written by Wayne Lett
As if the Saints hadn't done enough at cornerback this offseason with the signing of Randall Gay and the drafting of cornerback Tracy Porter in the second round, they also signed former Buffalo Bills cornerback Jerametrius Butler Monday. Injuries did leave the Saints down at cornerback over the weekend. Starter Mike McKenzie is coming off [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2008
Written by Wayne Lett
Dancing with the Stars is over, but the Jason Taylor reality show is just beginning. In the next week, the Dolphins and Taylor get to run an option play, with each having multiple choices to make. The pressure point is the three-day mandatory minicamp that starts Friday June 6. The Dolphins already have said Taylor [...]
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