Marques Colston

Bidding for star-studded free agents begins Tuesday

Open season on NFL free agents starts at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Those who stand around with hands in their pockets will miss out on the first wave. It wouldn't be surprising to see a few free agents sign before Wednesday morning, and a dozen or so could be...

Tags: Scott Wells, Red Bryant, Free Agency, St. Louis Cardinals, Kyle Orton

Aaron Mellette looking to make big leap to the NFL

The Ravens waited until the seventh round to draft Elon wide receiver Aaron Mellette on Saturday evening. But the wait felt much, much longer to Mellette, who some analysts believed would come off the board earlier in the draft’s final day. Soon...

Tags: Anquan Boldin, Southeastern Conference, National Football League, Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens

Texans' Williams should be Bears' top free-agent target

A little more than a month after the Bears professed to be re-emphasizing the draft, they likely are about to make it rain in free agency. But that's good because this is an unusual year in free agency. Typically, the market mostly offers players who are...

Tags: Red Bryant, Free Agency, Minnesota Vikings, National Football League, Indianapolis Colts

Eagles can take lessons from observing Ravens in Super Bowl

Even though owner Jeffrey Lurie made it perfectly clear he doesn't want a master copycat to run his Philadelphia Eagles, there are certain notes their unconventional new head coach, Chip Kelly, and his future staff needed to take from this latest Super...

Tags: Jordy Nelson, Anquan Boldin, Ed Reed, Philadelphia Eagles, National Football League

Enemy film breakdown: Some statistics, and the one player Michael Vick must account for on the Saints' otherwise bad defense

Saints hand Falcons their first loss

NEW ORLEANS -- After losing their first four games, the New Orleans Saints seemed ready to be deep-sixed into the Mississippi River. But after ruining the Atlanta Falcons' perfect season Sunday with a 31-27 victory in the Superdome, the Saints (4-5)...

Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, National Football League, Mike Johnson (football, guard), Chris Ivory, Matt Ryan

Saints defense & offense come together to beat the Eagles 28-13

WGNO Sports Director

It was a "must win" for the Saints Monday night, and win they did: 28-13 over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Saints have now won 3 of their last 4 games after an 0-and-4 start. The defense made plenty of big plays against the Eagles: in the first quarter,...

Tags: Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Patrick Robinson

Robinson 99-yard return, Saints beat Eagles

AP National Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints picked up a much-needed win.   For Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles, more misery.   Brees threw two touchdown passes, extending his NFL record streak to 51 games, and Patrick...

Tags: Mark Ingram, Philadelphia Eagles, National Football League, Patrick Robinson, Chris Ivory

Saints ride Brees, late stop to 35-28 win over Tampa Bay

WGNO Sports Director

The Saints are showing signs of a bounce back. Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes on consecutive possessions as the Saints won their second consecutive game, 35-28 Sunday at Tampa Bay. The Saints won despite allowing Tampa Bay 513 total yards....

Tags: Jonathan Vilma, Darren Sproles, Drew Brees, Lance Moore, Joe Morgan (football)

Saints QB Brees breaks Unitas' TD record

NEW ORLEANS -- For New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the first four losses of the season had been an unmitigated disaster. But at least for one night, the future Hall of Famer was once again on top of the NFL world. Chasing Johnny Unitas and NFL...

Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, National Football League, Nick Novak, Martez Wilson, Devery Henderson

Food for Thought Question: Who played the bigger role in the saints win, the offense or defense?

Chasing Johnny Unitas and NFL history, Brees threw four touchdown passes, three to Marques Colston, in the Saints' 31-24 comeback victory over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night. It was the 48th consecutive game in which Brees has thrown a scoring...

Tags: National Football League, Johnny Unitas, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints

Drew Brees

Can you talk about the San Diego defense? “They make a lot of plays.  You turn on last week’s game against Kansas City where they get five turnovers in the first half and you say, man they’re just a bunch of ball hawks.  They’re...

Tags: Basketball, Baltimore Colts, Chase Daniel, Doug Flutie, National Football League