The New Orleans Saints returned on full pads on their third day of training camp, practicing on the outdoor fields at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie in temperatures that felt like 93 degrees at 9 p.m.
The practice lasted a little longer on Thursday, with the Saints allowed to increase the practice time to one hour and 45 minutes.
Thursday’s observations:
PARTICIPATION
Offensive lineman Andrus Peat (inch) a linebacker Anthony Chickillo do not practice for the third straight day while defensive tackle Spitige Tuttle missed his practice of camp.
Close Josh Hill was present but was not participating – instead working on the side to apparently make up for lost time while dealing with his unspecified “tweak.”
Linebacker Kiko Alonso was also detected with working on some things of rehab type on the side during the last exercises. He is still on the PUP list as he continues to repair a torn ACL.
OFFENSIVE LEEUWARDEN
Holy center Erik McCoy took snaps at center for the third straight day while rookie lineman Cesar Ruiz continued to work at right guard. Coach Sean Payton said earlier this week that McCoy and Ruiz will run every two to three days, so expect a possible change for Friday’s practice.
With Peat absent, lineman Nick Easton again took reps of first team at left guard.
Upon approach, it turned out to be a load management day for Terron Armstead en Ryan Ramczyk, like both Ethan Greenidge en James Hurst worked with the first team.
Payton said the coaching staff the night before talked about what players should give a day for a load management, and said there are certain players that they think are a little more “either they recover from an injury or if it’s a little more experience as age is -related. “
Greenidge was on the Saints’ 53-man roster last week, signing with the team as an untroped free agent from Villanova. However, he was a healthy inactive for all but two games last season, and did not record a snap in any of those games.
Hurst is a seven-year veteran who came to New Orleans after Baltimore released him this offseason a month after it was announced that he would be suspended for the first four games of the 2020 season due to a violation of the PED’s policy. NFL.
SUCCESSFUL WIN SUBMITTED
The Saints’ defense won the day again after several defenders made great plays.
In the first team session, quarterback Drew Brees tried to connect to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, but was contaminated by security Marcus Williams who came up with the interception.
Immediately afterwards came quarterback Jameis Winston who launched a deep pass of 40 yards, to wide receiver Austin Carr, but cornerback Justin Hardee hit the ball down. For what it’s worth, the crime that passerby wanted to call the scene.
And as a quarterback Taysom Hill came in later, defensive end Trey Hendrickson broke free and dropped Hill. (Not a real sec. This is practice.)
When Brees returned later in a few plays, he threw in another interjection. It was not clear which receiver Brees intended to throw, but linebacker Alex Anzalone cut Brees’ pass from the middle of the field with no one else around him.
BIG OFFENSIVE GAMES
Not everything was central to the defense.
During one-on-one drills early in practice wide receiver Michael Thomas showed why he is one of the best in the league. On one attempt by Winston, Thomas made at least 5 feet of separation between him and cornerback Janoris “Jackrabbit” Jenkins to come up with an easy catch. He also had one reception from Brees with cornerback Marshon Lattimore defending.
Some of Jameis Winston’s highlights:
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– Amie Just (@Amie_Just) August 20, 2020
Also in one, Brees jumped out a beautiful deep pass to Carr, who extended his arms to come with the catch Keith Washington Jr. in coverage.
Trees to Carr deep route during 1vs 1 pic.twitter.com/fOPfcmBLDM
– Sean FazendeFOX8 (@ SeanFazendeFOX8) August 20, 2020
Run back Latavius Murray came into action during team practice, and took advantage of two big holes in the offensive line to break free on multiple plays.
A LITTLE CHIPPY NO
The second-to-last practice game, Brees left one out to Thomas, but the pass fell incomplete. It turned out Williams was running against Thomas, and several defensive backs started shooting at Thomas, including DJ Swearinger en Ceedy Duce (formerly known as CJ Gardner Johnson).
FOLLOWING
The Saints are back Friday with their fourth full pads practice.
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