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city bidding on 2024 game; here's how process will work | theadvocate.comTwo
cypress boxes sit on a small table inside the door of Jay Cicero’s office.These
aren’t any boxes. Adorned with paintings, brass plates and intricate engravings,
they house the hopes and dreams of New Orleans’ last two Super Bowl bids.Alvin
Kamara open to any role coaches give him during Mark Ingram's suspension |
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18Signing Jay Bromley, Michael Ola gave Saints veterans at positions that can be
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part to land veterans at positions where veteran help is few and far between
once the games begin.Former Saint Michael Mauti caught in numbers game |
theadvocate.comFan favorite Michael Mauti's release came as something of a
surprise last week, particularly since it happened only a month after the
veteran linebacker re-signed a contract with his hometownBucs DC Smith:
Hargreaves The Starter At Outside Corner | Pewter ReportEarlier this week, Bucs
defensive coordinator Mike Smith and defensive backs coach Jon Hoke addressed
where CB Vernon Hargreaves will start in 2018.What will Jerry Richardson’s
legacy be in the Carolinas? | Cat Scratch ReaderIt may have more to do with
sweet biscuits than NFL football.Lagniappe"There are 437,514 possible defensive
alignments that the offensive line must deal with" | FootballScoopThe NFL Draft
evaluation process always seem to be full of questions and other things that
seem really trivial to most, but somehow front office personnel find a way to
make them matter and put a lot of stock into how they’re answered.Would a
Healthy Andrew Luck Even Make the Colts Playoff Contenders? | Bleacher
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pretty clear.A Look Back at the Draft | by NFL Rookies Class of 2018NFL draftees
discuss their biggest moments on the field in college, their football idols, and
who they’re most excited to play against.Kaepernick collusion case proving that
teams viewed him as a starting quarterback | ProFootballTalkRemember when
quarterback Colin Kaepernick initially went unsigned after becoming a free agent
in March 2017?OTA MVPs: Players Who Shined the Most in Early Workouts | Bleacher
ReportSpring revitalizes theNFL .A new sense of hope buds after the previous
season's performance. Every organization adds pieces to replenish their rosters
as coaches and front office personnel express excitement about all of the new
possibilities...Report: Tom Brady Won't Attend Patriots OTAs Monday | Bleacher
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said Wednesday.A fellow Texan, Brees has never met Mayfield but he's tracked his
playing career from afar and has been impressed by virtually everything he's
seen from the Heisman Trophy winner, now waiting his turn to play in Cleveland.
Brees, who will face the Browns on Sunday, loves Mayfield's competitiveness and
playmaking ability, and believes he can develop into one of the NFL's top
quarterbacks."He's got all the tools," said Brees, who could pass Peyton Manning
and Brett Favre this season on the career list for yards passing. "He's more
athletic. He probably can run around better. He's got a stronger arm. He's got
all the tools."Brees would know. Now in his 18th season, the 39-year-old has
been defying preconceived opinions about quarterbacks and proving people wrong
from the moment the Chargers drafted him in the second round in 2001.Too short.
Too slow. Too this. Too that. It won't say any of those things on his Hall of
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look like. And while he might not be able to look many of his QB peers in the
eye
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this: If every one of you closed your eyes, all of your other senses would be
heightened, your sense of smell, your sense of hearing, all that other stuff. So
maybe because I'm 6 feet, maybe there's certain things that I can't see as well,
but for that reason, maybe I can hear it and feel it better because that's what
I've had to do my whole career."You find a way to make up for it. You just get
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major success as a multi-year Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion, it's unlikely
the Browns would have taken a chance on Mayfield and drafted him first
overall."I do take a lot of pride in that," Brees said.Mayfield was a walk-on at
Texas Tech and again at Oklahoma, where he became one of the school's most
celebrated players. And while he didn't have the strongest arm or best 40-yard
dash time or some of the other physical attributes the other QBs in this year's
class could boast, Brees said Mayfield has shown he can win."Well, at some point
you just have to look at results, right?" he said. "So you have to let your mind
go past the measurable — maybe how big a guy is or how fast he runs or that kind
of stuff and just turn on the tape and does the guy compete? Does the guy make
plays? Does the guy win football games? And obviously he's proven he can do all
those things."When Brees broke in, he was a backup for Doug Flutie, another
undersized QB who showed it's not just a game for big men. Brees watched Flutie
excel at a high level and molded his game accordingly."I had a chance to learn
from one of the absolute best in my opinion, especially when it came to just
having to at times just make plays because of your size and maybe certain
limitations
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call it the 6-foot and under club. All the 6-foot guys, we kind of know what
it's like."We kind of have the chip on our shoulder 'cause we've heard it our
whole life. I just kind of chuckle at it. Maybe it is something. Maybe it isn't.
But it gives us an edge."Brees was asked if Mayfield is in the under 6-foot
club."Well, is he 6-foot and under?" Brees said.He was told Mayfield measured
just a shade over 6 feet."All right, well, that counts," Brees said. "He's in
the club."
