NOLA: CAMP CONFIDENTIAL
July 31, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Wide receivers
An entertaining battle is going on here. Marques Colston and David Patten are secure. Devery Henderson is injured and might not be back for a week or two. Then, it gets very interesting. Robert Meachem has looked very good, and he’s getting indoctrinated into special teams. If those four are set, and there is nothing to say that is true in Henderson’s case, then who is the fifth or sixth wideout, if they keep that many? Terrance Copper and Lance Moore are excellent on special teams, but that’s also where Skyler Green is trying to make this club. Then, there is rookie Adrian Arrington, who has excelled at just about everything he’s been asked to do. This is a deep and talented group, and Henderson had better get back as quickly as he can, which probably won’t come until after the first preseason game.
Marques Colston | 6-4 | 225 | 3
David Patten | 5-10 | 190 | 12
Devery Henderson | 5-11 | 200 | 5
Robert Meachem | 6-2 | 210 | 2
Terrance Copper | 6-0 | 207 | 5
Lance Moore | 5-9 | 190 | 3
Adrian Arrington | 6-3 | 192 | R
Skyler Green | 5-9 | 190 | 3
Curtis Hamilton | 5-11 | 195 | R
Todd Blythe | 6-5 | 214 | R
First Down
Much money was spent on improving the defense, and early in
camp that effort looks to be a success. Count the ways:
Bobby McCray speed-rushing off the end and blocking a Drew
Brees pass, rookie tackle Sedrick Ellis using a spin move
and running into the arm of backup quarterback Mark Brunell,
and Charles Grant lining up at the tackle spot next to
defensive end Will Smith and blasting past Jamar Nesbit.
“The defense continues to play well,” Coach Sean
Payton said. “Sometimes as an offensive coach or the
head coach you don’t like that, but then you think how
that means the defense is playing well.” The defense
broke even with the No. 1 offense in the final red-zone
work, but as the team mixed and matched players later in the
drill, the offense failed on eight consecutive tries.
Defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy intercepted a pass by
Brunell.Who’s hot
You could just about pick any defensive lineman, but Antwan
Lake, a 6-foot-4, 308-pound veteran tackle from West
Virginia, continued to get tremendous push up the middle. He
was in the Brees’ face a couple of times, playing both
third-team tackle and then stepping in for Hollis Thomas in
one drill with the first team.Quote of the Day
As Payton left the wooden platform in the interview area,
moments before 307-pound (or more) Ellis stepped in, he said
to a Saints official, “You’d better get another
2-by-4 for this.”Play of the Day
A real pop was heard when safety David Roach hit running
back Lynell Hamilton as the offense went against the defense
in red zone play much of the evening practice.
Injuries
Devery Henderson | hamstring | out
Tracy Porter | hamstring | out
Jeremy Shockey | leg | limited
Deuce McAllister | knee | limited
Mike McKenzie | knee | limited
Hollis Thomas | knee | limited
Chris Barclay | knee | waived
Jonathan Stinchcomb | shoulder | limited
Weather report
Practice: 89 degrees; attendance, 850.
Today’s schedule
Walkthrough 8:50 a.m., practice 3:40 p.m.
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