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strato 08-06-2011 10:50 AM

Position battles worth watching at New Orleans Saints camp
 
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After the Saints first full-pads practice Thursday evening, Coach Sean Payton was asked about those perennial battles that stamp training camps everywhere -- the heralded rookie coming in with a starter's job in his cross hairs.
Payton made it clear that although veteran players obviously bring much to the table, he wants the club permeated with an atmosphere not so much of fear as alertness. In other words, Payton wants his players fighting for their jobs on every snap.
"I think it's understood," he said. "The position coach usually will explain the reps to make sure everyone understands that rarely do we take a rookie and just put him at the front of the line. What is key to our organization is that we're never going to hand anyone a job. There's going to be a lot of reps, a lot of preseason games, and a lot of snaps for guys to move up in the depth chart or down in the depth chart.
"I think that process has to happen on merit to have that credibility in the locker room. That's something we value a lot here, and we pay attention to it."


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Position battles worth watching at New Orleans Saints camp | NOLA.com

hagan714 08-06-2011 11:01 AM

hands down is both WLB and SLB in my book

saintsfan1313 08-06-2011 11:28 AM

i remember hearing that Wilson has been running with the 1st team unit, and then this guy says Wilson is the one falling behind everyone....so whoever has been to camp, which is it?????

Danno 08-06-2011 03:32 PM

My favorite battles...

RDE for the 1st 4 games
LDE starter
Sam
Will
PR/KR
FB

homerj07 08-07-2011 05:54 PM

I just want to see us battle against the other teams!!


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