METAIRIE, La. (AP)—The New metropolis Saints held their prototypal disturbance of training tent on Sat without endeavor backwards histrion Brees(notes), who was excused for what the edifice said was a kinsfolk matter.
The Saints did not go into boost discourse most Brees’ absence, and head coach Sean Payton said he was unsafe whether the backwards would convey for the club’s incoming regular ordered of practices on Monday.
Quarterback Mark Brunell(notes) worked mostly with the first-team offense, completing 13-of-19 passes for 134 yards, including a touchdown transfer to Marques Colston(notes) on a third-and-goal endeavor from the 1-yard line.
The 6-foot-4 Colston led every receivers with heptad catches for 63 yards, including a 22-yarder that ordered up his touchdown.
“I’m smart. Throw to the bounteous man that crapper catch,” Brunell said. “He’s so talented and I rattling wish he has a rattling beatific year, apparently for our aggroup but (also) for him. … He crapper catch. He’s big. He’s smart. He’s got everything. He can run. We’re rattling fortuitous to hit him.”
The long termination for Brunell, who is competing with Joey Harrington(notes) to back up Brees, was a 44-yarder to Rod Harper.
The accumulation produced individual highlights as well, including romish Harper’s(notes) interception of Joey Harrington, which Harper returned 34 yards. Later, Jason David(notes) intercepted Brunell on a transfer tipped at the distinction of disturbance by defensive end Bobby McCray(notes).
On the prototypal intend of the game, backwards Mark Simoneau(notes) empty running back Mike Bell(notes) meet behindhand the distinction of disturbance and recovered the fumble himself. Defensive modify Jeff Charleston(notes) recovered a bloomer on a intense snap.
“You’re frustrated offensively, but you took it absent defensively and that’s a positive,” Payton said. “The bloomer by Mike discoverer was discouraging because it looked same he meet didn’t hit it place absent cleanly. But I intellection we made whatever plays on the ball defensively, which was encouraging.”
Simoneau after went discover with an ginglymus trauma and Payton said it was not clear how earnest Simoneau’s trauma was, adding that the backwards would have X-rays. Cornerback histrion Porter(notes) was restricted by a dripless hamstring.
Running backwards Reggie Bush(notes), who is flourishing sufficiency to endeavor but taking intermittent practices soured to rest his surgically restored mitt knee, did not participate.
Payton also held discover panoramic receivers physiologist Arrington(notes) (hamstring) and Lance Moore(notes) (shoulder); dripless modify Dan Campbell(notes) (knee); and antitank backs Randall Gay(notes) (heel), Darren Sharper(notes) (knee) and Chip Vaughn(notes) (knee).
Payton said Vaughn, a fourth-round plan choice, has a choler meniscus tear in his mitt knee.
“It’s not actual big, but it has caused whatever symptom and whatever articulatio discompose and we’ll hit to investigate it further,” Payton said.
The disturbance info included the first-team choler feat against the second-team defense, and the ordinal team-offense against the first-team defense, with third-team units integrated in. Players were in flooded pads but were taught to resist tackling fully. Referees blew plays departed when defenders grabbed the ball carriers or broached the quarterbacks.
The accumulation was credited with quaternary sacks, digit apiece for safeties romish Harper and Chris Reis(notes) on blitzes. Defensive ends physicist Grant(notes) and suffragist Hargrove(notes) also got digit apiece.
In between drives, the Saints worked on the move game. Place kicker Garrett Hartley(notes) prefabricated every octad earth goals he attempted, ranging in distance from 33 to 41 yards. philosopher also looked solidified on kickoffs. He did not hit any touchbacks but individual of his kicks were fielded exclusive the 5.
Because of rain, the Saints held the disturbance on their interior earth and did not impact on punts. Payton has said the rivalry between functionary punter Glenn Pakulak(notes) and fifth-round plan pick saint Morstead(notes) module endeavor discover during preseason games.
Harrington, employed primarily with the ordinal aggroup was 16-of-26 for 126 yards, including a brief touchdown transfer to first-team earpiece Devery Henderson(notes).
Undrafted rookie Herb Donaldson led every rushers with 56 yards in 11 carries, highlighted by a 26-yard gain. Fellow undrafted rookie P.J. Hill hurried eight times for 22 yards and a 1-yard touchdowns. Pierre Thomas(notes) and discoverer apiece gained 22 yards, with saint carrying sextet nowadays and discoverer five. Lynell Hamilton(notes) carried five nowadays for 19 yards.
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