Saints Camp Notes....

Initial reports are that Pierre Thomas will be okay. I 'll wait for the X-Rays. As I talked about earlier, you just never know who is going to go down with an injury. The good news is it is early in camp and hopefully Thomas will be healed and ready for the start of the season. It appears that everyone including ESPN, has no more info than anyone else on the injury. As usual Coach Sean Payton does not believe in giving anymore to the media than he is bound to by League rules. We will not know the true extent of the injury until Payton is ready to tell us period end of story.
In other camp news Marques Colston, much to the delight of Drew Brees and Coach Payton, seems to be close to 100% and was back on the practice field. If Sean Payton learned anything from the 2007 and 2008 seasons it was that it is not necessary to push the veteran players or hurry them back to the practice field. They are professionals and when they have to can kick it up a notch. Archie Manning once said that some players just have that ability when game time rolls around to change gears fairly quickly and perform well on the field even though they had little or no practice during the week. I submit to you that we have probably several players that fall into that category. Players like Sharper, Shockey, Colston, McCray, Vilma, etc,etc,etc. These players are the elite of the NFL. I am not suggesting that they do not need to practice at all but more than likely these players could get away with less practice than your average player and still have a respectable performance on Sunday.
Condolences out to Matt Tennant and his family with the death of his Mom this past week. You really want to pull for this guy to make the team just because of how tough it must be on him. Considering we need a good backup for Goodwin at center, he should have ample opportunity to prove himself. Good Luck Matt!
Finally, the defense is just looking awesome in practice. Remember, they face the Number One offense every day. This can only make them better. If the our defense can stop our offense, there aren't too many offenses out there that can beat us. This just might be the year that our defense outshines the offense if that is possible. Time will tell.