Latest Erik McCoy News

Saints searching for remedies as they try to avoid their worst skid since 2005

Oct. 18, 2024 19:17 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades have passed since New Orleans Saints home games were associated with vast expanses of empty seats in a gloomy Superdome, interspersed with humiliated fans wearing brown paper bags over their heads. At the rate things are going, those days could return...

Which teams will show up when the Falcons meet the Saints in an NFC South showdown?

Sep. 27, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The New Orleans Saints looked dominant the first two weeks of the season. Then, a jarring dose of reality. As for the Atlanta Falcons, they're still trying to establish an identity. The NFC South rivals meet Sunday at Mercedes-Benz...

The Saints are shuffling their beat-up offensive line in advance of their visit to Atlanta

Sep. 25, 2024 18:15 PM EDT

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints center Erik McCoy, who had surgery to repair his groin area on Wednesday, might not be the only experienced offensive lineman missing for New Orleans at Atlanta on Sunday. Right guard Cesar Ruiz missed practice on Wednesday with a knee injury — in...

The Saints' new offense is working to rebound after being slowed by the Eagles

Sep. 23, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Did the Saints' new offense get exposed? Or perhaps New Orleans simply came up just short in a hard-fought game after losing a key lineman — center Erik McCoy — against a team with an elite defense. “Nobody wants to see a Pro Bowl center go...

Chiefs make Creed Humphrey NFL's highest-paid center with 4-year, $72 million deal, AP source says

Aug. 22, 2024 23:09 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and Creed Humphrey have agreed to a four-year, $72 million extension that makes him the highest-paid center in NFL history, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday night. The person, who spoke on...