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Saints say Taysom Hill 'likely' has a season-ending knee injury
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans tight end Taysom Hill is likely to miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in the Saints' loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “It looks like an ACL tear,” interim coach Darren Rizzi said Monday. “He’ll probably get a second...
Saints lose Taysom Hill for the final minutes of a loss to the Rams -- and perhaps longer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Do-it-all Saints tight end Taysom Hill converted a key fourth down with another physical run on a direct snap — and that was his last play of the afternoon. Coming off a career-best performance against Cleveland in New Orleans' previous game, Hill was carted...
Matthew Stafford and Kyren Williams help the Rams grind out a 21-14 victory over the Saints
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kryen Williams and the Los Angeles Rams strode to the locker room at halftime confident that the zero they had on the scoreboard was no indication of how the final 30 minutes would go. “We knew the second half was going to be ours,” said Williams, who rushed...
Resurgent and rested Saints seek a third straight victory when they host the Rams
Los Angeles Rams (5-6) at New Orleans (4-7) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL odds: Rams by 2½. Against the spread: Los Angeles 4-7; New Orleans 5-6. Series record: Rams lead 44-35. Last meeting: Rams beat the Saints...
Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi is seeing his emphasis on closing out games paying off
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi jokes that he's started to resemble the cartoon character “Bob the Builder” during team meetings. That's because in the two weeks since taking over as interim coach, he's been using construction equipment — shovels, hard...
Ex-Saints QB Jameis Winston returns to New Orleans with the Browns
Cleveland (2-7) at New Orleans (3-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 1. Against the spread: Browns 3-6; Saints 4-6. Series record: Browns lead 13-6. Last meeting: Saints won 17-10 at Cleveland on Dec. 24,...
Saints searching for remedies as they try to avoid their worst skid since 2005
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?
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
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
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...
