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The Saints are making contingency plans to play without QB Derek Carr as they try to stay alive

Dec. 09, 2024 18:06 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints quarterback Derek Carr was willing to risk his health to improve New Orleans’ chances of playing meaningful football in mid-December. Now the Saints, who’ve remained mathematically alive in the playoff race by winning three of four, might have to play...

Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to go lifts No. 16 South Carolina to 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson

Nov. 30, 2024 19:53 PM EST

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer has no doubt about where his surging, 16th-ranked Gamecocks belong in the postseason — chasing a national championship. “It's hard for me to say we're not one of the 12 best teams in the country,” a giddy Beamer said...

Clemson quarterback Klubnik duels South Carolina's Sellers on Saturday with CFP berth in play

Nov. 26, 2024 15:31 PM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Both No. 12 Clemson and No. 16 South Carolina had quarterback concerns — big ones — when the season began. These days, the only question left for the Tigers' Cade Klubnik and the Gamecocks' LaNorris Sellers is which of these stellar passers might lead...

Sellers throws career-high 5 TD passes, No. 23 South Carolina beats No. 24 Missouri 34-30

Nov. 16, 2024 21:25 PM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer got a text recently from an SEC rival coach impressed with freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers. “You've got ‘Superman’ back there,” the message read, Beamer said. Sellers may not be the “Man of...

Ladd McConkey's 2 touchdowns propel Chargers to 26-8 victory over Saints

Oct. 27, 2024 22:02 PM EDT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Ladd McConkey was a downfield threat while helping lead the University of Georgia to a pair of College Football Playoff championships. After being used mostly on routes in the middle of the field and third downs during his first seven NFL games, McConkey...

Haener replaces Rattler at QB again, but the struggling New Orleans Saints continue to spiral

Oct. 27, 2024 21:43 PM EDT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With receiver Chris Olave, right guard Cesar Ruiz and do-everything playmaker Taysom Hill all returning from injury absences Sunday, the New Orleans Saints thought they might have enough offensive talent to avoid this team's longest losing streak in 19 years. ...

Struggling Chargers set to host reeling Saints

Oct. 24, 2024 20:12 PM EDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans Saints got off to quick starts this season with wins in their first two games. Both teams have cooled off as they meet on Sunday. The Chargers (3-3) have dropped three of their past four, including a...

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...

Sean Payton triumphs in return to New Orleans as the Broncos dominate the Saints, 33-10

Oct. 18, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton made a point of getting to the Superdome long before he normally would for a game — six hours before kickoff — so he could ease into his emotional return to a place where he coached on the home sideline for a decade and a half. “I'm glad I was...

As Broncos coach Sean Payton returns to New Orleans, sinking Saints try to stem 4-game skid

Oct. 16, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton became synonymous with New Orleans during his decade and a half as the Saints coach — an era when the club made the playoffs nine times and won its only Super Bowl. The Denver Broncos' second-year coach will experience the Superdome in a new way on...