WTF: Drew Brees
Classic
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is coming off a Super Bowl win and the release of his book, however he isn’t the only one on the team to release a book since the Saints victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Head coach Sean Payton also has a book sitting on your local Barnes & Noble bookshelf.
When ESPN reports Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter showed up in New Orleans to finish up their training camp tour, Brees had a surprise inscription inside his book for them.
New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush Never Apologized To USC
Over Hyped Flop
This past week reports had come out that New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush apologized to new USC athletic director Pat Haden in a 15-minute phone conversation. However the Los Angeles Times has learned that the former Heisman trophy winner in fact did not apologize.
“Never did he say I’m sorry or I apologize. Never did he say, ‘I lied to the NCAA or I took stuff,” USC athletic director Haden said.
USC removed Bush’s 2005 Heisman trophy from display and the team is banned from playing in bowl games for the next two years. In June, the NCAA stripped USC of its victory in the 2005 National Championship game and vacate the entire 2005 season.
Is New England Patriots Owner Bob Kraft Drunk?
The New England Patriots where inducting former running back Sam Cunningham into their Hall of Fame last night before their first preseason game against the New Orleans Saints. The man who was so gracious to do the introductions was owner Bob Kraft but did Bob hit the bar before doing so?
Sure looks like it. Now I’m starting to understand why Roger “Godfather” Goodell has Kraft and Jerry Jones as his NFL bosom buddies.
New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush Hooks Up With Mayra Veronica
TALENT
It appears as if New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has a new love interest and doesn’t look as if he’s dropped the ball in the TALENT department after breaking up with Kim Kardashian. While Dallas Cowboys Miles Austin is picking up leftovers, Bush is heading into new territory with Latin singer Mayra Veronica who has become one of the “most downloaded women on the internet,” according to FHM, which also named her one of their 100 Sexiest Women in the World.
Reggie Bush Spotted With Amber Rose
Love Lockdown
What a turn of events it’s been for New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush in the relationship department. Bush has kicked Kim Kardashian to the curb, so she can help the Dallas Cowboys and Miles Austin win the Super Bowl accroding to Denver Nuggets Ty Lawson, and hooked up with Amber Rose. So now the million dollar question who’s up next for Kanye West?
Denver Broncos Tim Tebow Jersey Leads In Sales
NFL's lil baby Jesus
Three months into the league and Denver Broncos third string quarterback leads the NFL in jersey sales.The rookie quarterback had the best-selling jersey in April, even though the Broncos owned his rights for less than eight days during the month.
Donovan McNabb, after being traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Washington Redskins, had the second-most popular jersey. The next most popular jerseys belong to New Orleans Saints Drew Brees,Indianapolis Colts Peyton Manning, Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo and Minnesota Vikings Brett Favre.
Michael Vick’s jersey who once was a hot item, fell out of the list top 25 most-popular jerseys and replaced on that list by teammate Kevin Kolb. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is at No. 14 at the list, his lowest place since the 2006 season.
It’s not only Tebow’s jerseys that are selling. So too are his autographs. This past weekend, hundreds of people lined up in Fort Pierce, Florida, and paid $75 for a picture and $160 for an autograph. Twenty people paid $1,000 each to have a private meet and greet with the former Gators star. Tebow donated all of his proceeds to his Tim Tebow Foundation.
NFL Developing Nickelodeon Cartoon
NFL Jumps Into The Minds Of Kids
The NFL is developing a cartoon series for the Nickelodeon Network. Its not just any cartoon either, its going to just be a series of 2 to 5 minute clips telling a story that leads up to an hour long movie before the Super Bowl.
The show, “Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core”, is about a 10-year-old boy whose superpowers include the skills of an NFL player. He must protect valuable supernatural objects hidden in the league’s stadiums. It’s based on the league’s website for kids and among the stars set to do voice-overs as themselves are New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton.
The NFL is bent on getting their game into the minds of kids.
New Orleans Saints Assistant Coach Pleads Guilty In Real Estate Scam
The Truth Shall Set You Free Sally
Back on March 20th, we posted the news of New Orleans Saints assistant coach Travis Jones being indicted in a real estate scam that lead to receiving numerous emails that Jones was an honorable Christian man and I was the devil for putting this out there and there’s no way he could do what he was being charged with.
Turns out now that Mr. Jones has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges stemming from a real estate scam that defrauded banks of more than $1.1 million. Jones signed a “Factual Statement” admitting his role in the fraudulent financing of two properties.
Travis role was to “make materially false statements on Loan Applications and other real estate documents in order to induce lending institutions to lend funds for the purchase of certain properties and to obtain a portion of these funds for personal use,” according to his confession.
The honorable Christian man was paid $86,000 for his role in the swindle.
Twitter Fight Between Visanthe Shiancoe & Darren Sharper
Too Soon?
Minnesota Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper have been engaged into a Twitter fight for close to two weeks now but according to Sharper the ttight end went too far.
The fight started when Sharper implied would go after Brett Favre’s surgically repaired ankle in the season opener in September. That caused Shiancoe to stand up for his quarterback and then the Twitter fight began for the whole world to be apart of.
The latest exchange happened when some of the Vikings visited the Minnesota National Guard on Tuesday. Shiancoe then decided to post the photo of a target used for shooting practice. The target had a picture of Osama Bin Laden with Sharper’s No. 42 on his chest and his name written above it.
@sharper responded with the following tweets:
ok homeboy you done went too far, making me out to be something that has brought this country alot of heartache.
Imma bust you right under your chinstrap from the first play on. I don’t care about the fine. F the money Imma do it for the red,white&blue about 19 hours ago via mobile web
And you’ll see me cuz I’ll be dressed in black & gold. Protect your neck that’s all the warning you get.
@vshiancoe had this to say on Twitter
You are the FURTHEST thing from a physical safety.. even you know that your sofT with a capital “T!” You remind me of a growling chihuahua
don’t get your jaw broken trying to be a tough guy. Stay “sofT” and be yourself
Damn ‘homeboy!’
2 Year-Old Knows His Football
little Tommy aka Ben really pays attention to his father come NFL Sunday’s and is able to recite everything dad says about 31 NFL teams not named New Orleans Saints.
Isn’t it so adorable what his father teaches him about the Dallas Cowboys?
Madden NFL 11 Chooses New Orleans Saints Drew Brees For Cover
Get On Your Belly Avoid That Curse
EA Sports will announce later this week at the NFL Draft that New Orleans Saints Super Bowl quarterback Drew Brees will land on it’s on Madden NFL 11 cover.
Naturally, the conversation shifts to the Madden Curse and how that relates to the Super Bowl champ. Last year was a little different since for the first time in it’s history we saw two players grace the cover and the curse only really struck one them down. Pittsburgh Steelers Troy Polamalu battled injuries all season, but Larry Fitzgerald was pretty consistent with what you’d expect. His biggest dropoff came in the yards per catch and total yardage area. His number of receptions was almost identical to the previous season. The Cardinals even won a playoff game.
The best part of this year’s cover and the curse? Fans where given the opportunity this year to vote for the player to grace the Madden cover so if there is a curse did Saints fans bring it upon themselves?
New Orleans Saints Jeremy Shockey Looks For Love In All The Wrong Places
That's What Dogs Do
New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey is taking advantage of his Super Bowl win by seeking out online love.
Shockey posted a Facebook and Twitter note that he looking for female fans to send him videos of why they “deserve” to date the Super Bowl champion.
Ok LADIES heres the contest.. Post a video on the “just fans” section of my fbk fan page explaining why u deserve to have me take u on a date 1 nite this offseason… Contest ends sun night 4/18 at 8pm est… Lets have fun w this so be creative but just be careful its not too inappropriate where fbk deletes it!! good luck!!!
Shockey should go the eHarmony route like Sacramento Kings rookie Tyreke Evans.
WTF: Jay Glazer/Sean Payton
Does Everyone Get To Put Their Hands On Lombardi?
I really don’t know what to make of this photo but why does FOX’s Jay Glazer looks to be someone in Russel Crowe’s upcoming “Robin Hood” film and what is up with Sean Payton doing the metal devil horns sign, that’s not very saintly.
New Orleans Saints Assistant Indicted In Real Estate Swindle
Dirty Dirty
If its not a New Orleans Saints player trying to get money out of his former teamamtes and coaches then its a case of current Saint coach trying swindle money out of people outside the NFL fraternity.
That’s the case with current Saints assistant defensive line coach Travis Jones who is one of 40 people named in a federal indictment this month tied to an alleged massive real estate swindle in Texas.
Jones, who is listed as a Florida resident, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
But according to a statement released by Jones attorney, Jason Kreiss, Jones was a victim of the scheme’s alleged ringleader, John Barry, who has a previous conviction for real estate fraud in Texas.
“Travis Jones will be pleading not guilty to the indictment,” Kreiss wrote. “Mr. Jones, who came to the table with a clean record and perfect credit was solicited by others to ‘use his credit’ to invest in Texas real estate. Mr. Jones was ultimately victimized when he was misled into quitclaiming his property rights and left with mortgages for worthless property that resulted in foreclosure proceedings.”
Federal officials and the indictment indicate Jones was but a bit player in the scheme, identifying him as one of several “straw buyers” Barry recruited for his farflung enterprise. All told, the indictment outlines 114 properties on which Barry allegedly use fraudulent means to inflate the price and then pocketed a chunk of the swollen loan. Jones was a part of two of those deals. Both of those deals where to come back in 2005.
It’s the dirty dirty south.
New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sues Former Player
Duped By Houser The NFL Madoff
Back on March 10 we posted the story of former New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant and current Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey filling a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court against their former teammate, Kevin Houser. They alleged Houser aka the NFL version of Bernard Madoff that he had duped them into investing more than a million dollars in a film tax credit scam.
Shockey and Smith have been joined in the suit against Houser by head coach Sean Payton and his wife. The suit by Payton and his wife against the former long snapper is nearly identical to one filed 10 days by his players. The only significant differences in wording are over details of the Paytons’ specific purchases of film tax credits through Houser,credit that never existed.
Payton and his wife, Elizabeth, say Houser, who was a licensed securities broker, convinced them they were buying state tax credits for Louisiana Film Studios, but later it turned out LFS had never applied for the credits. The complaint says Sean Payton paid Houser $144,000, expecting to get $180,000 in state tax credits.
In all, nearly two dozen former or current Saints players and coaches, including quarterback Drew Brees and Saints legend Archie Manning, invested $1.7 million to buy what they thought were tax credits for the film studio project in Elmwood. Like Grant and Shockey’s lawsuit before, the Paytons lawsuit is labeled a class action on behalf of the rest of the investors.
Houser aka NFL Madoff played for the team from 2000 to 2008, exclusively snapping the ball on punts and placekicks.
New Orleans Saints Jeremy Shockey Sues Former Saints Teammate
Duped By Houser The NFL Madoff
Recently released New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant and current Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against their former teammate, Kevin Houser, alleging Houser duped them and other current and former Saints players and coaches into investing more than a million dollars in a film tax credit scam.
Houser is the former special teams long-snapper who was the longest tenured Saints player when he was cut by the team before the 2009 season as news of the tax credit fiasco emerged. Grant and Shockey say Houser, who was a licensed securities broker, convinced them they were buying state tax credits for Louisiana Film Studios, but later it turned out LFS had never applied for the state tax credits.
In all, nearly two dozen former or current Saints players and coaches, including quarterback Drew Brees, Coach Sean Payton and Saints legend Archie Manning, invested $1.7 million to buy what they thought were tax credits for the film studio project in Elmwood. Grant and Shockey’s lawsuit is labeled a class action on behalf of the rest of the investors.
Grant and Shockey allege that Houser actually kept a portion of their money as a commission or finder’s fee. Also, they say that Houser kept secret the fact that the film studio owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to 47 Construction LLC, a company co-owned by Houser and his wife.
Houser’s attorney, Jimmy Castex, said his client and was a victim of the scam by the film studio’s former CEO, Wayne Read. A federal bankruptcy judge ordered the film studio’s assets liquidated last month.
Houser played for the team from 2000 to 2008, exclusively snapping the ball on punts and placekicks.
Sean Payton Steals Jerry Jones Bottle Of Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
I'm Thirsty
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton had some fun with his former employer Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Both are in Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine and both attended Nap towns luxurious St. Elmo Steakhouse but on different nights.
Payton who was in attendance on Friday night gathered their in a private room with his staff and heard from a loose-lipped employee that Jones would be there the next night and had already called ahead to reserve a bottle of a pricey Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, of which the restaurant had only one remaining.
Payton made the request to have that one remaining bottle served to him that night but was told of the situation and it had Jerry’s name on it. Payton then demanded the bottle and insisted on having it, leaving the staff in an awkward position. Serve one of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who’s the toast of the NFL right now having just won the Super Bowl?
Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints party drained it.
Drinking Jones wine wasn’t enough and Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen. The next night as Jones and his party sat in the private room they found an empty bottle of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon on there middle of the table with these words hand-written on the label:
- WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton
Final Eight Plan Will Restrict Top NFL Teams From Pursuing Free Agents
Est. 1920
This year free agency for the top eight NFL teams will be a whole lot different from years past and may hinder those clubs in the pursuit of signings that would help them get over the hump. This is due to a deadline that passed in which no agreement was reached between the players and owners reps concerning labor negotiations thus making the upcoming season an uncapped season.
This year fans cannot assume that New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens or the San Diego Chargers can just sign whatever player they want in this years off-season. Because of the riff in the labor negotiations this has caused league-imposed financial restrictions on how those teams will be able to accomplish their off-season goals by limiting them in their pursuit of free agents. This more than likely will leave those executive vice presidents and general managers to be more stand offish come the opening of free agency March 5.
Here is the NFL’s explanation of the limitations the “Final Eight Plan” has on those teams that reached the divisional round of the playoffs and their restrictions in free agency.
During the Final League Year, the eight clubs that make the Divisional Playoffs in the previous season have additional restrictions that limit their ability to sign unrestricted free agents from other clubs. In general, the four clubs participating in the championship games are limited in the number of free agents that they may sign; the limit is determined by the number of their own free agents signing with other clubs. They cannot sign any UFAs unless one of theirs is signed by another team.
For the four clubs that lost in the Divisional Playoffs, in addition to having the ability to sign free agents based on the number of their own free agents signing with other clubs, they may also sign players based on specific financial parameters. Those four only will be permitted to sign one unrestricted free agent for $5.5 million (estimated) or more in year one of the contract, plus the number of their UFAs who sign with another team. They also can sign any unrestricted free agents for less than $3.7 (estimated) million in year one of the contract with limitations on the per year increases.
In the case of all final eight teams, the first year salary of UFAs they sign to replace those lost cannot exceed the first year salary of the player lost with limitations on the per year increases.
A lockout may or may not happen but it’s effects will be felt in a playing season.
Reggie Bush’s Side Piece Shows Off His Crib
Long has been the rumor that Latina model Carmen Ortega is the woman claiming to have had a threesome with Reggie Bush that caused his temporary breakup with Kim Kardashian a while back.
Ortega hasn’t taken to kind to the fact the she’s the forgotten one and decided to go MTV Cribs on Bush’s home, guerrilla style. Showing everyone that she still has a key and access codes to his place.
New Orleans Saints Linebacker Scott Fujita’s Feels The Wrath From Nike
Don't Mess With The Swoosh
New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita has found out first hand that Nike doesn’t like it when players tape over their Swoosh by dropping him after a seven year contract.
Fujita was putting tape around his cleats, to keep them tight. Nike decided after several warnings that it was too much and voided his contract. Fujita said the low point was when he didn’t receive his Nike schwag bag in his hotel room.
All the guys who are endorsed by Nike get Super Bowl schwag, with about $5000 worth of merchandise, including some products from their ACG line. Fujita said the worst part about being dropped was every teammate rubbing it in his face and parading around in all their new gear.
Drew Brees Teaches Crowd At Lucy’s Bar Pre Game Chant
That’s just awesome.
NFL Players Don’t Know Much About Economy
As long as these players walk away, lets hope they can do that, from there NFL careers owning a piece of land and a home then I’m all good with their lack of knowledge in the financial district.
Louisiana Senator Wants ‘Who Dat? Nation’ License Plate
Will Your Toyota Prius Have One?
The NFL tried to stop the production of ‘Who Dat?’ t-shirts leading up to the big game but now that the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl champions Louisiana Senator A.G. Crowe wants ‘Who Dat? Nation’ license plates.
Senator Crowe, said he will promote the concept of a new specialty vehicle license tag at the spring legislative session to honor the Super Bowl champions and their die-hard ‘Who Dat Nation’ followers.
Crowe said that a share of the license tag fees would be donated to “a worthy cause” designated by the Legislature in conjunction with the Saints organization.
He said the money will represent “a pot of black and gold for someone, thanks to the world champion New Orleans Saints.”
The Senator wants to ge the NFL involved before moving forward with his plans of presenting the design of the fleur de lis, the state seal and the phrase ‘Who Dat Nation’ to the Legislature. Saying he wants to talk to officials of the NFL and the Saints organization about final designs and to avert problems with copyright laws.
Only 11 People Greet The Indianapolis Colts On Return
Where Were You, Mr. Blueberry?
There wont be a parade in Indianapolis after the Colts lost the Super Bowl 31-17 to the New Orleans Saints in Miami and there wasn’t even a hero’s welcome at the airport for the season they had put together.
That’s because only 11 people showed up to greet their team at Indianapolis International Airport Monday afternoon. The saying goes that winners are remembered forever and losers are forgotten at the drop of a hat but to be forgotten in its own city is always a little hard to imagine. But in Indianapolis the saying proved to be true and cold when you consider just last week that the area schools where fearful of students canceling school to attend a victory parade if the Colts won the Super Bowl that they pushed the start of the school day back two hours.
How did the Colts personnel handle the 11 die hard that did show up, they gave them no word when the buses left the ramp. So the closest the 11 got to the Colts was the other side of a security fence several hundred feet away.
Paul Calhoun who watched from a distance was still enthusiastic about his team saying he just wanted to show his civil pride and that the Colts still did what 30 other teams could not do and that was reach the Super Bowl.
Would Baltimore have treated their Colts this way?
