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.
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.
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 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!
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Avery Johnson Gets His Hands On The Lombardi Trophy
Former San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, who was born and raised in New Orleans, managed to get his hands on the Vince Lombardi trophy as Saints head coach Sean Payton worked his way back to the locker room.
There’s no question about it Payton surely couldn’t have done it without the Little General.
Saints Honor Deuce McAllister But Forget About Joe Horn
I'm Here, I'm Listening
The New Orleans Saints recently where going to have former Saints running back Deuce McAllister to be an honorary captain that is till they went ahead and added him to the roster.Now the question is raised as the Saints are going to their first Super Bowl in franchise history, where is former reciever and good will ambasdor Joe Horn?
When the Saints had to pick up and move their team to San Antonio, Horn came into this city and embraced it while telling us that New Orleans was home and to never forget the people of it, so now I ask in his defense are the Saints forget him?
“I never sat in the stands before, but I was up there with the fans, and they were just stunned to see me,” Horn said. “I wanted to sit in the nose-bleed section. I wanted to be with the rowdy of the rowdies, and I also wanted to be me, and that’s exactly what I was. The 50 to 100 people who got the autographs and the hugs from me, they got them, and they enjoyed themselves, and I enjoyed myself.”
“But they kept asking me throughout the game, ‘Joe, we love it that you’re up here with us, sharing your hot dogs, eating popcorn with us, enjoying the game with us, but why aren’t you down on the sidelines right now?’ “
It was because Horn wasn’t invited. Since his tenure ended in New Orleans and going to the Atlanta Falcons after he famously ripped head coach Sean Payton by saying the town wasn’t big enough for both me, he hasn’t exactly been very welcomed.
He has always been the most vocal player on the Saints just as he was after Hurricane Katrina and would tell anyone that would listen that this team needed to go back to New Orleans and help the people their rebuild.
After Archie Manning, Horn was New Orleans. He was the Saints and it’s only fitting to see the team open its arms for McAllister but at the same time it should have big enough arms for Joe as well.
Cincinnati Bengals Marvin Lewis Wins NFL Coach Of The Year
2 Time Coach Of The Year
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis won the 2009 NFL Coach of the Year by leading the team to a 10-6 record and won the AFC North Division, just their second division title since 1990. Both division titles have been under Lewis and did so with the deaths of wide receiver Chris Henry and Vikki Zimmer, the wife of defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer.
The team rebounded from a 4-11-1 record and broke the curse of HBO’s Hard Knocks to help Lewis receive 20 1/2 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. Lewis beat Sean Payton of New Orleans Saints who got 11 1/2, Norv Turner of San Diego Chargers 9 and Jim Caldwell of Indianapolis Colts 7. Andy Reid of Philadelphia Eagles and Ken Whisenhunt of Arizona Cardinals had a single vote each.
Lewis is the Bengals first Coach of the Year award winner since the team’s founder Paul Brown won the award in 1970.
Deuce McAllister Signs With New Orleans Saints
2 Time Pro Bowler
The New Orleans Saints have brought back and signed running back Deuce McAllister. Although McAllister will be inactive, he will lead the team onto the field for the Saints playoff game at home against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday.
The team released its all-time leading rusher in the off season and McAllister has been embroiled in the StarCaps scandal for taking diet pills that could be used to mask steroid use as well suing Nissan for his lack of knowledge in the car selling business.
The league has had disciplinary suspensions levied against users of the pills overturned by the courts, so until another appeal changes that, McAllister can play. At least in theory.
McAllister was set to be an honorary captain, but Saints G.M Mickey Loomis decided to officially make him part of the team after defensive tackle Rodney Leisle suffered a knee injury.
“This is more about doing something the right way and bringing the guy back,” said coach Sean Payton.
