Drew Brees returns to practice on limited basis, questionable vs. Jags

Drew Brees seems pretty confident he’s not going anywhere, and that Sean Payton isn’t leaving the New Orleans Saints after the 2015 season. This is a real game folks, you will want to be there. “I think a plan was put in place throughout last offseason as to how we were going to build the foundation to make a run at it in the future, and I think that includes new faces, that includes new players that I think will all come together”. “That’s all I was focused on”.

“Sometimes, a lot of it is progression or what you are in coverage-wise”, coach Sean Payton said. He threw a touchdown pass after converting a fourth-and-5 play and then found Brandin Cooks behind the defense for a 71-yard score on a second-and-21 play. I predict the Saints will give Brees an extension that both gives Brees the money he wants and gives the Saints more cap room than we think is possible. How?

-Guard Ryan Seymour, who was brought up from the practice squad on Saturday, was inactive against the Jaguars. But Brees hardly looked fazed.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coach Gus Bradley is getting at least one more season to continue to rebuild the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Saints scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and got a 37-yard field by Kai Forbath late in the second quarter to take a 24-point lead. Tim Hightower (27 carries, 122 yards, 2 TD’s) collected his first 100 yard rushing performance since 2010, the receivers hauled in contested catches and Brees beat defenders with darts time and time again. This is a precision league.

“You always have something that you’re battling, but I’ve never had this happen before, and I’ve never had to miss a game because of my shoulder”, he said. Sure, they’ve done a decent job against the run. We were able to get a couple of matchups that we liked. “We moved the ball, but you can’t have turnovers against a team that has that kind of offense”, Bradley said. The Jaguars have become a big-play offense this season, hitting “chunk” plays with striking efficiency. Bortles threw two first-half interceptions, and both hurt as the Saints pulled away in the first half. Cooks has 1,116 yards going into the final week….

We only have two games to look at, but, so far, Hightower’s body of work has been above the mid-line, which is all the Saints can ask for, especially since Spiller has offered them so little. Smart play. As long as, I don’t know, someone doesn’t get caught out of position or something. Bortles tied Mark Brunell’s franchise record with his sixth 300-yard game of the season.

On a downward note, Jacksonville quarterback Blake Bortles passed for 368 yards and four touchdowns including a 90-yard strike to Allen Robinson who zoomed past Saints defensive back Brandon Browner. On the first play, running back Jonas Gray ran for 23 yards up to the 43. There’s that old coaching adage that says the effective sheIf life for a head coach is 10 years with one team before it’s time for a new voice and a new challenge for the coach.