Lary Holder Josh Katzenstein out here with you at the Saints facility day four
of Saints training camp has ended second day in a row in pads and look we saw a
lot of running drills which that's obviously what you do when you get the
pads on some notable absences we didn't see a lot of Cam Jordan Alex Okafor Cam
Meredith it seemed like those were just scheduled days off Sean Payton alluded
to as much and honestly Josh today their practice wasn't as scorching but I know
yesterday was so bad that they did the walkthrough indoors so I think they're
they are certainly trying to deal with the elements out here and Sean Payton
said that was partly because they they want the guys really focused when
they're doing the walkthrough so they don't want you know them dealing with
the fans and the distractions so he said you know that might continue but as you
were saying you know day two of pads but day three of the Tre'Quan Smith show
for the past three days this guy has you know been one of the best players on the
field he skyed for one I wouldn't call it a catch the defense was saying he had
one foot out of bounds but either way I mean he made a really impressive
leaping grab at the end of practice a few other plays where he just got wide
open and you know obviously you're always looking at training camp for
someone to stand out and he's got a long way to go before the season starts but
definitely for right now is the same to look for someone who can help them with
their third down woes which is really the one issue on offense last year he's
looking like he could be that guy so much so that even if it wasn't a catch
Drew Brees went over to him after the play ran down the field it was the final
day of today's play of today's practice and drew was fired up to see the
youngster go up and get it now actually we've been talking a lot about the wide
receiver race and Travin Dural went down with an injury today we don't know
how serious it is but if someone like him goes down it possibly opens a door
for maybe another youngster to come in and that competition is wide open
outside of say the top three and Tre'Quan Smith is starting to make noise
as well yeah definitely I think Tre'Quan I mean as a third-round pick I mean he's
got a pretty good chance making the team so I mean there's like a handful of guys
that are competing for one or two spots you know behind Mike Thomas
Ted Ginn and Cam Meredith and probably Tre'Quan but I mean there's lots of other good
competitions I mean the running backs I've been I've been curious to see how
they're deploying them because part of the issue for the Saints is preparing
Mark Ingram while also knowing that he's gonna miss game so you got a you know
divvy up the load and we're seeing a lot of Shane Vereen getting work with the
lines a lot of Terrance West Boston Scott Boston Scott had a great play
today he burned right by Ken Crawley on a go route and I don't know if Ken
Crawley was you know expecting that to happen you know obviously now that he's
seen it he'll be ready next time but there either way I mean you know someone
is going to be getting work in that backfield besides Alvin Kamara and the
Saints just want to give everyone a chance
absolutely so check out all of our coverage of all things Saints at
NOLA.com and in our print editions of the Times-Picayune day 5 of training
camp will be Monday then the Saints will have a break on Tuesday and then come
back on Wednesday so for Josh Katzenstein I'm Larry holder thanks for
joining us
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