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What away game(s) will you attend this year? -Charles I have no plans thus far to attend any away games. If I did, it would probably be the one against the Jets, since I could use it as an excuse to see my family and I'd have a free place to stay. But that's right smack in the middle of busy season at work so I doubt it will happen. I've got a standing offer from the Glazer family to attend a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game that I should definitely cash in one of these days. *** Do you have a favorite jersey? - Can I. Probably my white Drew Brees jersey. How can you go wrong with that? I'm also quite fond of my old, worn out Marques Colston black jersey for obvious sentimental reasons. And in case you were wondering, I like the old Reebok jerseys better than the new Nike ones. *** Since Payton surely won't lead the pre-game chant on September 8, how cheaply opportunistic would it be to replace him with Gleason? - Sly First of all, they've already had Steve lead the chant so it's not like that would be such a far-fetched idea. But unfortunately, I'd be concerned at this point whether Gleason's ALS has progressed passed the point that he'd physically be able to lift his arm and swing it down to start the chant. Incredibly sad. *** I have a recurring dream of the Saints playing a defense with 3 safeties. Should I seek professional help? - Russ T. That wasn't a dream, that was an article I wrote two weeks ago. Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis have both alluded to the possibility of a defensive package utilizing three safeties. Payton likes that Vaccaro has shown the ability to defend slot receivers as a nickel back, as he often did against spread offenses in college. This past week, general manager Mickey Loomis addressed the possibility of having Jenkins, Vaccaro and strong safety Roman Harper on the field simultaneously. Before the draft, when we were talking about different scenarios," Loomis said on WWL Radio, "one of the scenarios was that Malcolm could move into the nickel position because he has done that before and he does have good coverage skills. 2013 NFL Draft pick Kenny Vaccaro already has experience defending slot receivers. So does Malcolm Jenkins. Because of that versatility they both offer I am more than certain we'll see a fair amount of three-safety nickel packages. Now wake up! *** Question:I think this D going to suck (almost crying). Can you give me some serious arguments before i hang myself? - S.T.D. I really don't want you to hang yourself so have no fear because I'm about to save your life. First and foremost it's incredibly important to remember that the Saints are switching to a new 3-4 scheme; a scheme that Sean Payton realized needed to be implemented immediately just 3 days back on the job. They didn't switch because some new defensive coordinator said so. Payton made the decision himself, then went out to find a defensive coordinator that best fits the job description. If the genius responsible for transforming the Saints into perennial winners thinks the team needs to switch defensive schemes after having the opportunity to study them from afar for an entire year, it's probably a good idea. You get what I'm saying? In addition, the guy Payton wound up hiring as his new defensive coordinator bears a striking resemblance in both coaching style and intensity to Gregg Williams. You remember old Gregg, don't you? He was instrumental in helping the Saints win a Super Bowl in his first year on the job. An aggressive, opportunistic defense was exactly what the Saints needed in 2009 and it could still very well be exactly what they need in 2013. I also think this was one of the better NFL Drafts the Saints have had in recent years. No head scratching selections, no wasteful trade ups. On paper it looks like every pick the team made was a smart one. Everything in my gut tells me the Saints defense isn't going to suck in 2013. I'm not saying they're going to be amazing, but that's

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Twitter Without self-discipline...success is impossible, period. #BeGreat— Roman Harper (@Harp41) May 19, 2013 "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tsu#SpreadLove— Jedidiah Collins (@JedCollins45) May 19, 2013 Good morning world and all who inhabit it #spongebob— Joseph Morgan(@jmthegreat) May 19, 2013 Thanks to Eric Lindell & Sunliners for putting on a great show last night and helping us raise funds for great causes twitter.com/drewbrees/stat…— Drew Brees (@drewbrees) May 19, 2013 Happy Sunday all!— Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) May 19, 2013 Woke up feeling extremely thankful today! Especially for her ------> @kaseytrione— Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) May 19, 2013 Happy bday s/o to the homie @justjroc— Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) May 19, 2013 About to grab my new book add it to my collection... @robertgreene #Food4thought twitter.com/jenkinsjohn6/s…— John Jenkins (@jenkinsjohn6) May 19, 2013 Is it football season yet?— Reid G. (@ReidG75) May 19, 2013 Anchorman 2 Trailer: youtu.be/mZ-JX-7B3uM— Alex Restrepo (@Repo) May 19, 2013 PersonalResponsibilityInDeliveringExcellence#GottaHaveIt— Roman Harper (@Harp41) May 19, 2013 Hurt ppl that love us, love ppl that hurt us - Kendrick— Andrew Tiller (@BigTill66) May 19, 2013 Just set up shop for what should be a slow day of arrivals at NFL meetings. Never envisioned Eastie as the venue for one of these.— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) May 19, 2013 Happy 25th birthday to @saragg14 have a good one!— Corey White (@CoreyWhiteJr3) May 19, 2013 Playoffs. "@csctweet: What is the one barometer of success for the 2013 Saints in the coming season? sbn.to/10cqLiC"— Held Over (@hakimdropsball) May 19, 2013 Last day of tour. Heading to my fav city in the country. Who Dat?— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) May 19, 2013 #WhoDatNation All Friends And Family Members Follow Me On #INSTAGRAM @sackman93 #WhoDat #NuLa #BODYBAG— NuLa C.E.O. (@JuniorG93) May 19, 2013 "@jasonlisk: Fans Are Buying All of Robert Griffin III’s Wedding Registry Gifts, and He Has a Picture to Prove It thebiglead.com/index.php/2013…"— Thomas Morstead (@thomasmorstead) May 19, 2013 Enjoyed speaking this morning at Lynch St. CME Church for there Methodist Men Breakfast program. #It takes a Village.— deuce mcallister (@dmcallister26) May 19, 2013 .@dfhammill Happy Birthday hope its an awesome one.— Roman Harper (@Harp41) May 19, 2013 Congrats @allisondlp on graduation!!!All that hard work paying off! Proud of you. twitter.com/BriandelaPuent…— Brian de la Puente (@BriandelaPuente) May 19, 2013 I actually like the Pelicans as a mascot.Gnarly, Predator, Mysterious, Survivor. But, I would have preferred the 'Cockroaches'!-SG— steve gleason (@team_gleason) May 19, 2013 Huge thanks again @realcarrottop for coming w us to @curtmenefee bachelor party. Think Curt woke up w a face tattoo twitter.com/JayGlazer/stat…— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) May 19, 2013 ________________ Saints Stuff On Saints offensive line, no tackle left behind | The Advocate Ted Lewis - Protecting Drew Brees’ $47.8 million blind side might be the most important job in Louisiana this fall. (HansDat note: This figure includes endorsement $$$. Benson is NOT paying him that much money all by himself.) Bold 2013 Predictions | thesaintsnation.comAndrew Doyle - I'm going to be discussing several bold predictions I have for the 2013 New Orleans Saints. NFC South Editors Name Top 13 Players in Division | Who Dat DishChris Roling - Leo Howell from The Pewter Plank, Fansided’s Buccaneers blog, and Ken Dye from Cat Crave, Fansided’s Panthers blog, helped us out with the Top 13 players. ________________ Lagniappe Patriots free camp brings smiles, Gronk to Newtown | NFL.comHansDat note: I don't want to make too

In this day and age, technology and media are taking over the world. As of now SB Nation is the fastest growing sports web site on the planet and has been since 2009. We here at Canal Street Chronicles take pride in being a fast-acting, informative fan site for your New Orleans Saints. With that in mind, we would like to build upon our stellar name by adding more troops to our writing field. I have been a big part of the Canal Street Chronicles team for a little over a year now, and I have enjoyed every second of every piece of work that I have written. While here, I have noticed that there are a lot of insightful, outspoken community members that would be perfect for our team. We're looking for the best of the best to join our team. If you're interested in becoming a regular writer, shoot me an email at bigitalian4@gmail.com. In your email tell me a little about yourself, what you'd like to write and how often you plan to contribute. Writers are welcome to contribute as often as they'd like, we just ask that you stay true to the writing frequency you have told us. I will be taking emails from interested parties until next Sunday. After that, we will move on to stage two.

With each new NFL season comes restored hope for fans of every team in the league, excited about the possibility of success for their favorite franchise. But depending on the team, expectations are most likely set accordingly. Jaguars fans are probably just hoping their team doesn't leave town in the middle of the night while Patriots fans likely expect nothing less than an undefeated Super Bowl run. Those are opposite ends of the spectrum. But what about the Saints? Today I raise a simple question in the interest of starting a good-natured debate: What is the one barometer of success for the Saints in the coming season? In other words, what needs to happen for you to deem the 2013 Saints season a success? Do they absolutely have to win the Super Bowl? Or would you simply be happy if everyone gets a participation trophy at the end of the year? Maybe the only thing that matters to you is that the Saints destroy the Falcons twice a year? The potential answers are endless and I can't wait to hear them. For me, a trip to the NFC Championship Game would be my ideal scenario, but anything short of a playoff berth would just be disappointment. What about you?

Dec. 23, 2012; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush (22) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the third quartet against the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports It’s a quiet Sunday in the NFL when it comes to New Orleans Saints news, rumors and links, better there are still some nuggets of information worth sifting through as you start your weekend. Let’s take a look at some of the headlines floating around today. NOLA.com Details How Players Are Schooled in the Usage of Social Media Per Jeff Duncan: Saints vice president of communications Greg Bensel said the team’s players are schooled annually on the positives and potential pitfalls of social media. He said the club encourages players to engage and interact with fans as often as possible. “We cite Drew Brees, Jon Vilma, Will Smith (as examples of) how to do it right and how to interact with fans,” Bensel said. “If you follow their lead we won’t have issues, and we don’t.” It helps that the Saints’ roster is largely devoid of lightning rods. The last real social media “crisis” occurred two years ago after Reggie Bush famously tweeted “It’s been fun New Orleans” after the Saints selected fellow running back Mark Ingram in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Otherwise, the Saints have avoided Twitter controversy. Canal Street Chronicles Reports Reggie Bush is Comfortable in Detroit Thanks to its Similarity to Saints Per Wallace Delery:  ”As far as from an offensive perspective it’s a lot like what we did in New Orleans,” Bush said of the team he won a Super Bowl with in 2009. “It’s a lot of spread-open passing. Obviously we can attack downfield, and with the running game, a lot of screens, draws and stuff like that. Basically what I did in New Orleans, so running this offensive system has been pretty easy for me.” Have Fun Trying to Tell the Difference Between Kenny Vaccaro and Kenny Stills Per SB Nation’s Ryan Van Bibber via Twitter: Kenny Stills says Vaccaro has better tattoos … “Austin has better tattoo places” — ryan van bibber (@justRVB) May 17, 2013 Kenny Stills on Kenny Vaccaro: people have a hard time telling us apart. We’re both light skinned, we both have lots of tattoos … — ryan van bibber (@justRVB) May 17, 2013 ICYMI: We Argue Terron Armstead is Better Than Charles Brown for Next Season Like Who Dat Dish? Let us know on Twitter @whodatdish or  on Facebook.

The NFLPA and a number of corporate partners held their annual Rookie Premiere Event in Los Angeles this weekend, in which the rookies signed memorabilia, gave interviews, and participated in rookie trading card photo shoots. Twenty-five of the 32 NFL teams were represented by players from this year's draft class, and Kenny Stills of the Saints made the trip. SB Nation sent a few guys to cover the event, and Ryan Van Bibber (who covers the Rams for Turf Show Times) tweeted out some words from Stills on Friday, which will add to the Kenny vs. Kenny storyline that CSC is keeping an eye on: Kenny Stills on Kenny Vaccaro: people have a hard time telling us apart. We're both light skinned, we both have lots of tattoos ...— ryan van bibber (@justRVB) May 17, 2013 Kenny Stills says Vaccaro has better tattoos ... "Austin has better tattoo places"— ryan van bibber (@justRVB) May 17, 2013 Van Bibber fleshed out the quotes a little bit more in THIS QUICK HIT from SB Nation from Friday afternoon that's also on our front page right now. "Kenny and I are actually really cool," Stills said Friday at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere. "We're trying to figure out a way for people to differentiate us because we're both light skinned and tattooed and named Kenny." SB Nation's Dan Rubenstein tweeted out a link to this first ever pic of Stills in his Saints uniform near the autograph table: Kenny Stills's Saints uniform debut @soonersoftball instagram.com/p/ZdWwedP4HI/— Dan Rubenstein (@DanRubenstein) May 18, 2013 Dan also noticed this during one of the earlier rookie events... At an elementary school where draft picks are talking to kids. Healthy contingent of younger lady "reporters" here dressed with a purpose.— Dan Rubenstein (@DanRubenstein) May 16, 2013 Here's Stills geeting cheeky: "@kayteepea: @kstills4 gets sassy in the @toppscards tent! @toppsfb #RookiePremiere #saints twitter.com/KayteePea/stat…"— Topps Football (@ToppsFB) May 18, 2013 ...then retweeting Rubenstein's pic of him (look at his cartoon profile pic...) RT @danrubenstein: Kenny Stills's Saints uniform debut @soonersoftball instagram.com/p/ZdWwedP4HI/—Kenny Stills (@KSTiLLS4) May 18, 2013 And fun in the sun at the Rose Bowl... Designing sketch cards for @paniniamerica fans! @kstills4 @genosmith_12 @mike_glennon @nyjets @saints @tbbuccaneers twitter.com/PaniniAmerica/…— Panini America (@PaniniAmerica) May 18, 2013 So, with Stills and Vaccaro getting the rookie trading card treatment so far so far, it made me think of my humble football card collection, and through the wonder of cell phone cameras, my artistic flair, and uploading asset technology on CSC, I bring you this "all access tour" only available to you privileged few... But first, some context. I began collecting football cards at the end of high school (1988-89), and used to buy individual packs at retail locations (Wal-Mart, Target, grocery stores), then moved up to actual entire boxes of packs, too. I'd rip open the packages, and quickly sift through the cards to find and set aside all the Saints cards, then the rookie cards, and then build my annual sets for Pro Set, Score, and Upper Deck and store them in cardboard boxes sized for them and put the special cards in individual hard plastic sleeves. I'd make lists of which cards I had, which ones I still needed complete the sets, and I enjoyed this hobby for a few years. As I got older, I had less disposable income and less time on my hands, so I drifted away from it. But then with the excitement of the Ricky Wiliams draft of 1999, and the fact that I went to a Kentucky Derby party where it was rumored Ricky Williams MIGHT BE THERE, I purchased some of his rookie cards and stashed them and a sharpie in my pocket, hoping to get an autograph or two. Well, he never showed up, but my interest in football card collecting sure did. Ever since then, I have purchased Saints rookie cards and team sets each

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