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Ryan: Hurt feelings bringing him, Saints together

Rob Ryan figures his firing in Dallas will help him relate to a Saints defense humbled by a historically bad season.Ryan, who spoke to reporters on Thursday for the first time since being hired by Saints coach Sean Payton in February, says he got his feelings hurt last season, and so did Saints defensive players, so they're all "looking to do something about it."The Saints gave up 7,042 yards in 2012, the most ever in a single NFL season, after which Payton replaced defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo with Ryan.Ryan is changing the scheme to a 3-4 and bringing back some blitzes that worked well for the Saints between 2009 and 2011 under then-coordinator Gregg Williams.Saints players say Ryan's approach is a better match for their strengths....

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    An intense greeting from suspended head coach Sean Payton awaits Saints players as they enter their indoor practice field.Assistant head coach Joe Vitt says the mass...

  2. Saints coach Payton takes responsibility for bounty scandal

    New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton issued a statement Friday about the team's bounty scandal, which led to his being suspended without pay for the 2012 season...

  3. Goodell hears appeals in bounty case from Saints coach Payton , GM Loomis, assistant Vitt

    The appeals have been heard. Now it's up to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to decide whether he will reduce any of the penalties in the New Orleans Saints bounty sca...

  4. Saints coach Payton suffers knee injury

    New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton sprained his left knee following a collision along the sideline early in the first quarter of Sunday's game against Tampa B...

  5. Saints coach Sean Payton suspended for 2012 season by NFL

    New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended without pay for the 2012 season by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and former Saints defensive coordinator Gr...

  6. Goodell might let Sean Payton coach Saints during appear, would speed up decision

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell might allow Sean Payton to coach the Saints while he appeals his season-long suspension for his role in the team's bounties program."I...

  7. Bill Parcells to replace Sean Payton ?

    Could Bill Parcells replace Sean Payton for a year?

  8. Jets acquire RB Ivory from Saints for 4th-rounder

    The New York Jets acquired running back Chris Ivory from the New Orleans Saints for a fourth-round draft pick on Friday night.The Jets were rumored for weeks to be i...

  9. Saints enter draft needing pass rushers, LT

    The New Orleans Saints learned during Sean Payton's bounty suspension last season that their offense is still among the NFL's best.For Payton, the key to getting New...

  10. Extra Points: Chiefs go fishing for upside

    In the end the Kansas City Chiefs chose the ceiling over the floor, taking Central Michigan left tackle Eric Fisher over the presumptive favorite to go No. 1 overall...

  11. New Orleans Saints 2013 Draft Preview

    With Sean Payton back in 2013, expect the New Orleans offense to be back to its high-powered self with a few tweaks.The Saints really need to improve the edges entru...

  12. New Orleans Saints 2013 NFL Draft Review

    1 (15) - Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas; 3 (75) Terron Armstead, Arkansas Pine-Bluff; 3 (82) John Jenkins, DT, Georgia; 5 (144) - Kenny Stills, WR, Oklahoma; 6 (183) - Rufu...

  1. Saints ready to practice with Payton again

    New Orleans Saints players say they expect their return to the practice field this week to be intense, given the tone Sean Payton has set at club headquarters since ...

  2. NFL lifts suspension of New Orleans Saints coach Payton

    Sean Payton is back as coach of the New Orleans Saints.Payton's season-long suspension for his role in the Saints' bounty program was lifted by NFL Commissioner Roge...

  3. A massive mural of glaring Sean Payton , motto 'Do your job,' hung at indoor practice field

    The last thing Pierre Thomas expected to see was suspended head coach Sean Payton staring him down the moment he walked into the Saints' indoor field."My first word ...

  4. Goodell might let Sean Payton coach Saints during appeal, would speed up decision

    Sean Payton's season-long suspension for New Orleans' bounty system begins at the end of the week.Maybe.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday an appeal by Payto...

  5. Sean Payton signs 5-year extension with Saints

    New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has signed a five-year contract extension that will run through the 2017 season.The team Wednesday announced the extension but d...

  6. Saints' Sean Payton returns to work at Senior Bowl

    Sean Payton has returned to work following a nearly yearlong suspension for his role in the Saints' bounty program.The New Orleans Saints coach watched Senior Bowl p...

  7. Coach for MVP? Maybe they should make exception this one time for Saints' Sean Payton

    MIAMI (AP) — Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message."We're doing it,"...

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