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Saints Training Camp: Oxnard Day 1

By on Aug 22 2011, 8:25p @foreclosedbanks 11

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After traveling to California yesterday, the Saints practiced out in the beautiful California weather which has to be better than the weather here on the gulf coast. The Saints have shown a lot of intensity out on the practice field, apparently the Texans game has made some players very upset with their performance. Which is exactly what Saints fans want to hear.

One highlight of note today, Gregg Williams was not happy. He made the defense do a lot of work today. If you were a conspiracy theorist, you may even think Payton and Williams planned this. The offense and defense are working much harder after their loss than they were last week. As well, the Texans are more optimistic about their next match up.

I'm posting this as practice ends, so expect updates later on tonight. For now, go ahead and make the jump to see what happened in Oxnard today.

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New Orleans Saints
Correct. Monday-Friday. 4-6:30 PM PDT each day. All open to the public RT - Oxnard prax every day this week?

Larry Holder
Pretty wild set up in Oxnard for the Saints. Weight room is literally outdoors under a tent on a concrete basketball court.

Garland Gillen
San Antonio '05 all over again RT : Pretty wild set up in Oxnard for the Saints. Weight room is literally outdoors under a tent

Jeff Duncan
already drawing a crowd, an hour before practice in Oxnard:

Kevin Spain
fans already lining up for practice at Oxnard.

New Orleans Saints
Jenkins signing autographs for fans

Kevin Spain
there are fans everywhere. here is a group lining up to watch practice in a while b4 it starts:

Jeff Duncan
hitting the practice field....

Kevin Spain
fans cheering as stroll out to the practice field, really loud as comes in. it's a good turnout, more than 1,000

Jeff Duncan
QBs working at the start of practice...

James Varney
LB Will Herring not practicing.

James Varney
Gorgeous day in Oxnard, for a change. Yesterday closer to 'nearly-perfect."

Larry Holder
Jenkins, Evans, Porter, C. Ingram, Torrence, Humber were among the previously injured players to return to Mon. practice in Oxnard, Calif.

Larry Holder
LB Will Herring not practicing with apparent calf injury.

James Varney
Good crowd of Who Dats here at Oxnard. Brees, of course, gets big hand.

Jeff Duncan
not working: Will Herring; Jeff Charleston; Aubrayo Franklin; Chris Taylor; Tory Humphrey; Tom Johnson; ... among others.

Kevin Spain
Brees nice throw to Ingram ... sproles off left tackle nice gain ... they dial down to walk thru handoff to Thomas

Jeff Duncan
Saints back working: Clint Ingram and Tracy Porter.

New Orleans Saints
Beautiful day in Oxnard for practice today

Larry Holder
Gregg Williams making defense do plenty of up downs after stretching. Poor play vs Texans spurred that on.

Kevin Spain
some of u asked if g Williams would make defense do ups and downs ... answer is yes. A lot

Jeff Duncan
Big Who Dat chant breaks out from the crowd as went through calisthenics. Estimate the crowd at several hundred.

Kevin Spain
in technique drills. Ol v dl, wr v db backs and ends

Larry Holder
Shanle running with ones at WLB today.

James Varney
Saints now running real plays. Pierre Thomas breaks off big gain on 1st one

Kevin Spain
Thomas rips off td run 1st play of team drill ... Ingram big run off left tacked next play

James Varney
But defense1s getting the best of it here early

Kevin Spain
Patrick cobbs up middle big gain ... sproles around end for a long run

Kevin Spain
Sproles off left tackle for a score ... defense stuffs cobbs next play ... Pierre with big run right. He's had a good camp

Kevin Spain
in special teams drill, trying to cause turnovers. greg mcmahon screaming at guys to get the ball

Kevin Spain
seems like the have a little more energy than in last week's workouts. maybe temps, maybe because of loss to . more intensity

Kevin Spain
chris ivory and greg romeus working with strength coach in end zone. running and stretching.

Jeff Duncan
I didnt see it but apparently Clint Ingram limped off the field and went to the training room to get evaluated by Saints medical staff.

Larry Holder
Carl Nicks appears to have left practice. G Matt Tennant is taking Nicks' snaps with the ones. Unsure of what happened to Nicks.

James Varney
Saints brass must love this setup - almost impossible for media to see plays

Kevin Spain
Brees just hit graham over the middle as team drill starts. ... sproles makes a big catch, good reaction from secondary

James Varney
Apparently this facility once a sort of football Area 51 for Al Davis and Raiders

Kevin Spain
mr reilaable, colston with a catch in the flat as team goes into backs on dbs. linemen doing 1-om-1 drills in end zone

James Varney
...place had high walls and not open to public. Cowboys tore down walls....

Jeff Duncan
The injury list grows. Guard Roger Allen just left practice with trainer Scottie Patton.

James Varney
And Saints no time yet to rebuild...

Larry Holder
Just saw G Roger Allen just leave the field with the head trainer. Peeps dropping left and right in Oxnard.

WWL-TV Sports
Like old times. RT : With Herring and Clint Ingram nicked, Jo-Lonn Dunbar slid over to play SLB with starting defense

Larry Holder
Apparently DT Shaun Rogers just showed up at practice, at least that's what Gregg Williams just yelled after making a play on Mark Ingram.

Kevin Spain
lance moore with catch in right flat, immediately tackled by jabari. defense with big push up middle, gets 'sack'. williams barks approval

Kevin Spain
ingram nowehere to go on left side. he reverses field to cheering of fans, but would have been tackled for a loss

Mike Triplett
Guard Carl Nicks walked off practice field for . Injury unknown. Matt Tennant took his place.

Kevin Spain
preseason hero joe morgan with a long td reception to roar from crowd. this guy is gonna make it hard for not to keep him

James Varney
Darren Sproles just breaks another long run crowd pleaser

James Varney
WR Jarred Fayson walks off a bit shaky

Kevin Spain
Ingram scores off left tackle ... graham catches it in flat & is swarmed by defense

James Varney
In 2 minute now

James Varney
Brees hits Colston for a big gain down seam and O gets 3 pts

Kevin Spain
run hurry up, big pass to colston leads to fg

Mike Triplett
Nice deep ball from Brees to Colston set up "last-second" field goal by Garrett Hartley in hurry-up team drill with no timeouts.

Mike Triplett
Time ran out on 2nd string offense in same drill.

LINKS:

New Orleans Saints players can expect to feel the heat from coaches in California | NOLA.com
Team will be under microscope heading into game vs. Oakland Raiders

New Orleans Saints' play vs. Texans downright dismal | NOLA.com
Supposedly big, beefy front roundly outplayed in Saturday's loss

New Orleans Saints poll: Is team's performance vs. Houston Texans reason to panic? | NOLA.com
Let columnists Jeff Duncan and Peter Finney state their cases

New Orleans Saints' weakside LB battle one to watch: links | NOLA.com
News and notes from around the nation

New Orleans Saints will get back to work today in California | NOLA.com
Practice begins at 6 p.m. Central

Saints Linkage: Ingram the anti-Bush | wwltv.com New Orleans
The Saints begin the Oxnard, Calif., portion of training camp today at 6 p.m. central standard time. Until then, here are a few stories to read.

EOSB: Which Saints Player Helped Himself, Hurt Himself vs. Texans | wwltv.com New Orleans
We’ve reached the midpoint of the preseason and the Saints likely put a good scare into their fanbase with Saturday night’s performance.

Brees: ''I'm Not Quite There Yet'' - WWL - AM870 | FM105.3 | News | Talk | Sports

Kristian: Clock Is Ticking On Black And Gold - WWL - AM870 | FM105.3 | News | Talk | Sports

VIDEO: Who Dats Invade Cheese Head Land - WWL - AM870 | FM105.3 | News | Talk | Sports

Coaches not allowed to compare notes before preseason games | ProFootballTalk
As Saints broadcaster Jim Henderson tells it, the Saints blitzed the 49ers early and often in the preseason opener because San Fran coach Jim Harbaugh didn't call New Orleans coach Sean Payton to compare notes before the game.

Saints Practice Schedule in Oxnard

Saints Nation: Texans Steamroll Saints 27-14 | August

Saints Practice In Oxnard Before Raiders Preseason Game " CBS Los Angeles
The New Orleans Saints will start practice in Oxnard Monday, leading up to their third preseason game against the Oakland Raiders.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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