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Saints News, 6/18/15: Drew Brees: More New Things Than Ever for Saints Offense

From Mike Triplett: “I’d say we’re doing probably more new things now than we ever have,” said Brees, who explained that this is always the time of year for experimenting with the playbook. “There’s always new ideas, there’s always offseason studies that you kind of undergo. And you say, ‘Hey, I think we can incorporate this into our offense. It’s something that Brandin Cooks could do really well, something Ben Watson could do really well, something the running backs could do really well.’ Some things stick and some things don’t. And I’d say maybe there’s just more things that have stuck thus far.”

By David "Satch" Kelly
Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

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