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USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Saints backup Charlie Smyth outkicks multiple pros at Kohl's Kicking Camp
The New Orleans Saints have had quite a kicker dilemma over the past few seasons, from Blake Grupe to Wil Lutz, to Brett Maher, Brian Johnson, and others. It has been a revolving door ever since Lutz's injury and eventual trade. Grupe has been able to hold onto the job for two full seasons now, and while he has had a few hiccups at times, overall, he has been a reliable option. A field goal success rate of 83.8% and an extra point rate of 97.3% indicate a relatively strong performance. The newcomer to the room, however, is Charlie Smyth, an International Pathway Program product who got an opportunity in the 2024 preseason and made the most of it with a game-winning field goal. Now, however, he is competing with some of the league's best at kicking beating them all? In a recent report from Nick Underhill of he shared that Smyth won the first-day kicking competition at the Kohl's Kicking Camp. He went up against multiple high-level NFL placekickers, such as Daniel Carlson, Jack Fox, Austin Seibert, Dustin Hopkins, Evan McPherson, and more at this camp. Outkicking them head-to-head is enormously impressive, especially given this is only the start of his second season in the NFL. Hopefully, over time, he can continue to hone in on his abilities and really put up a fight for the starting role. Frankly, from what he has displayed so far in his career at this point, he certainly could make a run at it this preseason if he showcases the leg power he has in practices. This may be a training camp battle to watch in 2025.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Saints' offseason assets ranked among the NFL's worst war chests
Pro Football Focus has New Orleans Saints in the worst position to be in as we get closer to the talent acquisition portion of the offseason. The Saints are a bad team without a lot of assets to change this reality. That means they're short on draft picks and salary cap resources. PFF ranked New Orleans as having the third-worst assets this offseason. Most teams at the bottom of the asset rankings are playoff teams. The Seahawks, who rank at the bottom, were a tiebreaker away from winning the NFC West. Then you have the Saints and Atlanta Falcons at 30 and 31st. These rankings were determined by three categories: effective cap space, restructure potential and draft capital. The problem for the Saints is they're the only team without any effective cap space after pushing so much money from past deals into this fiscal year. New Orleans does have a good amount of restructure potential, as always, but most of the restructuring will be to get under the salary cap. It doesn't mean they won't sign anyone in free agency. New Orleans signed Chase Young last year after starting in a similar situation. However, the restructuring won't give the Saints much to play with this offseason. Building the roster will come through the draft for New Orleans in 2025. PFF's rankings is a great depiction of that. Having one of the lowest sets of assets shouldn't be too startling for New Orleans. This was expected to be a job that required a multi-year renovation. Blake Grupe shares endorsement for Saints' next coach at Radio Row Mark Ingram II lobbies for Saints to get Alvin Kamara some help in the NFL draft Could the New Orleans Saints draft a third Senior Bowl MVP in a row? Saints have the NFL's worst odds to trade for Defensive Player of the Year Saints' roster gives their next coach a nearly blank slate when crafting the team This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints' offseason assets ranked among the NFL's worst war chests
