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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Saints share highlight videos from team paintball outing: 'It's all strategy'
NFL teams try all sorts of team-building strategies this time of the year -- there's a reason it's called "organized team activity" and not "practice" when players report for work. In previous years, the New Orleans Saints have buddied up to go bowfishing, bowling, or try other group activities. This year players went out to play paintball, and head coach Kellen Moore joined them. It looks like a great time; the Saints shared a couple of videos highlighting the players' reactions and some of the day's funnier moments. For his part, defensive tackle Khalen Saunders regretted leaving cover, laughing and holding up his yellow paint-smeared helmet for the camera: "I ran out in the middle and got smoked. It hit me square in my eyeball." Advertisement Other guys saw it as a great learning opportunity. Quarterback Spencer Rattler said afterwards, "It's all strategy, it's all the will you've got. It's tiring and it's hot out here too." Seeing guys covering each other and coordinating movement through the obstacles on the field is entertaining, but it goes a long way towards building up camaraderie in the locker room, too. And here's a better look at the different teams: Hopefully it makes a difference. The team is in a rough state five years into the post-Drew Brees era, having fired their last head coach and parted ways with who they thought could be their franchise quarterback, and they need new leaders to step up. Moore participating means a lot. Maybe live-fire experiences like this can help guys learn to trust each other, work together, and win a lot of football games in the fall. This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: WATCH: New Orleans Saints share highlights from team paintball outing
USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Saints share highlight videos from team paintball outing: 'It's all strategy'
Saints share highlight videos from team paintball outing: 'It's all strategy' Kellen Moore participates with players in team paintball game NFL teams try all sorts of team-building strategies this time of the year -- there's a reason it's called "organized team activity" and not "practice" when players report for work. In previous years, the New Orleans Saints have buddied up to go bowfishing, bowling, or try other group activities. This year players went out to play paintball, and head coach Kellen Moore joined them. It looks like a great time; the Saints shared a couple of videos highlighting the players' reactions and some of the day's funnier moments. For his part, defensive tackle Khalen Saunders regretted leaving cover, laughing and holding up his yellow paint-smeared helmet for the camera: "I ran out in the middle and got smoked. It hit me square in my eyeball." Other guys saw it as a great learning opportunity. Quarterback Spencer Rattler said afterwards, "It's all strategy, it's all the will you've got. It's tiring and it's hot out here too." Seeing guys covering each other and coordinating movement through the obstacles on the field is entertaining, but it goes a long way towards building up camaraderie in the locker room, too. And here's a better look at the different teams: Hopefully it makes a difference. The team is in a rough state five years into the post-Drew Brees era, having fired their last head coach and parted ways with who they thought could be their franchise quarterback, and they need new leaders to step up. Moore participating means a lot. Maybe live-fire experiences like this can help guys learn to trust each other, work together, and win a lot of football games in the fall.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Saints veteran Khalen Saunders reacts to 2025 schedule's lack of prime-time games
Khalen Saunders isn't an easy person to surprise. He's seen it all in the NFL -- he's won a pair of Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs, then intercepted his old teammate Patrick Mahomes and sprinted almost halfway to the end zone with the whole football world watching. But the big defensive lineman was still taken aback when he saw the New Orleans Saints' schedule for 2025. "Zero prime times is (expletive) insane. Wow bro, wow," Saunders wrote on social media. "League said here take yall funky (expletive) schedule and gtfo my face." Advertisement He's used to playing under the bright lights. Saunders dressed out for five of the Saints' last six prime-time games and appeared in 13 of them with the Chiefs, and that's just in the regular season. He got on the field in six playoff games with Kansas City, too. This year, the Saints will not kick off a single game on a Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night, ending a 25-year streak that goes back to the day Mickey Loomis was hired in their front office. So if Saunders wants to end up on another highlight reel, he'll need to make more plays to draw more attention. There's something to be said for working away from the cameras and forcing the networks to put a spotlight on you. But NFL careers are brief. It's a shame this is where the Saints have put themselves, but they only have themselves to blame given the state of the franchise. This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints DT Khalen Saunders shocked he isn't playing in prime time
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Saints veteran Khalen Saunders reacts to 2025 schedule's lack of prime-time games
Saints veteran Khalen Saunders reacts to 2025 schedule's lack of prime-time games Khalen Saunders isn't an easy person to surprise. He's seen it all in the NFL -- he's won a pair of Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs, then intercepted his old teammate Patrick Mahomes and sprinted almost halfway to the end zone with the whole football world watching. But the big defensive lineman was still taken aback when he saw the New Orleans Saints' schedule for 2025. "Zero prime times is (expletive) insane. Wow bro, wow," Saunders wrote on social media. "League said here take yall funky (expletive) schedule and gtfo my face." He's used to playing under the bright lights. Saunders dressed out for five of the Saints' last six prime-time games and appeared in 13 of them with the Chiefs, and that's just in the regular season. He got on the field in six playoff games with Kansas City, too. This year, the Saints will not kick off a single game on a Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night, ending a 25-year streak that goes back to the day Mickey Loomis was hired in their front office. So if Saunders wants to end up on another highlight reel, he'll need to make more plays to draw more attention. There's something to be said for working away from the cameras and forcing the networks to put a spotlight on you. But NFL careers are brief. It's a shame this is where the Saints have put themselves, but they only have themselves to blame given the state of the franchise.
