Saints new LB Ingram hopes to be ready for training camp

After signing a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints, former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Clint Ingram has been hopeful with his career future and promised that he would try his best to be ready for Saints training camp as soon as possible. Ingram is still recovering from a microfracture surgery he had last September to remove a cyst.


According to the linebacker himself, his rehabbing progress goes on well and he has been able to walk without help of crutches. He plans to watch his new teammates in Saints jerseys practicing from the sideline next week before he himself is healthy enough to go onto the field. Saying that he hoped to take part in full practice in early period of the Saints training camp, Ingram is confident that he will be available to play in all the 16 regular-season games.

Since the former starting linebacker Scott Fujita’s departure, the Saints had been in lack of a veteran replacing starter with excellent experience at this position. They already had young linebackers like Jonathan Casillas, Jo-Lonn Dunbar and Stanley Arnoux before Ingram’s arrival, but none of them seems competitive enough to contend for the starting job with Ingram once the veteran is fully recovered.

Sean Payton talked about coaching Saints on TV show

As the head coach of the Super Bowl XLIV champion team New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton was invited to make an appearance on television talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday.


There were indeed quite a few things worth watching or listening as the talk included not only opinions on winning the team’s Super Bowl game, but also Payton’s first thought about coaching the team three years ago and his new book, "Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life."

According to what was said by Payton, he did not quite like to accept the coach job with the Saints, as the New Orleans city was just devastated by the storm Katrina in 2006. He was still waiting for a response from the Green Bay Packers as he just finished an interview with them. Fortunately, he finally chose to stay and eventually led the team to its prime time. Now he is a highly respectable coach who led the players in Saints jerseys to a historical victory, life in New Orleans turns out to be quite enjoyable.

Payton also talked about the charitable foundation Play it Forward, which was founded by him two years ago with the purpose to help people with less fortune. As for his book, Payton revealed that it would be available by June 29th.