Archie Manning named New Orleans the best place to live

Recently a list of the world’s best places to live was published, and former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning was asked whether he wished to move to one of the places, the local popular sportsman said that New Orleans was also one of the best place to live and he would stay there for the rest of his life.


Born in Drew, Mississippi, moved to New Orleans after being drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 1971 and has stayed there for most of his life since on. After retiring from the NFL, Archie Manning used to ask his family on moving home back to Mississippi, but all of them made the same choice to stay in New Orleans. The Mannings thus have been a most active family in community service and did a lot of work to rebuild the city after the Hurricane Katrina destroyed most parts of it. Archie Manning said that the city has been even more beautiful than it was before the disaster although it’s still recovering from the damages. He and his family love the city and there is no better city than New Orleans to them.

The former Saints legend said he loves New Orleans also because he can meet long-time fans wearing Archie Manning jerseys from time to time and offer as much help as he could to encourage them from sadness of losing friends or families in the hurricane.

Saints LT Bushrod gets ready for Colts DE Freeney

As many believe that the Sunday’s game would be a biggest potential mismatches of defensive men if Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney is healthy enough to play the game, New Orleans Saints left tackle Jermon Bushrod is prepared whether Freeney is to play or not.

Bushrod was up to that challenge, just as he’ll likely be ready for Freeney or Robert Mathis or Raheem Brock or anyone else who lines up at right end for the Colts.

Indy’s pass rush is one of the most disruptive in the league because of the speed across the line, and Freeney might be the most dynamic pass rusher in the league when healthy. But Bushrod has decent athleticism. And his team is good enough to take the challenge, too. The Saints do a great job of offering help and scheming to move the pocket around, and quarterback Drew Brees does a great job of making quick decisions and releasing the ball before he gets in trouble.

Getting much less attention than Freeney, Saints defensive end Will Smith is just as important to the Saints’ pass rush. He is now in better shape than he is been since his first season in NFL jerseys, and is now faster and more athletic. The Saints will depend upon him a lot to try and disrupt Manning’s timing.