September 3, 2007 - The New Orleans Saints re-signed tight end Ronnie Ghent. To make room on the roster, the Saints waived first-year defensive tackle McKinley Boykin, 6-1, 289-pounds, a first-year player from Ole Miss who signed with the New Orleans Saints as a rookie free agent on May 12, 2006. Ronnie Ghent ,former University of Louisville tight end, was waived by the Saints on Friday, August 31. Ronnie Ghent, 6-2, 253-pounds, is a native of Lakeland, Florida. The New Orleans Saints signed DT Brandon Villareal to the practice squad, using the last of their eight allocated practice squad spots.
September 1, 2007 - New Orleans Saints Roster is cut to 53. Running back Pierre Thomas makes team!
August 31, 2007 - New Orleans Saints Roster is cut to 66 players. Sean Payton said, "It's
a tough process to begin with, and it's ongoing. It's never easy at this time
of the year. You have to make some tough decisions. We're in the midst of doing
that. The process has begun, and it has to be complete by Saturday, and then
you begin to formulate your practice squad."
August 28, 2007 - New Orleans Saints Roster is cut to 75 players.
August 26, 2007 - Charles Grant was
asked, "Complete this sentence: The Saints will finish this season ..." Charles replied, "In Arizona. Anything less would be uncivilized." The
New Orleans Saints are going to the Superbowl! Bobby Hebert - Get your dress and high heels ready!
August 19, 2007 - The average size of a New Orleans Saints football player
is 6 feet 2 inches & 247 lbs.
This
is the mean and median of the current New Orleans Saints roster.
The
average New Orleans Saints is 26 years old with 5 years NFL experience.
June 21, 2007 - Saints training camp at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
June 4, 2007 - Peter King,
a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, predicts the New Orleans Saints are going
to the Superbowl! King said, "Here goes my spring take on Super Bowl XLII in
Arizona: The first game of the 2007 campaign shall also be the last game. Five
months after they open the season in the RCA Dome, Indianapolis and New Orleans
will play the highest-scoring game in the history of the Super Bowl." Bobby Hebert - Get your dress ready!
June 3, 2007 - Deuce Mcallister (RB): New Orleans Saint's offense is ready to go!
June 1, 2007 - Charles Grant says, "The
Saint's defense is going to be better than the Dome Patrol! Bobby Hebert, you'd better get the dress and heels ready. The Saints are going to the Superbowl!
May 15, 2007 - Reggie Bush (RB) visits with New Orleans Saints
May 10, 2007 - Drew Brees (QB) works for New Orleans Saints
April 28, 2007 - NFL Draft - day 1
Robert Meachem (WR, 6-3, 211) drafted in 1st round (Tennessee) #27 overall
Usama Young (CB, 5-11, 186) drafted in 3rd round (Kent State)
Andy Alleman (G, 6-4, 302) drafted in 3rd round (Akron)
April 29, 2007 - NFL Draft - day 2
Antonio Pittman (RB, 5-11, 195) drafted in 4th round (Ohio State) CUT Sep 1, 2007
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Sep 2, 2007: claimed off waivers by St Louis Rams
Jermon Bushrod (OT, 6-4, 315) drafted in 4th round (Towson)
David Jones (CB, 6-0, 196) drafted in 5th round (Wingate) CUT Sep 1, 2007
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Sep 2, 2007: claimed off waivers by Cincinnati Bengals
Marvin Mitchell (ILB 6-3 249) drafted in 7th round (Tennessee) CUT Sep 1, 2007
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Sep 2, 2007: signed to New Orleans Saints practice
squad
April 19, 2007 - Jason David (CB) signs with Saints (former Indianapolis Colt)
April 13, 2007 - David Patten (WR)
signs with Saints (former Redskin & New England Patriot)
April 5, 2007 - John Carney released by the New Orleans Saints
April 3, 2007 - Olindo Mare (K) acquired from Miami Dolphins in trade for 6th round draft pick
April 2, 2007 - Jay Bellamy (S) re-signs with Saints
March 27, 2007 - Terrance Copper (WR) re-signs with Saints
March 13, 2007 - Kevin Kaesviharn (S) signs with Saints (former Cincinnati Bengal)
March 7, 2007 - Eric Johnson (TE) signs with Saints (former San Francisco 49er)
March 6, 2007 - Brian Simmons (LB) signs with Saints (former Cincinnati Bengal)
March 6, 2007 - Fred Thomas (CB) agrees to $800,000 pay-cut
March 2, 2007 - Jon Stinchcomb (T) re-signs with Saints
March 1, 2007 - Joe Horn (WR) released by the Saints
January 15, 2007 - Buddy D, the ultimate New Orleans Saints fan, once
said, "When you go to Heaven after you die, tell St. Peter you're a Saints fan.
He'll say, 'C'mon in, I don't care what else you done, you suffered enough.'"
Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto
pledged on numerous occasions to his listeners that he would wear a dress
on Bourbon Street if the Saints ever reached the Super Bowl. Annually, the
New Orleans Saints faithful fans would tease Buddy about his promise to wear
a dress if the Saints ever won a Super Bowl. He never got close to having
to make good on that promise, though, as we all know, he certainly wished
for that walk on Bourbon Street in a dress.
When Buddy died in 2005, Bobby Hebert, The Cajun Cannon, took over his radio show; he also took over the promise. Now it is up to Bobby Hebert to carry on this tradition. Bobby Hebert has said on-air numerous times that he will fulfill Buddy's promise. If the Saints do get to the Super Bowl, Bobby Hebert would wear a dress and walk down Bourbon Street in honor of the late Diliberto. As Bobby Hebert has
said over the airways during the 2006 New Orleans Saint's season, "I will be
'twitching' in high-heals down Bourbon Street."
In mid-January 2007, the New Orleans Saints made it to within one (1) win of going to the Superbowl. Bobby Hebert joked
about the challenge, "There's a group called 'Buddy's Broads'
and they want to march in the dresses in the Mardi Gras parades, but I told them
it was a one time deal. I'll have no problem finding a dress, I'm sure they will
have quite the selection. The challenge for them will be finding me some heels
to fit my feet."
Well, We won't see Bobby Hebert in a dress this year due to the 39 - 14 New Orleans Saints loss to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship. Bobby Hebert has said on-air that he is kind of relieved. He had visions in his head about second-lining and twirling the umbrella while doing the jig. Maybe next year!
