Rod Walker
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New Orleans, LA, United States
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Can we expect the Saints to bring back Michael Thomas this season? Our staff weighs in.
The NFL’s new league year starts Wednesday. With that comes free agency, a chance for teams to bolster their rosters. → Read More
The Saints have their QB. What's their No. 1 priority now? Our writers give their take.
The NFL’s new league year starts Wednesday. With that comes free agency, a chance for teams to bolster their rosters. → Read More
Did Derek Carr get off on the right foot with the Saints? Our experts give their take.
The NFL’s new league year starts on March 15. With that comes free agency, a chance for teams to bolster their rosters. → Read More
A list of all the Louisiana players in the 2023 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 68-team field for the NCAA Tournament was announced on Sunday. As always, there are quite a few players from Louisiana in the tournament. Here is a list of the → Read More
Doug Williams, pioneer of Black QBs in Super Bowls, reflects on historic runs of Hurts, Mahomes
Doug Williams has zero connections to the Kansas City Chiefs or Philadelphia Eagles. → Read More
Rebuilding the Saints: Is OC Pete Carmichael's job in jeopardy? Our staff breaks it all down.
The New Orleans Saints finished a disappointing 7-10 in their first season under head coach Dennis Allen. A year that began with playoff aspirations ended with a third-place finish in → Read More
Three things we learned after Saints' 20-10 victory over the Eagles
Here's what we learned from the Saints' 20-10 victory over the Eagles in Philadelphia. → Read More
3 things we learned in Saints 17-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns
Still fighting Whether you like the job Dennis Allen has done or not, one thing you can say about his team is it hasn't quit on him. As slim as the Saints’ playoff hopes looked, the team just keeps battling. The Saints trailed 10-0 in the second quarter. In a game where the temperature was 9 degrees at kickoff and felt like it was below zero, that would have been enough to make some teams with… → Read More
Saints' special teams unit bracing for what could be a wild, windy day in Cleveland
Blake Gillikin has played in a football game where the temperature was close to zero. → Read More
Saints at Browns: Our staff makes its predictions for Saturday's game in cold Cleveland
Our staff breaks down how they see Sunday playing out when the New Orleans Saints host the rival Atlanta Falcons in the Caesars Superdome. → Read More
Three things we learned in the New Orleans Saints' narrow victory over the Atlanta Falcons
The New Orleans Saints narrowly defeated their rival Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in the Caesars Superdome. → Read More
Analyzing what went wrong for the Saints this season and how they can fix things in the future
The New Orleans Saints have reached their bye week at 4-9. No one, certainly not local media, saw such a disappointing season coming three months ago. → Read More
Saints vs. Buccaneers: Our staff makes its predictions for Monday night's game in Tampa
Our staff breaks down how they see Monday playing out when the New Orleans Saints travel to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. → Read More
Rod Walker: LSU, Southern, Tulane vie for conference titles on banner day for Louisiana football
Willie Fritz had about 190 text messages waiting for him after Tulane’s victory over Cincinnati on Nov. 25. → Read More
Where's the offense? Three things we learned from the 49ers' shut out of the Saints.
The San Francisco 49ers shut out the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. → Read More
Saints vs. 49ers: Our staff makes its predictions for Sunday's game in San Francisco
Our staff breaks down how they see Sunday playing out when the New Orleans Saints travel to play the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium. → Read More
What we learned from the Saints' crucial victory over the Rams in New Orleans
The Saints walked away with a 27-20 over the Los Angeles Rams in New Orleans on Sunday, ending a two-game skid for the Saints. → Read More
For the Saints to come alive, someone has to step up. But who? We give our thoughts
Our Saints coverage team got together this week to discuss the team's disappointing start 2-5 and provide thoughts on the team’s prospects for the rest of the season. Here’s our → Read More
The Saints have a dreadful record. How much is that on the coaching staff? Our crew weighs in
Saints coach Dennis Allen said he’s confident his team will turn things around and put together a string of wins. Players such as Demario Davis have expressed similar confidence. → Read More
Rod Walker: College GameDay for Southern at Jackson State a chance to showcase SWAC excellence
For some of you tuning into ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday, perhaps you’ll get an experience similar to the one New Orleans Saints rookie cornerback Alontae Taylor got last week. → Read More