Randall Gay stared at the side official in disbelief, wondering why no call was made on a pass from Tom Brady to Wes Welker.

Brady had just completed a pass to Welker in coverage in the end zone on the sideline and there was question as to whether the receiver was inbounds or not.

The thousands of fans in attendance cheered. Gay did not.

He just wanted the official to make call. And when the man in the striped shirt did not, Gay did, waving off the completion and touchdown.

“He was just standing there smiling,” Gay said. “You’re not here to smile. You’ve got to make a call. The fans liked it, but then he said it was incomplete. I’m going to make the call. Even though Tom thought it was in. Tom’s going to argue and think it’s in.

“Incomplete pass. Long foul ball. Our ball.”

As soon as Gay began waving off the completion, Brady rushed to Gay, getting in the face of the Saints’ defensive back. He then shoved Gay in the back.

Of course, it was all in jest. The two are friends from when Gay played in New England.

“He has been messing with me all week,” Gay said. “It’s fun. I’m glad to be out here and clown with him a little bit.”

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Posted by blueslover

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Posted on 8/11/10 at 4:58 pm to blueslover

Wednesday proved to be a light practice, with the teams going through touch-and-go work during 11-on-11 period.

But there some things that stood out –

* QB Drew Brees threw a pass to TE Jeremy Shockey during some red zone work and it would have been a touchdown had Shockey been able to bring the pass into his hands. But he dropped it.
* Brees, strangely, worked on a drill where on fourth down, he would throw the ball out of bounds purposely despite having a receiver open down the field.
* Pats QB Tom Brady connected with WR Wes Welker in end zone on the sideline, but the official never gave any word as to whether Welker was in bounds or not. Saints DB Randall Gay signaled it was incomplete and Brady mockingly went up to his former teammate to talk trash.

Field Goal:
K Garrett Hartley had a tough day, hitting his first three field goals before missing three straight. He finally hit his final attempt to end on a positive note.

The Saints also worked on a “fire” drill, where a bad snap turns into a two-point attempt. But P Thomas Morstead, who was holding, couldn’t decide after rolling right what to do and threw the ball to no one in particular.

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