Day 1 Camp Notes 8/17/20

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Mike Triplett

Drew Brees, Jameis Winston working side-by-side at Saints’ 1st padded practice. Only 1 set of full-team drills in 90-minute session. Winston had 1 pass intercepted by PJ Williams after it bounced off rookie WR Juwan Johnson’s hands. Johnson made up for it later with nifty catch


Four players absent from Saints practice Monday: LG Andrus Peat, TE Josh Hill, LB Anthony Chickillo and DB Tino Ellis


Sean Payton said Saints rookie first-round draft pick Cesar Ruiz is working at RG for now, with Erik McCoy at center — though they could switch that to evaluate and train them at both spots.

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Nick Underhill

PJ Williams has the play of day. Read a pass from deep middle of the field and picked it off after Juwan Johnson tipped the high pass from Jameis Winston/

Bad Day overall for the offense

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Canal St. Chronicles

Payton said he's had Tommy Stevens play both X and Y receivers, and he's doing well.

Payton on Emmanuel Sanders: Slowly but surely he's picking up the #Saints nuances, but he's a good player and good route-runner.

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@Kat_Terrell
Payton said he loves Jameis Winston’s attitude and work ethic. You can tell Winston is a very vocal guy at practice, which is something I wrote down while watching earlier.

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