Few Quotes from Workouts Today

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Saints QB and team captain Drew Brees smiled following his workout and stated, “I know that I have been looking forward to this day for three months.”

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“It’s exciting to come back into the building and see everyone together and getting after it in the gym,” said LB Curtis Lofton, who joined the Saints as an unrestricted free agent prior to the 2012 season from the Atlanta Falcons. “As we said to each other, ‘this is it, it’s the start of the 2013 season.’ There are some things that feel different, certainly, and that’s probably attributed to the fact that Coach Payton is here and that provides its own energy. We know that there is a lot of hard work in front of us and it’s important to have the right frame of mind and come in here each and every day ready to work. It’s great to be back around everyone.”

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“I’m super excited to be back,” Toon stated. “Especially for a guy like me, who missed time due to an injury, it’s been a long time away from the field. It feels great to be back around all my teammates and feel the energy in the building.”

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Later in the offseason, the team will host a full-squad minicamp in the beginning of June leading up to the final week of OTAs. The players will then have six weeks away from the facility prior to the start of training camp in late July.

My buddy on the inside says its customary for the Veterans to play a prank on one new player each year on the first day of workouts. This year it was LB Victor Butler who had no locker set up in the locker room. They had a map for him to follow with clues that led to his locker in a back trash room with old equipment and a old style toilet with the pullstring. Word is Rob Ryan was the main culprit of the prank.


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