Connor Hughes

As I move on to the tight end position in my breakdown of the New Orleans Saints' depth chart, it starts to look a little thin after superstar Jimmy Graham on the roster. This is why I was adamant about bringing in Dallas ... of the 2010 NFL Draft.  

Sports briefs: NFL upholds New Orleans Saints’ suspensions Published Apr 9, 2012 05:25PM MDT FOOTBALL • The NFL upheld the season-long suspension of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton on Monday, and the shorter suspensions of two other team executives, as the league continued to grapple with a bounty scandal. In keeping the original suspensions in place, Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected a defense that Gregg Williams, the former...  

Head coach Sean Payton's yearlong suspension will be difficult to overcome by itself. Coaching still makes a difference in this league, and a team without a strong leader on the sideline is a ship without a rudder. Interim coach Joe Vitt ...  

Coach Sean Payton was suspended for the 2012 season; General Manager Mickey Loomis for eight games and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for six games for their roles. The team was docked two second-round draft picks and fined $500,000 as well.  

Fordham University senior running back Darryl Whiting (E. Elmhurst, N.Y./Holy Cross) signed an NFL free agent contract with the Tennessee Titans it was announced by the team. He becomes the third Ram in the past two years to sign an NFL free agent contract, joining Isa Abdul-Quddus and Stephen Skelton, who signed with the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals, respectively, last year.  

New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis needs to remember one thing as he sits down to participate in the 2012 NFL draft: Calm down. It’s bad enough that the Saints traded away their first-round pick this year to New England in the deal that eventually brought running back Mark Ingram to New Orleans. But it gets worse. Relax, Mickey. Because of the bounty scandal that brought on a one-year suspension to head coach Sean Payton, an...  

As I suspected when the whole storyline began, Bill Parcells will likely not be roaming the sidelines as head coach of the New Orleans Saints in 2012, according to ESPN. While it made sense to me that Saints head coach Sean Payton would reach out to ...  

For the second time in as many months, Roger Goodell and the NFL came down hard on the New Orleans Saints for the team's role in one of the worst league scandals in recent memory. After suspending head coach Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season, along with eight games for GM Mickey Loomis and six more for assistant head coach Joe Vitt, Goodell banned linebacker Jonathan Vilma for all 16 games of next season and defensive end Will Smith for...  

"Phil (Marfuggi) tried to give it a shot this week after a slight injury, but we felt it was best that he not risk further damage," said Soul head coach Doug Plank. "We decided to reach out to Connor Hughes. He's a guy that's been here before; he's won here.  

Linebacker David Hawthorne: Hawthorne was another great signing ... his departure leaves a big void in the Saints’ secondary.  Cornerback Leigh Torrence: Torrence signed with the Washinton Redskins. Torrence provided the Saints with some ...  

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Casillas, who had visited with the Tennessee Titans and fielded interest from other teams as well, is likely to sign his tender offer with the club, according to a league source. The signature should come in the next ...  

Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean in Nashville reported this morning that the Tennessee Titans will host the New Orleans Saints in Week 4 of the preseason at LP Field in Nashville. Date and time not set yet and the remainder of the preseason schedule is supposed ...  

Very soon after New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma did an interview with Ian Rapoport of NFL.com to forward the notion that he's innocent of all charges in the bounty scandal that has him suspended for the 2012 season and suing Roger Goodell as a result, Yahoo! Sports' own Jason Cole came through with a real bombshell . On Friday afternoon, Cole reported the existence of a ledger allegedly kept by the Saints' coaching staff to keep...  

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A documentary filmmaker says in a long website post that Drew Brees, Scott Fujita and the NFL Players Association knew about his recording of a vicious motivational speech by ex-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams before it was released.  

(Reuters) - A key piece of evidence held by the NFL in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal is a "ledger" that shows there was a system for paying football players to injure their opponents, Yahoo Sports reported on Friday.