Author: Michael

New Orleans will reportedly meet with the four-time Pro Bowler on Wednesday.
The Saints reportedly received permission to invite Raiders quarterback Derek Carr for a visit on Wednesday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Carr’s visit to New Orleans comes as the Las Vegas reportedly gave the four-time Pro Bowler permission on Friday to speak with teams that agreed to meet the terms that the team is seeking in a trade, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
In making a trip to the Big Easy, there lies some commonality between Carr and the Saints.

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The cornerback detailed why he and Patricia never connected.
Before Darius Slay became a key part of the Eagles’ defense, he spent years trying to prove himself with the Lions. Apparently, that also meant having to prove his talent to his head coach.
Slay’s relationship with former Lions head coach Matt Patricia is well documented, as the two rarely if ever saw eye to eye. That led Detroit to trade the cornerback to Philadelphia after Patricia’s second season with the team.
This week, Slay addressed why he was never able to connect with Patricia in Detroit.

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The Rebels coach isn’t wasting any time getting his son noticed by college football programs.
When Lane Kiffin is not recruiting the next greatest athlete to come play for Ole Miss or trolling Alabama’s Nick Saban, he is advocating for his son’s college football future.
On Tuesday, Kiffin tweeted a video of Knox, his middle-school aged son, rolling out to his left and slinging a deep ball down the field to a receiver. But in sharing the video, Kiffin made sure the official Volunteers football account on Twitter did not miss the memo.

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One of the cardinal sins of taking a photo with a celebrity or an athlete is not disturbing them while they’re eating dinner.
That one doesn’t apply in this instance, but one of the other cardinal sins is not knowing who you’re taking a photo with. That pitfall of celebrity photo-taking befell these fans who thought they were taking a photo with Boston Celtic Al Horford.
Spoiler alert: it was not Al Horford; it was Nicolas Batum of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Over the weekend, Batum’s Clippers were in the Big Apple to play the Knicks.

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