The Saints defense put together a strong day on Wednesday for Day 7 of training camp.
Quite a few were missing today from practice, as the Saints had a very depleted receiving corps. Cedrick Wilson Jr., Equanimeous St. Brown , Bub Means, Shane Lemieux and Trajan Jeffcoat were all not spotted during Wednesday's session. Dennis Allen said that Wilson Jr. is dealing with a groin injury, while Bub Means is dealing with what Allen called a leg/shin injury. Kendre Miller was an observer of practice and Erik McCoy had a veteran rest day.
The third play had no throw on it due to Alontae Taylor being in the backfield and getting a sack on Carr. The defense followed that off with another sack, this time by Willie Gay Jr. On that play, Trevor Penning had a solid rep against Cam Jordan in pass protection. This is where Kyle Hergel came in ahead of the next play, which was a short screen play to Jordan Mims that McKinstry blew up. Carr's last pass was a big pass deep down the right side that connected with Stanley Morgan Jr.
Kamara got an inside run on the next play that went for a short gain due to the combined efforts of Jordan Howden and Paulson Adebo. Jordan Mims got a run inside on the next play that saw Tyrann Mathieu lay a thumping hit on him with Alontae Taylor playing clean up. Chase Young bested Taliese Fuaga in a very noticeable way, which put him on the ground.
The next play was a coverage sack with nothing there, and I honed in on the rep between Granderson and Fuaga, which the rookie did a solid job in pass protection. There was a direct snap to Chris Olave to the right on the next play, which led to a scuffle between Olave and Adebo. The other pass was a hookup to Olave over the middle, but Chase Young and Jack Heflin combined there for a sack.
Alvin Kamara got a run outside left on the next play that got to the second level, followed up by a screen play to Rashid Shaheed to the left that was stopped by Alontae Taylor and Chase Young on the outside. Alvin Kamara got something underneath on the final play, but there was a clear false start that looked to be on Fuaga.
Derek Carr came back in for three snaps, and Chase Young ended up getting back-to-back sacks. He beat Fuaga on the first one, and the throw ended up connecting to Rashid Shaheed deep left working against Alontae Taylor. The next play Young and Carl Granderson played meet at the quarterback. I didn't point this out earlier, but Kool-Aid McKinstry was playing in the slot with Taylor and Adebo on the outside. The final play was a draw inside with Alvin Kamara that Jordan Howden stopped.
Rezjohn Wright - 2/4, Did a nice job on Olave to finish the play and knock the ball away in the end zone.Shemar Jean-Charles - 3/3, Solid rep against Tipton after some strong press coverage at the line.I thought Alontae Taylor had a solid day on the field in multiple areas. He's usually one of the first on the field and absolutely one of the last to leave.
The offensive line were also working on an interesting drill with John Benton swinging a pad that they had to duck under and get back to a space to block.
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