Let me be the first to say I love the idea of nighttime practice. After a few showers this afternoon, the sun is setting behind Memorial Stadium, it's cool enough outside and the lights are on for what should be an intriguing practice.

7:28 p.m. Coach Payton mentioned he liked the grass surface here at Memorial Stadium and looking down on it, the playing field looks to be in great shape. This stadium is used in the fall as the home for Jackson St.

7:32 p.m. Taking a quick overview of the guys in white, it looks like everyone is suited up for tonight, minus Devery Henderson. Coach said again today that Henderson will probably be out at least another week.

7:34 p.m. Although they were going just half-speed, Marques Colston just made a ridiculous one-handed catch. The guy has bear claws for hands.

7:50 p.m. Lance Moore has had two uncharacteristic drops early in these drills.

8:05 p.m. Here we go, the offense and defense are done working individually and are about to go 4 on 5. The offense has the four, QB, running back and two tight ends. Reggie Bush against a linebacker is so unfair, he just got free for a catch. Then Aaron Stecker, as dependable as they come, just had a ball go off his fingertips. Deuce McAllister got himself a grab too.

8:10 p.m. The receivers are going 2 on 3 vs. the defensive backs. Lance Moore is back to making the catches he should. Robert Meachem is doing a good job as well.

8:16 p.m. A stagnant crowd just erupted as Deuce found a hole on the right side and burst free into the open field. Oh yeah, we're in 11-on-11 drills right now.

8:21 p.m. Aside from the little things that Adrian Arrington has to learn, one thing I can say for sure: he has incredible hands. Double-A just made a tough catch on a ball thrown behind him in a crowd of three defenders.

8:31 p.m. Yes, most exciting play on special teams so far in camp. They just executed a fake field goal in which holder Steve Weatherford completed a pass to Jamar Nesbit and he took off in a plod of glory. 

8:49 p.m. Interesting look as the offense just lined up with five wide, Reggie Bush and Jeremy Shockey to go with Colston, Patten and Copper. Drew Brees was in the shotgun to take the snap.

8:53 p.m. A new wrinkle to these full offense vs. defense drills, they are adding down and distance to each play. Intensity is pretty high, Lance Moore got blasted by David Roach on an incomplete pass.

8:58 p.m. Uh-oh. Running back Chris Barclay is down, holding his ankle it looks like after going out for a pass.

9:01 p.m. Barclay is up and now sitting on the bench. He's a second year running back that split time between Tennessee and New Orleans in 2007.

9:05 p.m. Barclay gave a wave to the crowd as he was being carted off, but this could be a serious injury.

9:07 p.m. After throwing an incomplete pass on a rollout to the left, Brees shouted in disgust. You don't normally get that kind of outward emotion from him.

9:13 p.m. Play of the practice. Tyler Palko lofted a 50-yard pass to Skyler Green who made a nice over the shoulder grab. Green has the speed to burn people deep, he just needs to be more consistent holding on to the ball. As soon as I write that Palko drops another bomb to Todd Blythe for a TD, good little run for the third teamers.