The Saints cancelled their afternoon practicee, so only one practice today for the Saints. Everyone was on the field today for the defense except for defensive end Bobby McCray,  and defensive tackles Brian Young and James Reed. Young and McCray should be ready to go tomorrow, according to Coach Payton. Reed has been put on the injured list with a torn achilles.

 The Saints had full tackling drills in this mornings session. Some of the notable plays on defense included, linebacker Jonathan Vilma picking off a pass from Mark Brunell. Rookie corner Tracy Porter had a good day. He almost had an interception, after knocking down a pass, and a couple of plays later tackling Aaron Stecker in the backfield. Safety Chris Reis had an interception in the 7-on7 drills.

Rookie defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis says he's comfortable and has looked good taking reps with the first team. With all the emphasis being put on stopping the run, Ellis said he's confident the team has the personnel to do well against the run.

Monday's afternoon practice has been changed to 3:00 pm. FOX 40 will be back with more live updates when the first practice begins at 8:50 am.

Sunday Timeline

9:10 a.m. Defensive end Bobby McCray is a no-go again today. McCray hasn't participated in any drills since he bruised his ankle in Thursday's game. Defensive tackle Brian Young is also sitting out practice today.

9:25 a.m. Defensive end Josh Savage is back on the field today after missing a full day of work yesterday. Coach Payton said he had a shoulder problem that's been bothering him since before the game on Thursday.

9:37 a.m. Defensive tackle James Reed is not on the field today after getting carted off the field early in yesterday's afternoon practice.

9:44 a.m. In one-on-one drills with the receivers, Randall Gay had a nice pass break up.

9:48 a.m. The defense is tackling in 11-on-11 drills now. Rookie corner Tracy Porter just had a nice tackle to bring down RB Aaron Stecker at the line of scrimmage.

10:00 a.m. After working on field goals, the special teams unit has now moved on to kickoffs.

10:18 a.m. Theyre back to full offense/defense drills now. Interception for linebacker Jonathan Vilma, and a near interception for the rooke Porter.  

10:24 a.m Defensive End Will Smith batted down a pass from Drew Brees at the line of scrimmage.

10:29 a.m. The lineman are one side of the field doing blocking drills, Antwan Lake got around his man pretty easily and  pummeled that quarterback dummy.

10:31 a.m In the other endzone, Jason Craft just swatted a pass in the endzone in 7-on-7.

10:33 a.m Safety Chris Reis just had an interception in the 7-on7 drills. He bobbled the ball a little bit and then dove to the ground for the pick.