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Earlier this week I headlined our daily link dump with a question posed by one of the articles found within it:could the Saints bring in Dez Bryant late in summer free agency?While I settled on that sample on a whim, it led to a spirited protest in the comments section.Thanks for reading, everyone!Seeing as we all feel pretty strongly about whether a still-unsigned former Dallas Cowboys star should join the Saints, I’ll offer my take on the Bryant-Saints speculation:I’d pass, but I wonder if Sean Payton will.Payton loves to bring in big-time players after their usefulness has passed.It’s his M.O., his modus operandi, his weakness.Just sample the list including Adrian Peterson, Champ Bailey, James Laurinaitis, Jonathan Goodwin, Olin Kreutz, and even Aaron Glenn, who played his last two games as a pro in New Orleans back in 2008 before retiring - as luck would have it http://www.authenticsneworleanssaints.com/cheap-terron-armstead-jersey , he’s now the Saints’ defensive backs coach.Bryant isn’t a good player anymore, and hasn’t been a difference-maker since about 2014 when he scored a league-leading 16 touchdowns and caught 64.7-percent of his targets.In the three seasons since, he’s collected 17 touchdowns and caught exactly half the passes (150 of 300) thrown his way.Not good!Who would he displace?Michael Thomas is closing the distance between himself and football’s best receivers - superheroes like Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, and Antonio Brown.Cameron Meredith and Ted Ginn Jr figure to compete for riding shotgun next to Thomas, and rookie Tre’Quan Smith should have a Kenny Stills-esque debut as a home run threat.Bryant couldn’t outrun any of those guys in a footrace.Is he a better option than Brandon Coleman or Tommylee Lewis at the bottom of the depth chart?Would Bryant even accept that lowly position, throwing crack blocks on outside zone runs and drawing attention as a decoy on play-action passes?I doubt it’s appealing to him after several years in the spotlight at Jerry World Stadium.But it doesn’t matter how I feel about this* because Sean Payton loves signing guys like Bryant.Players who are past their prime, unproductive, and usually on the wrong side of 30 (granted, Bryant won’t be 30 until late this November) but were stellar back in the day.So I won’t be surprised in the least if Bryant gets a call and #88 jerseys start popping up in the team shop.He would offer some fun quotes in training camp and collect superlatives from teammates (“I mean, he’s a great player; he still has a lot of juice left in the tank”) before getting axed during final roster cuts.In closing:the Saints should not bother with Bryant.He wouldn’t improve the roster and would just be a sideshow in what should be an already exciting preseason.But until he puts pen to paper with another team, don’t rule out Sean Payton’s worse instincts.After all, he follows Bryant on Twitter.Saints hoping for a different result against the Rams in 2018 We’ll continue a series of opponent preview posts for the New Orleans Saints opponents in 2018. We’ll finish the series previewing another powerhouse of the NFC Color Rush DeMario Davis Jersey , the Los Angeles Rams. Our friends over at Turf Show Times took some time to give us Saints fans the scoop a the reigning NFC West champions.Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesWeek 9: vs the Los Angeles RamsNotable free agent additions:DL Ndamukong Suh, CB Marcus Peters (via trade), CB Aqib Talib (via trade), WR Brandin Cooks (via trade)Over/Under:9.5 wins: Over. The NFC is going to be absolutely ridiculous this year. Of the 16 teams in the conference, 11 have been in the playoffs the last two seasons. The competitive balance across the conference is just incredibly high. So while I’m taking the over, I’m not taking it with wild confidence or jumping far beyond it. I don’t think the Rams get 12 wins, and yet I think they’re one of the best teams in the NFL.This is gonna be weird.Most exciting rookie:RB John Kelly, the Rams’ earliest sixth-round pick out of Tennessee. Without a first-round or second-round pick due to trades for WR Brandin Cooks and WR Sammy Watkins (don’t worry, we don’t have a second-round pick next year either), the Rams’ draft class was always going to lack star power in Year 1. But what’s inviting here is the opportunity for splash plays in limited action.The Rams have been begging for a legitimate option to spell RB Todd Gurley to keep him fresh both within the timeframe of an individual game and an entire season (and postseason). They opted not to hold on to Benny Cunningham from the Jeff Fisher era. They signed RB Lance Dunbar, but injuries prevented him from earning the role with legitimacy moving forward. Having drafted Kelly, he has a chance to beat out the competition for the RB2 role in what should be pretty limited given that Gurley is, well Youth Marshon Lattimore Jersey , quite good.Position battle to keep an eye on:Tight end or linebacker.The Rams have second-year TE Gerald Everett and third-year Tyler Higbee battling for attention at the top while TE Temarrick Hemingway returns after missing all of last year. With Head Coach Sean McVay’s history with tight ends both in terms of productivity and that he was the TE Coach with Washington, it would stand to reason to expect more out of this unit however it shakes out.As for linebackers, the Rams shuffled off ILB Alec Ogletree and OLB Robert Quinn via trade and opted not to re-sign OLB Connor Barwin. With those three open spots on the starting roster and without any major draft picks, the competition is on.Biggest storyline heading into training camp:Expectations. Yes, you’ve got DL Aaron Donald’s contract situation and his likely absence drawing headlines on Day 1, but the real storyline is that the Rams are relevant nationally for the first time in the preseason for a decade and a half. Under-the-radar storyline heading into training camp:The state of the defense. For years, the Rams had relied on their defense throughout the season. This was both due to the last two head coaches, Steve Spagnuolo and Jeff Fisher, coming from defensive backgrounds along with their schematic philosophy but also because the offenses they oversaw were not good. At all.Last year, things changed. Quickly. New Head Coach Sean McVay re-tooled the offense for QB Jared Goff and along with some key personnel additions, the offense turned into one of the league’s best. Perhaps what then didn’t get discussed was the defense lagging behind the offense for the first time in a decade. It wasn’t a bad defensive unit, but it clearly wasn’t a top side either with major issues in run defense and lacking consistent pass rush pressure when not supported with a blitz package.So now in Year 2 under McVay’s wisened right-hand man in Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips after some high-profile additions in DL Ndamukong Suh, CB Aqib Talib and CB Marcus Peters Youth Alex Anzalone Jersey , the defense is going to be expected to hold its own for a team that heads into camp with legitimate postseason aspirations.Notable injuries heading into training camp:Nothing major. EDGE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo (coming off a broken foot)and DE Dominique Easley (coming off a ACL tear) are on the PUP list. And S Lamarcus Joyner and G Jeremiah Kolone are on the NFI list without any real info there. So hopefully by the time the preseason is set to open, we’ll be at full health.***The Saints have a tough stretch with the Falcons, Eagles, Rams, and Vikings within a 5-week period. The Vikings will likely be one of the toughest match-ups all season.So what says you, you unbiased Saints fans? Can the Saints knock down their preseason opponent, or will they get humbled in the Dome? Vote in the poll. Explain in the comments. And make sure you also check out DraftDividends.com, a website for a new book I’m writing currently titled Draft Picks and Dividends: A Fantasy Football Player’s Guide to Understanding the Stock Market.