Good morning, and welcome to the Sept. 3 edition of the Saints Insider newsletter. The Saints' home opener is this weekend and so before then, it's time to get ready with our season preview content — starting with a feature on starter Derek Carr. Brees' mythologyDrew Bledsoe sympathized with the task Carr is facing. "It’s not only just competing against the way that Drew played, but he’s competing against the mythology that goes along with that," Bledsoe told me. Ahead of Carr's second year as this team's starting quarterback, I looked at his relationship with Saints fans, what it's like to follow a legend like Brees and why Carr said he felt he had to "reintroduce" himself to the city of New Orleans this offseason. I highly recommend you read it. Taysom's metricsIf you can't stand Carr, chances are you probably still love Taysom Hill — and our Luke Johnson has a great story about the do-it-all's crazy metrics that Hill is putting up in the weight room. That's not all, though. The Saints measure their players in 10 categories, and Hill places in the top 10 in nine of them. And almost everyone has an insane Hill story to tell, and Luke captures that perfectly. (As a bonus, also check out Luke's fun story on how players find their ideal playing weight.) Alviiiiiin ...'s house is for saleIf you want a shorter story that's not part of our season preview content, we have just the thing. If you hadn't heard: Alvin Kamara's house is for sale. What's the deal with that? We asked him. We've got plenty of more bangers in line for the rest of the week. So please check those out. Until then, thanks for reading! Take care, Matthew Paras |