Mind the analogies:

Ladies, you know when you have a date on Friday night and you start planning what you’ll wear on Monday, making sure every element of your outfit is in place? Well, that’s essentially what the Saints football team has been doing week in week out during training camp. They’re not planning what they’ll wear to the game on Sunday, I mean how hard is that, black or gold? But they are putting together their game plan... and today they focused on that special little something - Special Teams

Accessories tend to make the outfit just as the special teams tend to decide a game’s outcome. Today the Saints gave their special teams some special attention. Special team’s Coordinator John Bonamego was all business with his microphone headset and all black attire. He works his players like they’re in boot camp and he’s the drill Sergeant…and 1 and 2 – double time.

Every player on special teams practiced their individual responsibility on kickoffs, punts, and field goals with the intensity set on high. Most players seemed to know their assignments, but no one player stood out as Steve Gleason has in the past. Gleason is out this season with a knee injury so players who want to take on his leadership role must prove to the coaches why they’re so special.

Training camp is three weeks of first impressions and coaches will soon decide who is deserving of a long-term relationship with the Saints.

Christi