METAIRIE, La. – As New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr walked up to the podium, he gushed over the speaker before him.
“He makes me smile,” Carr said.
There’s a clear bond forming between Carr and wide receiver Michael Thomas, and a series of phone calls throughout the offseason has helped link the two -- even before they were teammates.
After being released by the Las Vegas Raiders in March, Carr signed with the Saints.
“The recruiting process, he was very important,” Carr said. “I wanted to know where his mind was and what decisions he was making because that mattered to me.