METAIRIE, La. -- Marcus Davenport ended his first spring session in the NFL with a "walk-off sack" of quarterback Drew Brees.
There's no live tackling in practice -- and players aren't even wearing pads yet at this time of year -- so it wasn't an actual sack. But the New Orleans Saints' first-round draft pick still made his way into the backfield during a simulated two-minute drill Tuesday for perhaps his most impressive highlight to date through four weeks of organized team activities and minicamp.
"I think I've improved a lot," said the rookie defensive end, who has gotten the chance to work almost exclusively with the first-string defense over the past month because of injuries to veterans Cameron Jordan, Alex Okafor and Trey Hendrickson.