The Saints kicked off their training camp on Thursday, with practice being open to the media. Here’s a few of my observations from the padless practice.
- Ryan Ramczyk opened as the team’s starting left tackle, but Khalif Barnes also got some work in with the first team offense. Of course, Sean Payton alluded to this the other day. However, Ramczyk did have some good moments, especially taking Alex Okafor on head-to-head.
- The biggest observation from today was the starting linebacker group for the first team defense. Manti Te’o anchored the middle, with A.