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John DeShazier: Practice at Tulane has 'Friday Night Lights' feel to it

Was it the 3,507 fans inside Tulane’s Yulman Stadium? Or was it the Saints players who worked out on Tom Benson Field?

“Friday Night Lights out here, like high school stuff,” linebacker David Hawthorne said.

“Definitely (a good move), to change up the scenery. To come out here, this is nice. It’s just a good changeup to come out here in front of the fans and make it like a game-like experience.”

Similar to last season, when the Saints held a training camp at Mandeville High, New Orleans trekked away from its training facility in Metairie to conduct a night practice.