Not that there was an expectation of total fulfillment by the New Orleans Saints after the first of their three joint practices with the Los Angeles Chargers, on Thursday at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex. Training camp, after all, is a time for the team to identify kinks, work to smooth them out, and continue laboring to lessen the kinks and the necessity to smooth as the season progresses.
But the Saints weren’t all that ecstatic with the image that stared back from the mirror after the first installment of work versus the Chargers.
“The first two-minute drill, we had five penalties on defense,” Coach Sean Payton said.