Roman Harper picked up the phone on a sweltering 2006 summer day and called home.
The rookie’s first NFL training camp had just started and he wasn’t sure how he was going to make it through.
“I don’t know if I want to do this anymore,” the New Orleans defensive back told his dad, listening on the other end of the line.
“Just look at that check they just cut you,” the newly minted second-round pick’s father responded.
Fair enough. But Harper, a central part of first-time head coach Sean Payton’s inaugural draft class, was just learning what he and the other Saints were in for.