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Saints trying out NOLA Gold rugby player Tristan Blewett

The New Orleans Saints are seeking every opportunity to improve, and leaving no stones unturned in their search for potential upgrades. That includes a tryout for Tristan Blewett, a 5-foot-10, 191-pound outside center in New Orleans’ Major League Rugby team, the NOLA Gold.

“It’s too good of a story. I can’t tell you,” Payton told Amos Morales III of the Times-Picayune. Payton explained that a local artist he knows personally tipped him off to Blewett’s potential and interest in trying out for the Saints. “When someone’s recommendation (comes in), you go about the process every time knowing that there might be 44 out of 44 where there’s nothing to it, but then on the 45th one, there might be Taysom Hill.