METAIRIE, La. -- Anyone who has spent some time with the New Orleans Saints wide receivers this offseason might notice something about the group: Nobody goes by their given names.
Saints wide receivers coach Keith "Dub" Williams, one of the few staff holdovers from last season, has made deep connections with this group. So it was easy for him to start handing out new names.
Even Brandin Cooks, who signed with the Saints after stops with the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys, has a history with Williams dating back to when Cooks was a teenager.