The New Orleans Saints received extremely bad news on both sides of the ball yesterday
reference injuries with speedy wide receiver Joe Morgan and defensive end Kenyon Coleman both out
with season ending injuries.
Morgan, 25, a third-year receiver, is out with an ACL partial tear and a meniscus tear. Morgan
only caught 10 passes last season, but he made the most out of each one as the Saints' pure-
deep threat, averaged 37.9 yards per reception with three scores with a long play of 80 yards.
Coleman, a 34-year-old 12-year vet out of UCLA, suffered a pectoral tear.
Head coach Sean Payton said with those losses they have to find some guys that can step up
and take their spots.
QB Drew Brees described his reaction to Morgan's prognosis in one word, "Stinks." "His role was
there you know? Then all of a sudden, that's taken away," said Brees.
The Saints will practice indoors this afternoon at 4:30 and the practice is closed to the public
as the Black and Gold prepare for tomorrow night's preseason opener in the Mercedes-Benz
Superdome against the Kansas City Chiefs with a seven o'clock kickoff.
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