NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five of the Saints’ top restricted free agents had yet to notify general manager Mickey Loomis by Friday whether they would attend the club’s first offseason workouts next week.Still, Loomis said he saw no reason to allow possible holdouts by running back Pierre Thomas, receiver Lance Moore, safety Roman Harper, guard Jahri Evans and left tackle Jammal Brown affect the way the Saints plan to approach next week’s NFL draft.”We’ve anticipated that the restricted free agents that we have are going to be back with us for couple reasons,” Loomis said. “One is just, historically, not a lot of restricted free agents change teams, and secondly, I haven’t had a single player express a desire to be someplace else.”—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected]
Saints: Loomis: Free agents won’t affect draft
April 17, 2010