New Orleans Saints: Payton Pleased with Mini Camp as Defense Shines

-Jonathan Vilma corralling Thomas on a toss sweep play.

-Mike Bell bursting through a hole, on the play CB Tracy Porter came up and deftly punched the ball loose and LB Tory Evans alertly pounced on it.

-Bobby McCray batting down a QB Mark Brunell pass at the line of scrimmage.

-Devery Henderson tracking down a long bomb from Drew Brees against man-to-man coverage for a touchdown.

-Mark Simoneau teaming up to stop rookie RB Herb Donaldson at the line of scrimmage.

-Remi Ayodele and S Chris Reis joining forces to sack QB Joey Harrington.

-Will Smith and DE Charles Grant halting Thomas near the line of scrimmage.

-Heath Evans on a wheel route out of the backfield for a 10-yard gain.

-Robert Meachem for a gorgeous play deep down the middle in front on a diving FS Darren Sharper.

-Jeremy Shockey making a nice catch and run for a nice gain.

-Buck Ortega, who had found a crease in the zone defense and quickly turned around to give Brees an open target that the quarterback zipped an intermediate pass into.

-Roman Harper jumping a route by Robert Meachem and forcing a pass to fall incomplete.

-Darian Barnes making a nice reception in traffic and pinballing through some would be tacklers.

-Paul Spicer recording a sack of Brunell.

-Lynell Hamilton making a nice catch and run out of the backfield.

-Tracy Porter knocking down a pass along the sideline.

-Leigh Torrence also recorded a pass defense when heavy pressure on Brunell forced the veteran signal-caller to get rid of the ball a few seconds earlier than he would have liked.

-Chris Reis knocking down a pass. Sedrick Ellis hustling to the sideline to defend a screen pass intended for Mike Bell.

-Vilma jumping up from his middle linebacker spot and knocking down a Brees pass.

-A coverage sack where the secondary and linebackers blanketed the eligible receivers and forced Harrington to scramble out of the pocket.

-Shockey catching a pass in front of Sharper, who reached in and wrestled Shockey for the ball as the two fell to the grass field. Shockey retained possession of the ball.

-Meachem making a nice reception down field from Brees.

-Spicer getting to the quarterback for what would have been his second sack of the morning session.

Keith Null is the lead writer at whodatdish.com, part of the fansided blog network. Follow the New Orleans Saints through whodatdish.com at twitter.com/whodatdish

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