Pull out another bag of tricks from your scientific box

If the Saints really want to shake things up this off season, why not look at the conditioning/training staff? Two years in a row, they've finished the regular season badly beaten up with injuries and looking dog tired. One of Pierre Thomas's major complaints has to do with the initial diagnosis of his ankle injury.

Thomas and his agent, Lamont Smith, miffed Saints officials with a contract holdout during the offseason. Thomas was perturbed by what his camp felt was a faulty diagnosis of an ankle injury he suffered against the visiting Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 26. He was even more upset when a report leaked that questioned his toughness and dedication to the team.

Seems like we went through the same thing with Jeremey Shockey a few years ago.

Starting to see a pattern here.