The New Orleans Saints addressed a glaring need on Tuesday by signing veteran cornerback Chris McAlister, a three-time Pro Bowler who helped the Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl nine years ago.

Welcome to this week's first installment of the New Orleans Saints Mailbag . A variety of interesting subjects are discussed today, including the team's recent struggles, leaky pass protection, Coach Sean Payton's philosophy on injuries and the always popular topic of play-calling. It's not too late to submit questions if you have them.

The New Orleans Saints face an old rival from their days in the NFC West today when they lock horns at noon today with the struggling St.

Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He's covered the NFL for the past 15 seasons as a beat writer and is the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas A quick trip through Friday's final reports on the status of the injuries that matter most in the NFC South.

Muhsin Muhammad News: The Carolina Panthers deactivated Muhammad against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday because of lingering injuries that also sidelined him at Arizona a week earlier.

"From a transaction standpoint, last week we put Kendrick Clancy on IR and we moved DeMario Pressley up to the 53.

In their first six games this season, the New Orleans Saints did a solid job in giving up just 92.3 rushing yards a game while not allowing any individual to run for 100 yards.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas METAIRIE, La. -- I just arrived in the greater New Orleans area.

New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today that the team has placed defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy on the reserve/injured list with a knee injury and signed defensive tackle DeMario Pressley from the practice squad to the active roster.

Saints receiver Lance Moore and defensive tackles Sedrick Ellis and Kendrick Clancy were officially ruled out of Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers.

In the 43 year history of the New Orleans Saints, only 2 teams have started season 7-0. The 1991 squad got off to a 7-0 start and this year's version of the Black and Gold has raced out to 7-0. On Sunday Saints head coach Sean Payton hopes to lead his team where no fleur-de-lis wearing New Orleans football team has gone before, to 8-0. To remain ...

Saints receiver Lance Moore did not practice Wednesday with a sprained ankle. The injury was originally thought to be a bruised shin, so this might be a little more serious, but ankle injuries can vary in severity.

The slow walk to the sideline with his hands on his hips. The blank stare on the face, which suggests that the person is stunned by the events that have just transpired.

As expected, Saints strongside linebacker Scott Fujita is inactive for today's game with the Miami Dolphins in Landshark Stadium.

That'll change Sunday when the Saints and Miami Dolphins meet in Land Shark Stadium with the brothers Ayodele -Remi and Dolphins linebacker Akin - meeting on the field with 10-to-15 family members watching from the stands.

New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis has left the game against the Miami Dolphins with a right leg injury.

OK, everybody, here is the second of two New Orleans Saints mailbags for today. I'm on my way to Miami and wanted to get these posted before I left.

Last year we had the Brees/Marino pace to chart. This year, we have another historic offensive mark to monitor.

The New Orleans Saints changed up their bye-week routine in the hopes of changing their luck for Sunday's showdown with the New York Giants in the Superdome.