Kevin Houser News

The Seahawks are out of the tunnel or the cat's out of the bag or whatever metaphor you want to choose.

Special teams were something of a mixed bag for the Seahawks last year. On one hand, they were strong in the return game, ranking second in the NFL on kickoff-return average - the pessimist could point out that the 4-12 Seahawks had lots of practice - and 12th in punt-return average.

A search of the Louisiana Film Studios offices in Metairie failed to turn up promised computers and financial records, court documents say.

New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant and tight end Jeremy Shockey claimed Tuesday that they're owed $510,000 by a movie studio at the center of an investment dispute involving current and former members of the team.

The Saints begin training camp with two practices today, but don't expect to see first-round draft choice Malcolm Jenkins on the field.

New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton on Thursday said deep snapper Kevin Houser was released because Jason Kyle, formerly of the Carolina Panthers, was available.

While the rest of the New Orleans Saints reported to training camp, first-round draft pick Malcolm Jenkins was working out on his own and later studied his defensive play book in his new apartment nearby.

Saints first round pick Malcolm Jenkins was a holdout as training camp kicked off for the Saints Thursday.

METAIRIE - The New Orleans Saints will head into the 2009 season preparing to play the first four games without defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant.

METAIRIE, La. New Orleans' first-round draft pick Malcolm Jenkins didn't go through pre-camp conditioning Thursday.

OK, everybody, here is the second of a two-part mailbag for this morning. Keep checking with us as we'll have them frequently throughout training camp.

A film studio executive who never repaid $1.9 million he took from New Orleans Saints players and others paid $452,000 to settle a dispute over another failed investment.

Hopefully this isn't a sign of what's to come for a Seattle Seahawks squad that suffered through an injury-riddled 4-12 effort in 2008, but the team's first setback of the new season could raise some superstitious eyebrows.

Not long after signing former Saints long snapper Kevin Houser , the Seahawks have released offseason acquisition Bryan Pittman.

NEW ORLEANS A New Orleans Saints linebacker and two former players sued a film studio Thursday to try to get their money back from investments they say were never made.

Kevin Houser, a long-snapper released by the New Orleans Saints earlier this offseason, is visiting the Seahawks on Wednesday.

Saints players and coaches who invested nearly $2 million in a television film studio in suburban Metairie could get their money back by the end of 2009, the developer said last week.

A spate of deaths of public figures has dominated recent news as NFL training camps set to open in a few weeks.

The developer of a financially troubled film studio in Elmwood pledged today to pay back the New Orleans Saints players and coaches for the money they are due from the project but said a deal still is not completed with potential investors that would make those repayments possible.

Defensive end Chauncey Davis is one of a number of current and former NFL players who will host a football camp on Saturday at the James R. Hallford Football Stadium located in Clarkston, Ga.