Thursday, March 01, 2007

Saints sign all but one free-agent starter - Biloxi Sun-Herald
New Orleans Saints tight end Billy Miller was cut as training camp ended in Jackson last summer. Saints coach Sean Payton told him if the team needed a tight end sometime during the season, he would get the call.

Miller had heard it all before from other coaches, but had never heard the phone ring...Payton lived up to his word.

"I've been cut four times and I've heard that every single time," Miller said in October when the Saints re-signed him. "And this is the first time that I've been called back...

...The team continued to show loyalty to Miller as the Saints re-signed him to a one-year deal Wednesday...

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