Paulson Adebo stands out on Day 3

Day 3 of New Orleans Saints training camp is in the books. It was a run-heavy day today with three team sessions, all of which were filled with run install and reps. This gave media a great opportunity to get a look at the trenches, which running back is separating themselves in the backfield, and who could make the most of their passing reps. Here are our observations from the third day of Saints camp.

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Biggest Story: Taysom Hill out with injury

It does not sound like the injury is of much concern, but according to head coach Dennis Allen, Hill took a shot to the ribs in Thursday’s practice which led to him sitting out on Friday. Allen said that he’ll be out for a bit, but things didn’t feel dire in his tone. He also reinforced that the absence was not related to his previous Lisfranc injury.

How soon Hill will be back remains to be seen of course, but there seems to be an optimism around the situation. Without Hill and Juwan Johnson out there, Lucas Krull got some additional reps and put together some standout moments including getting open on a crossing route and making a wide open catch in the intermediate area from quarterback Andy Dalton.

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Play of the day: Paulson Adebo can’t stop breaking up passes

I’ll happily put Adebo’s performance here for play of the day and playerof the day as well. The second-year rookie was back to taking first-team reps opposite Marshon Lattimore and continues to make his presence felt. He’s broken up a pass in every practice so far between 7-on-7’s and full team drills.

Adebo rotated with veteran cornerback Bradley Roby yesterday, stepping back into the spotlight of the first unit today. The former Stanford Cardinal has been sticky in coverage, very physical and has shown a great propensity to make plays on the ball. His former receiver experience continues to show itself on the field as he read receivers and displays his ball skills.

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Jameis Winston update: keeping it close

We haven’t really gotten to see Winston unleash a long pass yet early on in camp. Perhaps that changes tomorrow when fans get in the mix. But Winston’s short-area accuracy is still valuable to see. Some off target passes can be hard to decipher whether they’re on the passer or route-runner. Others are obvious. I wouldn’t see I have seen many obvious issues in…