An all-access pass to the Saints at the 2016 NFL Combine
NewOrleansSaints.com shadowed receivers coach Johnny Morton at last week's NFL Combine
White smoke doesn't seep from beneath the hotel room door, signaling that a momentous decision has been achieved.
Rather, New Orleans Saints receivers coach John Morton exits the room, takes a seat in the pool chairs aligned outside it – the necessity of hours of on-and-off waiting serving as the mother of that innovation – and waits for the next time that he'll be called upon to enter the room.
The Saints were in full swing at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis last week and while the room at the Crowne Plaza hotel wasn't their headquarters, it certainly was the center of the franchise's football universe on several of the nights that the coaches, scouts and front office personnel were in town, a place where the getting-to-know-a-draft-prospect process took center stage.
NewOrleansSaints.com was given the opportunity to shadow Morton for several days after he arrived in Indianapolis for the Combine, and to receive a behind-the-curtain peek at his participation in the process.
Photos from following the Saints staff at the 2016 NFL Combine. Photos by Alex Restrepo (New Orleans Saints photos)
Sean Payton and Mickey Loomis sit in the team's suite at the 2016 NFL Combine.
The hallway leading the information interviews at the 2016 NFL Combine
A Saints coaches binder sits inside the room for the team's information interviews
The scene at the weigh in for the 2016 NFL Combine
Saints coaches and scouts ready to watch he players weigh ins at the 2016 NFL Combine.
John DeShazier chats with Sean Payton in the team's 2016 NFL Combine suite.
Saints wide receivers coaches John Morton and Ronald Curry watch on field workouts at the 2016 NFL Combine.
Saints coaches Joe Lombardi, Pete Carmichael, John Morton and Ronald Curry view the on field workouts the 2016 NFL Combine.
Saints Quarterbacks Coach Joe Lombardi watches college tape while in the team's suite at the 2016 NFL Combine.
A Saints coaches player bio book sits in the team's suite at the 2016 NFL Combine.
