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Saints Training Camp 2025: Key Takeaways from Friday, July 25

Mason Tipton impresses on the third day of Saints Training Camp

Jul 25, 2025 at 02:48 PM

Todd Graffagnini

1. Quick hits

For the first time in the three days of training camp, there were selected "vet days" based on what Coach Kellen Moore said "injury history, experience, and workload." Not practicing Friday were running back Alvin Kamara (who celebrated his 30^th birthday Friday), defensive end Cameron Jordan, linebacker Demario Davis, defensive tackle Davon Godchaux, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, and center Erik McCoy. Moore also made clear there have been no injury-related absences for the first three practices. … With McCoy out, former LSU Tiger Will Clapp got all the first team center reps. … Wide receiver Chris Olave left the practice field briefly after individual drills and headed into the training room for about 10 minutes, then returned and finished practice. … After Thursday night's heavy rains, the Bermuda grass fields at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center were not perfectly dry, but held up nicely, despite two separate spells of rain at 9:40 a.m. (which caused a couple of slips by wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (who still made both plays despite slipping), and during Blake Grupe's five field-goal attempts. Battling a downpour and a stiff south breeze (right to left into the east endzone goalposts), Grupe went four of five with his only miss on the final kick of 48 yards from the left hash that sailed wide left. Immediately after Grupe's final kick, the rain stopped and bright sunshine graced the complex for the final periods of practice…Quarterback Jake Haener took first team reps for 7-on-7 and team drills and performed well in his first opportunity. … Moore mentioned to the media post practice this was the "cleanest" practice of the first three as far as the offensive execution was concerned.

2. Tipton Part 2

During the first couple of weeks (13 practices) of last year's training camp in Irvine, Calif., wide receiver Mason Tipton impressed all who watched. The free agent rookie from Yale was so consistent displaying his deep ball and intermediate catching ability he actually was taking first team reps right before the first preseason game. Then he injured a hamstring, and his preseason and beginning of the season was effectively over. He made his NFL debut on Oct. 17 against the Broncos, snaring six catches for 45 yards. He finished his rookie season with eight catches. Now wearing No. 15 (he was 84 last season) Tipton showed flashes in Friday's practice of what we all saw in California. In 7-on-7 drills he made a tough catch on a low throw from Haener and scampered 20 yards. Two more chunk plays from quarterback Spencer Rattler netted 15 and 40 yards, the latter a deep left sideline route with cornerback Quincy Riley in coverage. Tipton would make two more catches, a sideline route thrown by rookie Tyler Shough and capped off his day during team period with another deep sideline route from Rattler for another 30 yards. With one professional season under his belt, Tipton has shown big-play ability as a receiver and kick returner. The only question is can he stay on the field consistently to display those talents week in and week out. He's certainly off to a promising start.

All-Access Photos: 2025 Saints Training Camp practice 7/25/25