March 2016 - New Orleans Saints Wiretap

Tom Benson Testifies Estranged Heirs Tried To Kill Him

May 19, 2016 8:55 PM

Tom Benson has testified that his estranged heirs tried to kill him.

Benson petitioned to prevent the New Orleans Saints or New Orleans Pelicans to pass to his daughter and her children.

“They tried to kill me for one thing,” Benson said. Asked to explain further, Benson said, “You know by picking on my wife and when I wasn’t feeling very good they were very hostile.”

Benson specifically referred to a December 2014 incident in which his wife, Gayle Benson, was physically assaulted at a Saints game. A prior report indicated that granddaughter Rita Benson LeBlanc accosted Gayle Benson. Tom Benson testified that his daughter, Renee, was the aggressor.

Mike Florio/Pro Football Talk

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Terron Armstead, Saints Agree Upon Five-Year Extension

May 3, 2016 8:21 PM

The New Orleans Saints have agreed upon a five-year extension with Terron Armstead.

"There's not a left tackle I would trade him for in the league," coach Sean Payton raved in late December. "I really like the way he's progressed. He's smart, he's athletic. And last week if you watch the tape, you can see that he's not 100 percent and he fights through it."

Originally viewed as a developmental prospect coming out of tiny Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Armstead already has the look of a perennial Pro Bowl left tackle.

Chris Wesseling/NFL.com

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