OK, so it wasn't necessarily that special. But Sedrick Ellis' arrival to Saints training camp means the team's defensive line is finally full.

Think about it:
-You could have Bobby McCray, Charles Grant, Sedrick Ellis and Will Smith across the front.
-You could have Grant, Hollis Thomas, Ellis and Smith across the front.
-You could have McCray, Ellis, Thomas, Smith across the front.

It's like a Rubik's Cube, but with defensive linemen.

Ellis looked in shape, but by the end of the day, he definitely was feeling the Mississippi heat. D-line coach Ed Orgeron used the day to run Ellis through more individual than his teammates.

Highlights:
- The defense did well during red zone drills. The first-team offense went 2-for-5, scoring when Drew Brees connect with David Patten in tight coverage by Jason David and also when Brees found tight end Billy Miller wide open in the corner of the end zone.

- The second-team defense excelled, keeping the offense out all five times. WR Adrian Arrington dropped a pass in the end zone and pulled up limp, though head coach Sean Payton said it wasn't serious.

Then Mark Brunell's pass was batted down at the line before Brunell's pass to Robert Meachem was dropped over the middle.

The play of the day came when LB Marvin Mitchell tipped a Brunell pass up and lineman Kendrick Clancy intercepted the pass.

- RB Deuce McAllister (knee), CB Mike McKenzie (knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (leg), WR Devery Henderson (hamstring) and CB Tracy Porter (hamstring) all sat out practice. McAllister, McKenzie and Shockey were situations where Payton didn't want to overwork them during rehabilitation while Henderson and Porter sat out with Grade I hamstring pulls. Payton said their prognosis is positive in the long term.

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