NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Saints expected to file paperwork with the NFL and the players' union by Wednesday to designate defensive end Darren Howard as a franchise free agent, General Manager Mickey Loomis said. The move would require the Saints to pay Howard a $7.8 million base salary in 2005 - a 20 percent increase from the $6.5 million salary he...

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