"New Orleans Saints guard Carl Nicks said he would "love to stay" in New Orleans next season but said he remains unsure if the team will be able to re-sign him along with fellow free agents Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Tracy Porter and others. Nicks said it's "disheartening" that the Saints haven't made a strong push to re-sign him yet.

"They never talked to me at all about it really (last season), which I thought was kind of weird. But I talked to (General Manager Mickey Loomis) the last day before exit meetings and he said they were going to do their best to try and keep me. So that's the gist of contract talks," said Nicks, who is expected to command a salary of more than $8 million per year as one of the marquee free agents throughout the NFL."