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Thursday's padded practice took place at Crawford Field at the University of California Irvine. … The Saints spent a month here last year during training camp due to the construction of the cafeteria at the Saints facility. … Both practice fields are Bermuda grass and orientate east to west. … The temperature at the beginning of practice was 78 degrees under sunny skies, with a steady 10-15 mph wind coming out of the south southwest. … The Saints released punter Matthew Hayball before the trip to California, and re-signed quarterback Hunter Dekkers . … They also signed tight end Mason Pline , a second-year player from Furman. Pline spent 15 weeks on the 49ers practice squad last season. … Cornerback Rico Payton missed Thursday's practice with an illness, while tight e

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