CARSON, Calif. — Three weeks into training camp, Erik McCoy had more than gotten used to the way defensive coordinator Brandon Staley likes to dial up pressure. So when the New Orleans Saints center participated in Thursday’s joint practice against the Los Angeles Rams, and the looks the defense gave pre-snap differed significantly from the ones he had been regularly seeing, he said it took him a minute to adjust.

But he was hardly alone in that regard.

“I thought we started off a little slow,” McCoy said. “Let’s call a spade a spade.”

So much of the focus on the Saints’ training camp this year has centered around New Orleans’ quarterback competition. But against the Rams, it was the Saints’ offensive line that couldn’t be ignored. Facing one of the best fronts in football, the resul

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