White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. – The myriad reasons that the New Orleans Saints considered when deciding whether to release outside linebacker Junior Galette ultimately was shaved down to one: In the best interests of the team, the team’s leading sacker for the last two seasons, who last September signed a lucrative, four-year contract, had to be jettisoned less than a year later.
“That’s a hard decision,” General Manager Mickey Loomis said Wednesday. “There are a lot of variables involved, and the financial aspect is certainly one of them. But ultimately we made the decision that the best thing for our team going forward was to part ways with Junior.