Sometimes the hardest thing is the best thing, and on Thursday, Saints head coach Sean Payton did the hard thing.
In his Thursday morning media teleconference, Payton announced that cornerback Delvin Breaux, who was placed on injured reserve early in the season with a broken fibula, would stay on the IR list and miss the rest of 2017.
Breaux appeared on pace to make a return last week, but on Saturday NFL Network’s Ian Rappaport reported that Breaux had suffered a setback in practice.
Luckily, the Saints have a trio of cornerbacks who have played exceptionally well through the first half of the season.