METAIRIE, La. -- Losing Nathan Stupar hurts. But the New Orleans Saints had a pretty perfect alternative available in their own hometown.
The Saints re-signed veteran linebacker and former special teams captain Michael Mauti on Tuesday, according to agent Mike McCartney on Twitter.
Mauti, 27, spent the past two seasons with the Saints after spending his first two years with the Minnesota Vikings. He took time away last fall to deal with his longtime battle with ulcerative colitis, a debilitating inflammatory bowel disease. He returned to the Saints in training camp but missed the cut when the Saints trimmed their roster to 53 players.