The New Orleans Saints announced that they’ve terminated the contract of veteran punter Thomas Morstead. Morstead’s release was reported by Sports Overtime’s Nader Mirfiq. Morstead has been with the organization since New Orleans selected him in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He was one of three remaining players from the Super Bowl XLIV team; just Drew Brees and Malcolm Jenkins remain on the team. The move clears up $2.5M in cap space, per Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football.
Morstead, admittedly caught off guard by the release, held a Zoom press conference on the way to the airport for kicker Wil Lutz’s bachelor party.