K Major

21 - Patrick Robinson …

I hope whatever injury he had vs Chicago was minor. We can really use his slot (Scotty Miller) expertise vs the pesky Bucs

jeanpierre

Trey harassing Tom will be the key and Peat, McCoy, Ruiz knocking Suh's d*ck in the dirt will be the key...

jeanpierre

jeanpierre

jeanpierre

Glad we're so deep at CB and we can give Robinson time to recover...

All those folks who hated we brought back P.J., P-Rob, and Crawley as quality depth that has previous starting experience - looks great now...

ChrisXVI

I’m not sitting through the Taysom Hill experience next year so let’s go get Deshaun Watson. Send them a couple firsts and Marcus Davenport.

jeanpierre

K Major

P (1) 6 - Thomas Morstead great punter for a long, long time but does he return to NO in 2021 at his salary ?

Blake Gillikin has a very strong leg waiting in the wings.

AsylumGuido

Saints punter Thomas Morstead is not retiring, looks forward to 'be a game changer' moving forward

BY AMIE JUST | STAFF WRITER FEB 3, 2021 - 2:25 PM

New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead understood the speculation surrounding his future with the franchise and a potential retirement. He called it "warranted" even.

But the 34-year-old SMU product isn't calling it quits just yet, he said on "Sports Overtime" with Nadir Mirfiq and Chris Rosvoglou.

"I am not retiring," Morstead said definitively.

Morstead noted his drop-off in production, saying he wouldn't get into everything behind-the-scenes, but he did give a glimpse into two setbacks he dealt with that affected his performance.

For one, Morstead said he had a back injury that laid him up for a bit during the offseason, derailing his training and setting him back to start the season.

"I was proud of how I battled through," Morstead said. "I wasn't happy, especially, with the first six or seven games. It was a lot of inconsistency and just in general shorter punts than we'd like."

Morstead also said he wasn't seeing as clearly as he would have liked, and will be getting his eyes repaired this offseason.

He didn't dive into specifics regarding his eyesight, but said "I always thought at some point my body would start falling off. I didn't think it would be my eyes. I'll get these suckers fixed up hopefully here in the next few months, and I look forward to the opportunity to show everybody that not only can they count on me consistently but I can be a game changer like I have been in the past."

The 2020 season was Morstead's 12th campaign, and he averaged 43.1 yards per punt for the lowest outing of his career. His previous low was 43.6 yards per punt during his rookie season in 2009.

Morstead is the Saints' all-time leader in punts (692), punting yards (32,190) and yards per punt (46.52). Including the playoffs, he has appeared in 205 games in a Saints uniform, second only to quarterback Drew Brees in franchise history.

"I didn't have a great year last year, and all I can promise is that I'll do everything I can to be back where I'm capable," he said.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

vpheughan

[QUOTE=AsylumGuido;913936]Saints punter Thomas Morstead is not retiring, looks forward to 'be a game changer' moving forward

I've read over and over and over about how New England will keep someone then trade or cut them for a cheaper but equal version.

The NFL is a business:
Let's see Morestead $3,962,500 per year.

Blake Gillikin signed a 3 year, $2,286,500 contract with the New Orleans Saints.

You're a businessman who do you keep? Keeping the Salary Cap in mind Think with you business brain not what's in your "Ambush"

Morestead is probably right when he says he's not retiring but that doesn't mean he'll be kicking for the Saints. I remember when Pat McAfee retired. The Colts traded for a known NFL punter Jeff Locke. They also signed a rookie Rigoberto Sanchez who "beat out" or more likely "cheaped out" Locke and is the Colts punter.

"Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom." Winston Smith