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By Isaac Trotter | 247 Sports

The New Orleans Saints cut wide receiver Kenny Stills, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. The veteran wideout had five receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown this season. His lone touchdown gave the Saints a 25-24 lead with 1:01 left in the fourth quarter against Atlanta in Week 9. But he didn't catch any of his five targets in the Saints' 27-17 loss to Dallas on Dec. 2. The Saints originally drafted Stills out of Oklahoma with the No. 144 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. In his first two seasons with the team, Stills appeared in 31 games (17 starts) and caught 95 passes on 133 targets for 1,572 yards (16.5 ypc) and eight touchdowns.

New Orleans traded Stills to the Miami Dolphins ahead of the 2015 NFL Draft in exchange for linebacker Dannell Ellerbe and a third-round pick. That season, Stills played in 16 games (8 starts) and hauled in 27 passes for 440 yards (16.3 ypc) and three touchdowns.

Stills gushed about the opportunity to return to New Orleans.

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New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan has been named the club's 2021 Man of the Year, making him the club nominee for the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide. It is the second time that he has been selected by the team with this honor, first receiving it in 2017. The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide is given annually by the NFL honoring a player's volunteer and charity work as well as his excellence on the field. Team nominees for all 32 clubs have been announced.

"Cameron's service has been driven by love for this community since he first joined the Saints family ten years ago," said Owner Gayle Benson. "He has a love for this community that rubs off in all of his initiatives. He is fully committed to all that he does – both on and off the field. He is a longtime team leader, devoted husband and father, and selfless servant to our community."

"I've always been passionate about community service, because as a kid I saw first hand the off the field impact and platform my father had having played in the National Football League," Jordan said. "I understand the impact we as NFL players can have on our youth, underserved communities and just taking advantage of the opportunities to make the world a better place. It means the world to me that I may uplift someone with my time, resources, or encouragement. I am blessed to have the ability to give back to this community that has welcomed me with open arms since being drafted ten years ago."

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By John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.com

Few NFL teams have experienced a disruption on par with the New Orleans Saints in 2021.

It didn't get better Monday, according to the NFL transaction wire.

Left defensive end Cameron Jordan, who never has missed a game in his NFL career, was placed on the NFL's reserve/Covid-19 list. Jordan, a three-time All-Pro who is tied for second on the team with four sacks and has 98.5 in his career, has started 171 of 172 career games since being drafted in the first round in 2011.

Jordan will need to produce two negative tests before he can return to football activities.

And receiver Deonte Harris, who leads the Saints in receiving yards (523), is second in receptions (31) and has three touchdowns, will serve an NFL-issued suspension for the next three games for an off-field transgression this offseason. Harris was sentenced to a year of supervised probation after pleading not guilty to driving under the influence, with an agreed statement of facts following a traffic incident in July.

"You're waiting, and now we'll go through that process," Payton said of Harris, who also averages 11.2 yards on 12 punt returns, and 23.6 on 25 kick returns. "We kind of knew at some point that was going to be something he was dealing with and then we as a team would deal with it."

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By Kristen Wong | WhoDatDish

Can the New Orleans Saints’ 2021 season be any worse?

Yes, yes it can. Deonte Harris has officially been suspended for the next three games, which means the Saints will play without their top wideout for the most crucial stretch of the season.

Harris currently leads the team with 523 yards, and he’s also averaging a second-best 16.9 yards per catch.

Behind Harris, Marquez Callaway has 409 yards and Tre’Quan Smith has 251 yards.

For a sobering perspective: the Saints rank 27th in the league in receiving yards per game, worse than the one-win Detroit Lions.

One could add up the receiving yards of the Saints’ top three wideouts (Harris, Callaway, Smith) and the total would still be 183 yards shy of Cooper Kupp’s yardage this season.

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