By Christopher Dabe
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Former New Orleans Saints tight end Coby Fleener still has concussion symptoms related to a helmet-to-helmet hit in Week 12 against the Los Angeles Rams, coach Sean Payton said Saturday (May 12).
Fleener missed the remainder of the season, and the Saints released him Monday.
"He's still working through the process of getting cleared and he's working through being without symptoms," Payton said between rookie minicamp workouts.
The release came two years into a five-year contract with a maximum value of $36 million. The release has a post-June 1 designation, which lets the team spread the remaining amount of the contract over two years.
Fleener came to New Orleans expecting to fill the spot vacated by Benjamin Watson when he signed a two-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens. Fleener failed to match that production in 2016, and the Saints in 2017 turned to a more ground-based offense with Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara sharing backfield duties.
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