By John Sigler | Saintswire
Change isn’t easy. Thomas Morstead is going to do his best to embrace it after being released by the New Orleans Saints, hoping to continue playing once his body is right and some of the dust has settled in free agency. While he won’t be wearing black and gold anymore, he still sees New Orleans as his home.
“Overwhelmed with gratitude and thanks,” Morstead said when asked what he was feeling during a Zoom conference call on Thursday. “Obviously sad to be moving on from the team, but it’s not as if I haven’t prepared for this moment in a lot of ways.”
Morstead added that he’s not leaving the city — he and his family are building a new house in town, and the relationships he’s cultivated in New Orleans are important to him. He continued, choked up, adding that he doesn’t plan to retire, and that New Orleans is home and will remain his home, no matter where he finishes his NFL career. The love he’s shared with fans and felt from them is special....
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Change isn’t easy. Thomas Morstead is going to do his best to embrace it after being released by the New Orleans Saints, hoping to continue playing once his body is right and some of the dust has settled in free agency. While he won’t be wearing black and gold anymore, he still sees New Orleans as his home.
“Overwhelmed with gratitude and thanks,” Morstead said when asked what he was feeling during a Zoom conference call on Thursday. “Obviously sad to be moving on from the team, but it’s not as if I haven’t prepared for this moment in a lot of ways.”
Morstead added that he’s not leaving the city — he and his family are building a new house in town, and the relationships he’s cultivated in New Orleans are important to him. He continued, choked up, adding that he doesn’t plan to retire, and that New Orleans is home and will remain his home, no matter where he finishes his NFL career. The love he’s shared with fans and felt from them is special....
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