Katherine Terrell
METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints have launched security J.T. Grey, head coach Kellen Moore mentioned on Monday.
Grey, who joined the Saints in 2018 as an undrafted rookie free agent, was a particular groups standout and group captain. He has been a first-team All-Professional choice twice and was named to the Professional Bowl in 2021 as a special-teamer.
“That was one of many hardest issues to date this yr. It was a difficult transfer, he is a extremely good particular groups participant and a extremely good participant,” Moore mentioned.
Moore mentioned Grey's launch got here all the way down to roster flexibility and was not associated to the hamstring damage he had earlier in the summertime. Moore mentioned Grey is wholesome now however mentioned the problem of the damage was that it restricted his publicity in coaching camp.
“We all know the high-quality participant that he's, the influence that he is had on this group,” Moore mentioned. “Simply with the … roster administration a part of this factor over the course of the season and all through subsequent few weeks, there's a number of challenges related to that. It was a extremely powerful one for this to do.”
Moore mentioned they haven't mentioned providing a observe squad spot to Grey, however mentioned he imagines he'll shortly be supplied an energetic roster spot on one other group.
