Shortly after the 49ers cut Kevin White, the former top-10 pick found a new home. The Saints are signing the veteran wide receiver, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets.
White participated in a Saints workout Tuesday, joining fellow wideouts Bennie Fowler, Devin White and Malachi Dupre. Reeling at wide receiver, New Orleans will give White another opportunity.
The West Virginia product played in three 49ers games last season but has not made a regular-season reception since 2018. White, 28, battled injuries throughout his Bears tenure and later caught on with the Cardinals and 49ers. San Francisco cut White last week. Despite their injury issues at wideout, the Saints will give one of the NFL’s most injury-prone players a chance to help fill this void.
New Orleans is expected to be without Michael Thomas for months, and would-be starter Tre’Quan Smith just returned to practice Tuesday after missing two weeks due to a leg injury. The Saints released Emmanuel Sanders this offseason and did not heavily address the receiver position in the draft, which has helped put former UDFA Marquez Callaway in a strong position to contribute this season.
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There’s no reason to sign this bust unless the Saints are trying to determine if their fans still have those paper bags in storage.
Unfortunately White can’t seem to stay healthy. Hopefully, he can get it this time.
Every commenter on this site today has the same amount of nfl catches since 2018 as Kevin white, lol why don’t the saints just do the invincible movie thing and see if mark wahlberg has anything left in the tank?
Such a shame that he couldn’t stay healthy.
Well, the Saints have a lot of questions at QB, but if any coach can find a use for White, it’s likely Sean Payton. If White can stay healthy, this isn’t his worst option. I hope it works out for him.