Overview

• Moore confirmed the move Monday, saying Gray is healthy and the decision was about roster management rather than his earlier hamstring issue.
• The release creates roughly $2.6 million in cap savings with about $980,000 in dead money after one year remained on Gray’s deal.
• An undrafted Saint since 2018, Gray rose to captain as a core special-teamer with multiple All-Pro honors and a 2021 Pro Bowl selection.
• Gray logged 2,065 special-teams snaps versus just 153 on defense across 98 games for New Orleans.
• The Saints have not discussed a practice-squad return, and Moore expects Gray to draw active-roster interest as New Orleans leans on Justin Reid, Julian Blackmon and rookie Jonas Sanker following Tyrann Mathieu’s retirement.