Here's the first surprise of New Orleans Saints roster cuts. Third-year wide receiver Bub Means, the team's 2024 fifth-round draft pick, will be waived per Nick Underhill for NewOrleans.Football. Means made the cut for our 53-man roster projection but the Saints are going in a different direction as they fill out their receiving corps.
Means, 25, played college football at Tennessee and Louisiana Tech before transferring to Pittsburgh, where he truly broke out with 41 catches for 721 yards and six touchdowns in 2023. He has good speed for someone his size but struggled with durability -- his 2024 rookie year ended with a high-ankle sprain in November, and a preseason injury sidelined him for all of 2025.
Maybe Means returns for the practice squad, assuming he clears waivers. He got off to a hot start this summer but couldn't keep his momentum going when the preseason games started, and by the time training camp came to a close he was losing targets in team drills to other receivers on the depth chart. We'll see how things shake out once the Saints (and other teams) finish navigating injured reserve decisions and begin filling out their practice squads early this week. Few players can run like he can (timing the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds) at his size (6-foot-1 and 212 pounds). Don't be shocked if another team snaps him up.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: In surprise cut, Saints move on from 2024 fifth-round draft pick at WR