The New Orleans Saints made their long-expected move at wide receiver, cutting ties with Brandin Cooks after a short-lived reunion that never came close to matching his first stint in New Orleans.

Brought back on a modest two-year deal to stabilize a reshaped passing game, the veteran instead became emblematic of an offense stuck in neutral under first-year head coach Kellen Moore, managing just 19 catches for 165 yards in 10 games on a 2-8 team clearly trending toward a reset.

New Orleans officially waived veteran WR Brandin Cooks today, per a source. His name appears on today’s NFL wire, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The transaction closes the door on what could have been a historic deadline story. Had the Saints found a trade partner in October, Cooks would have become the

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