Veteran WR Kenny Stills returns to Saints after working out for the team, per report

Kenny Stills is heading again to the place his NFL profession started. The veteran receiver is signing with the Saints‘ observe squad after understanding for the crew on Monday, according to NFL Community’s Mike Garofolo. Stills was one in every of a number of receivers the Saints labored out after they positioned Tre’Quan Smith on Injured Reserve. 

The 144th decide within the 2013 NFL Draft, Stills spent his first two seasons in New Orleans. He caught 5 touchdowns as a rookie whereas averaging a league-best 20 yards per catch. Stills’ greatest season passed off the next season, when he caught 63 passes for 931 yards and three touchdowns whereas serving to Drew Brees tie Ben Roethlisberger for the league’s passing title. Stills spent the following 4 seasons in Miami, the place he caught 164 passes for two,566 yards and 24 touchdowns. He caught a career-high 9 touchdowns in 2016 whereas serving to the Dolphins clinch a wild card berth. 

Stills noticed a decline in manufacturing in Houston and was waived by the crew in the midst of his second season with the Texans. He ended the 2020 season as a member of the Bills‘ observe squad. 

The 29-year-old receiver joins a Saints receiving corps that features Smith, Michael Thomas (whose ankle damage will hold him out for a minimum of six extra video games), Marquez Callaway, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, Chris Hogan, Deonte Harris and Ty Montgomery. Harris and tight finish Juwan Johnson caught a mixed 5 passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns within the Saints’ 38-3 win over the Packers in Week 1. Hogan and working again Alvin Kamara additionally caught landing passes from quarterback Jameis Winston, who threw 5 landing passes in his first begin in almost two years. 

New Orleans will look to maintain its momentum rolling on Sunday in opposition to a Panthers crew that defeated the Jets 19-14 of their season-opener.