Michael Thomas Has Major Beef With Saints Reporter Jeff Duncan
By Kyle Koster
Times-Picayune columnist Jeff Duncan published a piece earlier this morning titled The Saints will soon release Michael Thomas. It shouldn't have ended this way. The New Orleans Saints wide receiver was one of the best in the game before being bitten by the injury bug season after season. He's played in 20 games since 2020 and has one year remaining on his contract. At 31, there's a good chance he has something left in the tank if he's able to stay healthy.
Anyway, Thomas didn't particularly care for Duncan's angle and has decided to make that dissatisfaction crystal clear to anyone with an internet connection.
Jeff Duncan is a hoe. Trying to stay relevant so let’s speak on it. The Saints leak information to him to try to ruin players value but see I’m not broke so I can speak on it. He is broke so he need clicks. Go look at all his articles that never end up being true.
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) March 7, 2024
Look at this 🤡 y’all think he know ball yeah right. Y’all really clicking links to what he write 😂😂😂 #goodluck pic.twitter.com/fDoYiDx1iY
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) March 7, 2024
Jeff Duncan funny how they planning on releasing me if I was on a 1 year deal 😂😂😂 . Don’t fall for it he the same dude that tried to be my friend in season after saying I wasn’t the same player in training camp. #nexttopic
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) March 7, 2024
Seems just a bit extreme and mean. If the roles were reversed and a sportswriter tweeted this about a player you could see, at minimum, a tense meeting with editor in which they were told to knock that off. Hell, they might get fired immediately. Most of the conversation would probably center on what "salt things" a person might take.
Thomas' contract was set up in a way that the team would either have to rework it or release him this offseason. If he's on the roster the third day of the 2024 league year, $119 million in bonuses will guarantee. The 2024 year does not automatically void.
— Katherine Terrell (@Kat_Terrell) March 7, 2024
We may never get some resolution here, even if the Saints do eventually let Thomas go on with the next step of his career because of some semantic disagreements about the contract. Which usually don't escalate to this level but hey here we are.