Saints release rookie draft pick Tommy Stevens, QB-turned-TE

New Orleans Saints fans guard late-round draft picks jealously, and for good reason: those selections could be the next Marques Colston or Zach Strief, decade-long starters and forever underrated Pro Bowl snubs.

But it’s more realistic to treat these last-minute picks like scratch-off lottery tickets. 2020 draft rookie Tommy Stevens is the latest example of how things may not pan out: the Saints released him from their practice squad on Tuesday, per the daily NFL transactions wire.

Stevens was the target of a bold draft-day trade when Saints coach Sean Payton moved back into the seventh round to pick him before Carolina Panthers O.C. Joe Brady, his former assistant and architect of the Taysom…