On Wednesday, Michael Thomas received a letter from the New Orleans Saints with the heading “Fine for Conduct Detrimental to the Club”. The letter included a fine of $58,823.53, but did not include any language referencing an official suspension.
Mike Florio reported this interesting development on the same day the letter became public:
“The apparent goal was to get the attention of the player without utilizing the close-to-nuclear option of wiping out his guarantees, or at least trying to.
“The Saints may have chosen not to pick a $27.