Saints WR Brock Rechsteiner Suspended Six Video games

Brock Rechsteiner shall be sidelined for the primary month-plus of the season. The Saints large receiver has been slapped with a six-game ban, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

No purpose was given for the suspension. Rechsteiner will nonetheless be allowed to take part in all preseason practices and video games. As Schefter notes, the suspension will happen when rosters are lowered to 53 gamers.

Rechsteiner is thought for being a member of the Rechsteiner wrestling household, together with his father performing professionally as Scott Steiner. Brock Rechsteiner is coming off a five-year stint at Jacksonville State, together with a senior marketing campaign the place he hauled in 36 catches for 383 yards and 5 touchdowns. He went undrafted on this previous yr’s draft, and after incomes a exercise with the Titans, he caught on with the Saints. 

The rookie was already going through an uphill battle to make the workforce’s 53-man roster. The Saints return each Chris Olave and Devaughn Vele, and the invested closely within the place within the draft. First-round WR Jordyn Tyson is the notable title, however the workforce will even be rostering Bryce Lance (fourth spherical) and Barion Brown (sixth spherical). Rechsteiner could be competing for one of many closing roster spots with the likes of Mason Tipton (who remains to be recovering from offseason surgical procedure), Ronnie Bell, Kevin Austin Jr., and Trey Palmer.