ESPN is reporting that Saints Center Olin Kreutz is leaving the team for the rest of the season, citing a lack of passion for the game. “He loves the games,” said his agent, Mark Bartelstein. “He has to love the game. He just hasn’t been feeling it.”
The Saints will first place Kreutz on the left-team list and then eventually release him, assuring that they won’t owe the guaranteed portion of his contract. He had been battling a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, but that was no cited as a reason for his departure.
Kreutz felt as though he had been playing for a check instead of playing the game at his highest level, according to his agent.The team gave him some time to make a decision, and Kreutz decided to leave for good Friday.
