The Saints took a look at two veteran wideouts on Tuesday, bringing in Chase Claypool and Josh Reynolds for workouts, according to the NFL’s Official Transaction Wire.
That comes with a little added context in New Orleans: first-round receiver Jordyn Tyson is expected to miss around two months because of a hamstring injury. With that in mind, the Saints checked on a pair of experienced options who have both bounced around the league in recent years.
Claypool, 28, entered the NFL as a second-round pick of the Steelers in 2020. He finished the final season of his four-year rookie deal and was set to make a base salary of $1.5 million in 2023.
His career has included several stops. The Bears sent a second-round pick in the 2023 draft to Pittsburgh for Claypool at the 2022 deadline, then Chicago dealt him to the Dolphins the next season for a 2025 sixth-round pick. The Bills signed him in May 2024, but released him in August with an injury settlement.
In 2023, Claypool played three games for Chicago and nine for Miami, finishing with eight catches on 21 targets for 77 yards and a touchdown.
Reynolds, 31, has his own veteran resume. The Rams picked him in the fourth round in 2017 out of Texas A&M, and he played out the last year of his four-year, $3.04 million rookie contract while making a base salary of $735,000 in 2020.
After that, Reynolds moved through a string of teams. He signed a one-year deal with the Titans for 2021, then joined the Lions in 2022 and later landed a two-year, $12 million extension from Detroit.
He was again on the market before agreeing to a two-year deal with the Broncos. Denver put him on injured reserve before eventually releasing him, and the Jaguars claimed him off waivers.
Jacksonville cut Reynolds in 2025, and he later signed with the Jets. In 2025, he appeared in five games for New York and caught three passes on five targets for 21 yards.
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