New Orleans, Louisiana. Saints wide receiver Bub Means has told people close to him he wants Jacksonville after a richer offer sheet landed. Love for the Dome is not the problem. Snaps are.
He named Chris Olave and Devaughn Vele as the wall. With those two ahead of him, he does not see a weekly role worth another quiet year in black and gold.
Means flashed in 2025 on offense and special teams. He still finished most Sundays as the next man up. That is the math he says he can no longer accept.
He put the choice in one breath.
“I love the Saints, but I don’t have another choice. I can’t bury my career here on the bench. I’ve received a fair offer, and I’m going there to take on new challenges, at least to be utilized and get regular playing time.”
The production file is modest: a handful of catches, a few scores, and honest work on coverage units. It was never empty. It was never enough to pass Olave.
Vele’s return tightened the room again. Means read the re-up as a ceiling, not a personal slight. Jacksonville read the same tape and sent money.
The Jaguars’ sheet is reported well above the one-year, $3.52 million tender New Orleans had on the table. The clock is five days. Match or lose him.
If the Saints decline, he goes to Florida hunting volume, not a cameo behind two featured receivers. If they match, he stays in a crowded pecking order.
He says he will always value New Orleans. He also says no player can sit through another season of “maybe next series” when another city is offering a real script.
Jacksonville wants depth and a body who already knows how to work special teams. Means wants his name called on early downs, not only after a score.
Leaving the Dome will sting the fan base that watched him fight for every target. Sitting behind Olave and Vele, he decided, would sting longer.
The next chapter is Jacksonville unless New Orleans writes a matching check. Either way, Means has drawn the line: play, or leave.
