Free agent receiver Michael Thomas is suspended for Week 1

Former Saints receiver Michael Thomas remains a free agent. Even if he signs a deal in the coming days, he will not play in Week 1.

The NFL has announced that Thomas will be suspended for one matchvia Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. It is a penalty under the Personal Conduct Policy.

The discipline is the result of a November 2023 arrest for simple assault and criminal damage.

He claimed a brick thrown on the windshield of a construction worker’s truck at a home near Thomas. He also allegedly threw the phone off someone’s phone and pushed him.

Thomas set the record for receptions in a single season in 2019, with 149. He suffered an ankle injury late in the Week 1 game of 2020 against the Bucs, and his career never got back on track. He missed all of 2021, and he has appeared in three games in 2022 and 10 in 2023.

Thomas was a three-time Pro Bowler and a two-time All-Pro in his first four seasons, and at one point it looked like he was headed for the Hall of Fame.