I'm sorry. I'm not even a Saints fan, but it is in no way understandable to me. Pierre Thomas is the poorest of a poor man's Sproles, and truth be told, there are only a couple guys in the league that bring what he brings to the table. He is a unique talent that the Saints utilized very well, and I still don't understand letting a guy like that go in order to save a $3.5M cap hit(assuming the website I'm looking at is accurate). With all the restructuring of contracts these days, I feel like they could have found a way to keep him, but the Saints seemed to make very little effort.
Oh well, I guess he'll just tear it up for the Eagles the next 3 years.