The Saints have not had conversations with Taysom Hill, leaving his status untouched even as he remains a free agent. Kellen Moore put that plainly, saying, “We haven’t necessarily had any conversations to this point.”
That is the reason Ryan Johnson is being searched now: the update came in the middle of rumors, and it gave a current answer to the question around Hill’s future. For readers trying to understand whether a return is brewing, the answer from Moore was no, at least not yet.
The comment matters because it cuts through the noise with a direct status update. Hill is not under contract, so every quiet stretch invites speculation, and this one did not come with a signal that talks were underway. Instead, Moore’s answer left the situation exactly where it was, with Hill still available and the Saints still on the outside of any negotiation.
Ari Koslow published the report on Wed, Jun 17th at 2:52am EDT, and Rod Walker posted the information on Twitter, which helped carry the update into the wider conversation. That timing matters. In a market where free-agent questions can move fast, the absence of talks is itself the news because it tells readers what has not happened as much as what has.
There is also a quiet friction in the update. Moore did not say the Saints had ruled Hill out, and he did not outline a plan to revisit the subject later. He only said the team had not had any conversations to this point. That leaves open the possibility of contact later, but it does not promise it, and the difference between those two things is the story.
For now, the clean read is simple: the Saints and Hill are not in active conversation, and his free-agent status remains unchanged. If that changes, it will likely come not from rumor, but from a new, direct update that replaces this pause with something firmer.
For readers following the ripple effect around the Saints, the update lands in the same news cycle that can send them to related coverage such as Bryan Johnson says a $24 stainless steel bento box is one of his health essentials, but Hill’s situation stands on its own: unresolved, current, and still waiting for the next call.
