The Saints have released veteran punter Mitch Berger who missed all of last season due to a pelvic injury.  Berger had played three years with the New Orleans Saints and he did a good job for them, but the Saints were pleased with undrafted rookie Steve Weatherford.  Berger has played 13 seasons in the NFL and he played in 159 games.  In those 159 games Berger has punted the football 710 times for 30,680 yards (43.2 avg) and he has a net career average of 35.8 yards on those punts.  Berger has placed 227 punts inside the opposing 20 yard line (32%) and he’s never been blocked.  If he proves he’s healthy someone will give him another chance to kick the ball.  Steve Weatherford had a good rookie season for the Saints.  He played in all 16 games and he punted the ball 77 times for 3,369 yards (43.8 avg) with a 37.5 net average.  He does need to improve on his placement of punts as he’s only placed 19 of 77 (24.7%) inside the opposing 20 yard line.