The Atlanta Falcons sent home Ray-Ray McCloud III last week and now the wide receiver has been released outright, the team announced Tuesday .

Falcons coach Raheem Morris described the situation Friday as a private matter between McCloud and the team. Morris said it was not necessarily disciplinary in nature.

McCloud was a surprise healthy scratch in Week 6, an eventual Monday Night Football win over the Buffalo Bills . He was sent home last week for reasons Morris did not divulge and was listed as out against the San Francisco 49ers .

On Saturday, McCloud posted in support of the Falcons on X , writing that he "wanted this one bad" with his teammates. The 49ers were McCloud's former team.

Morris said last week that McCloud's situation had nothing to do with the firing o

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