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I’m a big fan of late draft picks/UDFA to fill out WR corps. Colston and Shaheed come to mind.

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I was really hoping Nick Toon (4th rd) would become the truth.

Never panned out :(.

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While I am confident Thomas will be ready to go and as effective as ever, I agree that even more help at WR would be welcome. Also, while Tre'Quan is a competent #4 or #5 WR I'd rather we had at least five better options going into the season. As it stands right now we have three in Thomas, Olave, and Shaheed. Maybe Edwards is the fourth better option. We shall see. One or two more could make Tre'Quan, Kirkwood, Merritt, and/or Baker expendable.

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New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas making progress in recovery

From the article:

"I don't want to get into specifics on that, but yet, he's making progress in the recovery," Allen said. "He's not 100 percent, and we're going to be cautious with it and take our time. We don't want to put him out there until he's 100 percent."

"I think the acquisition of Derek was big in that thought process (of Thomas wanting to remain a Saint)," Allen said. "I don't want to speak for Mike, but I honestly just think that Mike knows, and a lot of players know, that they work for one of the better organizations in our league and we're going to have a chance to do some good things this year.

"I expect him to be fully healthy and ready to go. When that point is, I don't want to get into those speculations. But we feel good about where he's at."

He also mentioned that he expects both Penning and Ruiz to be ready to go, as well, after recovering from their own foot injuries.

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For any of you wondering I hope this puts Thomas' recovery timeline into perspective. Nobody should reasonably believe he'd be at 100% at this point. Likewise, nobody should reasonably believe he wouldn't be at 100% by the time for training camp in July.

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It appears Mr. Reliable is making progress. Not 100% yet and DA says he won't put him out there until he is. The longest recovery in the history of recoveries...saga continues. :rolleyes:

According to AG we are asking too much of the guy to expect 100%. S_hit in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up quicker.

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If we get 50% of his production from 2016-2019, Michael Thomas will be worth the money.

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Healthy or not, draft another dawg next month.

Olave and Shaheed are promising but you'll need a lot more.

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Yeah, I hear you there.

At this point, all you can do is HOPE for his health. A 30-year-old who has missed the last 40 of 50 games & still isn't 100. Toe & ankle injuries ... as we see, can & will linger.

If he contributes in 2023, great. It's lagniappe :bng:.

Hopefully, Bryan Edwards shows up at camp and subsequent games on Sundays.

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Longest recovery in the history of recoveries? He was fully recovered from the ankle injury when he took the field at the beginning of last season and scored three times in two games. Then he had the totally unrelated injury. He was then misdiagnosed by Saints doctors and later told he needed surgery. That was in November, so he's only been recovering for a little over four months for a procedure that takes up to six months of recovery.

And where did I say anyone was asking too much of the guy to expect 100%? I said at this point nobody should expect 100%. However, I do expect 100% before it's time to go.