K Major

Healthy or not, draft another WR.

There will be games in 2023 where our #1WR gets locked down & other guys have to make plays and move the chains.

That Dallas game up here from a few years ago comes to mind. Once they (Marinelli & Kris Richard) game planned & put the clamps on MT, it was a wrap. No one else could make a play.

Yep, there is always the draft.

Boston Saint

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

K Major

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

Never panned out .

AsylumGuido

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.

AsylumGuido

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.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

AsylumGuido

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.