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Andrus Peat took a little longer than most to take his first real steps in the NFL.

Thanks to an NFL rule that doesn’t allow rookies to begin workouts with their teams until their school’s academic year has finished, Peat missed the first two organized team activity sessions and participated in only about half of the Saints’ full-team workouts before the squad broke for the summer.

Peat could do nothing about the practices he had to miss but, by the end of New Orleans’ mandatory minicamp, the Saints’ top draft pick felt the difference.

“I really wish I could’ve been here,” he said. “I feel like I’m a little bit behind, because I wasn’t out on the field and actually taking the reps, as opposed to just FaceTiming my coach and going through the playbook that way.”


Read more: His first step — getting on the field — complete, Saints rookie Andrus Peat focuses on his footwork to get where he needs to go | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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