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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — At the end of last season, Saints rookie cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste, the team’s second-round draft pick, bemoaned: “I really don’t know what the plans are for me. I’m feeling lost right now.”

Fast-forward to Wednesday’s morning practice session at The Greenbrier.

Jean-Baptiste — spender of 12 weeks on the inactive list in 2014, with only a single special-teams tackle to show for the four games in which he did suit up; generally tabbed the biggest bust in the Saints Lost Boys draft class of ’14 — was taking snaps with the first-team defense.

To be sure, it was mainly because Keenan Lewis left practice early with an undisclosed injury.

But even before Wednesday, the much-maligned Jean-Baptiste had muscled his way past Brian Dixon and Terrence Frederick, free agents who earned starting jobs late last year while SJB looked on, veteran free-agent signee Kyle Wilson and 2015 draft picks P.J. Williams and Damian Swann to earn regular second-team reps.

So maybe now we know.

Or not.

“It’s nothing to get too excited about,” said Jean-Baptiste, whose eight non-special-teams snaps last year all came in the Detroit game. “But it was another chance to show the coaches what I can do out here and hopefully what I can do on Sundays.”

Obviously, it’s too soon to say that this will last.

But just as obviously, it was too soon to write SJB off.


Read more: Lewis: Stanley Jean-Baptiste gets his chance to reward the Saints’ faith | Saints | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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All little common sense goes a long way.