Akiem Hicks leaves Wednesday's practice with knee injury
 

The Saints have been hit with the injury bug quite a bit during training camp and in the first preseason game. It was no different in the first joint practice with the New England Patriots on Wednesday as defensive end Akiem Hicks had to leave the field with a knee injury according to Mike Triplett of ESPN.com


Hicks was able to walk off the field on his own power, but he was favoring his knee and the trainer was by his side. The trainer was able to stretch him out, but Hicks went inside afterwards.

Hicks just came back from an undisclosed injury early last week on a limited basis.

Akiem Hicks leaves Wednesday's practice with knee injury

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And the hits just keep coming. Crap! :brood:

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Injuries (serious and minor) happen every training camp. I am encouraged that the players are walking off on their own, not being carted off with what appears to be a serious knee injury like Panthers' Kelvin Benjamin earlier today.

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Contract year for the guy.

I'm still expecting a big season, hope the injury bug goes away.

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Oh-Boy! I can't believe this.

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Amen. I don't wish injuries on any player. Hopefully Kelvin only has a sore or bruised knee.

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True.

And I'm growing tired of the knee-jerk panic every time one of our players gets knicked up.

Its freaking football Nancy. :p This ain't badminton.

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Are you saying badminton is a sissy sport?

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Relatively I feel like the Saints have been lucky with lack of injuries during past couple of preseasons, so I guess that's one reason why this is hitting us so hard now.

Hopefully the injuries remain minor and the guys can return healthy for the actual season.

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Exactly why I posted it instead of one of our "woe be us" members.

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Seems like the whole team is laying on their leg.

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Not good at all... he wasn't as good as he could've been last year because of a leg injury that slowed him down all year... hope he can overcome this quickly.

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Nice thought but disagree. I think any of our guys going down with a knee injury should stay the heck down until they receive so much help they place absolutely zero additional stress on their knee.

Think of how many times you've seen a guy walk off on his own power only to hear later he completely tore his ACL. I believe partial tears became worse or complete tears as they stressed it during that proud walk.

Like sand in the gears...rub, rub, saw, rip. Stay down already and heal a few days/weeks/months earlier for it.

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Lets just hope it isn't serious - A lot of teams HAVE had serious injuries to players.