METAIRIE, New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen says he’ll be comfortable with quarterback James Winston Sit outside all three pre-season games if necessary.
If Winston doesn’t play in Friday night’s pre-season final against the Chargers, his first game since the last AFC Champions League Halloween will come in Atlanta against the Falcons on 9/11.
“We’ll see,” Allen said Monday. “If that’s the way it’s going, I’m comfortable with that.” “We’ll see how it goes over the next few days.”
Winston missed his first two pre-season games with a right foot sprain but has taken two major steps towards recovery in the past two days. Winston was back in 7 on 7 practice on Sunday and back in 11 vs 11 practice on Monday.
Winston has not participated in full-team training since August 6. He injured his foot while rolling in the 7 on 7 segment of Saints practice on August 8 and left before team practice began. Quarterback Backup Andy Dalton He took shots in place of Winston that day and has been taking first-team reps in an 11-for-11 action since Winston’s injury.
Winston participated in three sets of the team’s training session on Monday, including the goal line period. Finished 1 out of 6 and was chosen by the Back Corner CJ Gardner Johnson on his first delegate.
He was also sacked by a defensive end Payton Turner. Winston’s only achievement was the wide receiver Jarvis Landry In his last set of team training.
It was good. It was good. It was a bit rusty but good to get it back in there and back again,” Allen said.
Dalton took charge of the first-team delegates during the last period, which was two minutes at the end of training.
wide future Michael Thomas He missed training for the second day in a row with a hamstring injury. Thomas hasn’t played in any pre-season games due to the ankle injury that kept him out for the whole of last season, but he’s been in training until this week.
“He’ll be back here as soon as he’s ready to go,” Allen said.
back corner Marshawn Lattimore and narrow end Tsum Hill He was on a big list of players who didn’t show up on Monday.
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