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Saints Delay Jordyn Tyson’s Return: Why New Orleans Is Making the Right Move | After Further Review · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: hit the practice field here on Wednesday for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in advance of the game Saturday morning locally against
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  Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Interestingly enough, as Mickey Loomis, Kellen Moore,
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  Speaker 1: players met with reporters, Jordan Tyson, the Saints' first-round draft pick, who,
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  Speaker 1: as we all know, injured his hamstring in camp, was
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  Speaker 1: projected to be out two months, started the season on IR.
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  Speaker 1: That window has passed, so he is now eligible to
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  Speaker 1: return to practice. Mickey Loomis did mention, though, when he
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  Speaker 1: met with reporters here on Wednesday, don't expect to see
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  Speaker 1: Tyson on the practice field this week.
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  Speaker 2: He's improving. He is not going to practice this week,
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  Speaker 2: but he is improving, and we feel like we're getting closer. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I don't have a specific timetable for that yet, but
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  Speaker 2: we're encouraged.
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  Speaker 1: They also... He was asked if they're being extra cautious
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  Speaker 1: with Jordan Tyson.
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  Speaker 2: I would say we're being probably a little more cautious
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  Speaker 2: than we would ordinarily, but it's still the timeline's the timeline.
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  Speaker 1: I can absolutely respect that. You have so much invested
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  Speaker 1: in Jordan Tyson with a top 10 pick, eighth overall,
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  Speaker 1: and you're dealing with an injury that we all know
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to be– You don't have to be
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  Speaker 1: a doctor to know. Just watch sports, and you see
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  Speaker 1: the soft tissue injuries that you can have a recurrence.
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  Speaker 1: We just... I mean, it's not an NFL play, but
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  Speaker 1: we're seeing this right now at LSU with Sam Leavitt.
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  Speaker 1: Injured the hamstring against Texas A & M, went through
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  Speaker 1: a recovery, played in a limited capacity against Maine East,
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  Speaker 1: and re-aggravated it against here this past week against Mississippi State. Like,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't let it heal, it just continues to
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  Speaker 1: perpetuate and be a problem. So... He's already missed the
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  Speaker 1: first six games of the season. Let it heal. Be
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  Speaker 1: really sure that it's right.
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  Speaker 3: One more from.
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  Speaker 1: Loomis who talked about weighing the risk-reward and the injury
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  Speaker 1: risk there with Tyson.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the injury that he has is not the same
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  Speaker 2: injury that that he had before. So, I mean, those
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  Speaker 2: can happen. They can happen to any player. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's unfortunate that it happened at the very beginning of
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  Speaker 2: his career, but hopefully this is the one and only
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  Speaker 2: injury that he has, and we're really encouraged by what
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  Speaker 2: we saw in training camp when he was practicing before
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  Speaker 2: he got injured, and we're looking forward to having him back.
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  Speaker 1: I think that is absolutely the right way to go
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  Speaker 1: about it. Be patient. Be diligent. Make sure he's healed
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  Speaker 1: and ready to go before you, you run him out there.
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  Speaker 1: So Kellen Moore was also, by the way, asked about, um,
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  Speaker 1: about the timeline here for Jordan Tyson.
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  Speaker 4: Mickey said, uh, Jordan won't practice this week.
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  Speaker 2: Do you guys have any like idea on a timeline?
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  Speaker 3: Is he going to start after the buys? Anything been
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  Speaker 3: firmed up? Nothing, nothing locked in yet. Uh, yeah, he,
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  Speaker 3: he won't practice this week. And, um, Yeah, obviously we
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  Speaker 3: have a bye week after that, and so we'll kind
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  Speaker 3: of see where everything is.
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  Speaker 1: All right, getting close. So we'll see what this may
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  Speaker 1: look like whenever they get Jordan Tyson back on the
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  Speaker 1: practice field. I am eager... I'm in this weird spot
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  Speaker 1: with New Orleans where I'm balancing my desire for them
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  Speaker 1: to get everybody healthy because you are... In a terrible
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  Speaker 1: division where you can very much go on a run.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's very unlikely. I think Carolina is clearly
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  Speaker 1: the class of this division right now. New Orleans at 2-4.
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  Speaker 1: An underdog this week in Paris. They'll have an open date.
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  Speaker 1: They're by before they come home to play Cleveland, where
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  Speaker 1: they'll probably be a home favorite against Cleveland. And then
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  Speaker 1: I don't know when they'll be favorite again. So they
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  Speaker 1: won't be favorite at home against Carolina. They won't be
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  Speaker 1: favorite at the Bears. They won't be favorite at the Bengals.
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  Speaker 1: We know what's ahead. So I don't think this team
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  Speaker 1: is going anywhere. I think this team will finish sub-500.
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  Speaker 1: I think it might be similar to a year ago,
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  Speaker 1: a 6-11 type season. You're picking the top 10 again.
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  Speaker 1: But until that's the reality, you got a shot. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm caught in this weird place of wanting Jordan Tyson
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  Speaker 1: to get back out there and Kelvin Banks to get
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  Speaker 1: back out there and Caden Ellis, who was out there today,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, getting them out there to see this
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  Speaker 1: team in whole so you can try to dig yourself
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  Speaker 1: out of it. and wanting to see, like, just be patient,
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  Speaker 1: because what you want to see is growth and development
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  Speaker 1: and progress as you build for the future. So it's
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  Speaker 1: an odd spot for New Orleans to be in right now,
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  Speaker 1: and especially on the heels of Gail Benson's comments, where
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  Speaker 1: she talked about how unacceptable this is, and she put
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  Speaker 1: Kellen Moore and Mickey Loomis on blast, and put them
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  Speaker 1: very much on notice, and they kind of feel like
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  Speaker 1: they have to go win, but it's also a spot
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  Speaker 1: where you realize you're playing the long game here in
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans as well. So, also of note, out at
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  Speaker 1: Saints practice here on Wednesday. Kellen Moore did mention that
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  Speaker 1: Caden Ellis back at practice and what that means for
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  Speaker 1: this team.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Caden's obviously an important part to our defense. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he was out there some today, and so that'll be
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  Speaker 3: good to just see him out there and just see
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  Speaker 3: how the rest of this week progresses. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: obviously he's done a great job at the start of
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  Speaker 3: the season.
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  Speaker 1: He also mentioned that Cesar Ruiz, remember, who left the
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  Speaker 1: game against the Giants on Sunday. Ruiz did travel he's
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  Speaker 1: day-to-day we'll see if it's Ruiz or if it's Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Wright starting on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers so the
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  Speaker 1: other component of this is New Orleans adjusting to the
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  Speaker 1: time zone the time change are seven hours ahead in
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  Speaker 1: Paris so it's 4 0 8 central time right now
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  Speaker 1: it's 11 o'clock at night in Paris right now Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Shuck was asked about that you gotta.
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  Speaker 4: Stretch your stay up as long as you can when
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  Speaker 4: we first land so trying to stay up later into
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  Speaker 4: the night trying to stretch that out, and then that
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  Speaker 4: way you can have a full night. Everybody's been different.
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  Speaker 4: You talk to some people, it's like, man, I woke
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  Speaker 4: up at 3 a.m., I got a good night's sleep,
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  Speaker 4: but I think the biggest thing is game time, feeling
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  Speaker 4: ready to go. That's what you want.
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  Speaker 1: Cam Jordan also talked about adjusting to the time zone.
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  Speaker 5: I think the Saints did a phenomenal job of getting
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  Speaker 5: us here early enough to where we can have our
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  Speaker 5: bodies adjust. As players, that If you would have asked
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  Speaker 5: me to, like, you know, we came in Monday morning.
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  Speaker 5: If you would have asked me, like, hey, be a
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  Speaker 5: ball player yesterday, I'm not going to lie to you.
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  Speaker 5: It wouldn't have happened. Like, I would have been out
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  Speaker 5: there just looking like a jellyfish or something.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: But because we've.
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  Speaker 5: Had enough time, like, actually had a decent amount of
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  Speaker 5: sleep last night, I felt better. So I can imagine
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  Speaker 5: how I'll feel come Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: All right. So the Saints getting ready. And obviously the
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  Speaker 1: good news as well, when they come back, On the
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  Speaker 1: other side of this, they'll go into their open date,
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  Speaker 1: their bye, so it'll be an opportunity to get right
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  Speaker 1: before you host Cleveland two weeks from Sunday.