re: Mike Thomas wanted to play against Raiders; Saints wouldn’t let him

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In the first 3 games of the season a not fully healed Thomas had 16 rec. and 3 tds. It is more than likely that MT got the 2nd injury from favoring that current injury. People who are highly motivated like him and Brady and Brees don't have issues with quitting and sitting on their arse, they have issues with NOT knowing when to quit. I did it just doing daily walks with a sprained ankle and wound up with shin splints in the other leg.

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That is a huge stretch. He has 2 years to heal and I have a hard time believing he was favoring a toe because of a previous ankle injury.

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I probably could have worded that a little more efficiently
Their were reports that Thomas was still a little gimpy going into the beginning of the regular season (not fully healed). So what I was meant to say is that likely while favoring the current (ankle injury) he brought on the second (toe) injury. Fairly common to over compensate due to one injury and bring on another.