Fighting Cancer, Saints Tight End Foster Morrow can participate in voluntary off-season practices

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Newly signed saints tight end Foster MorrowHe will “definitely” participate in voluntary off-season workouts starting later this month, said coach Dennis Allen, who is being treated for cancer.

“We don’t expect there to be issues with him in terms of being able to participate and all the information I have is he’s very positive,” Allen said during a junior camp this weekend. “I really don’t expect that to be a challenge we have to deal with.”

Allen also spoke optimistically about the two-time veteran All-Pro wide receiver’s recoveries Michael Thomas And the rookie runs backwards Kinder MillerThird round selection of TCU this spring NFL Draft.

Miller, who missed the national championship game after spraining his knee during TCU college football Semi-final play-off victory MichiganHe was present for practice, wearing jersey number 25 and shorts, but no helmet.

While the practice was open to the media, Miller limited himself to conditioning work on the side consisting primarily of light straight-line running.

“I don’t expect him to miss a thing in training camp or anything like that,” Allen said.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Miller rushed for 1,399 yards last season for TCU, averaging 6.7 yards per carry. In three seasons, he posted career totals of 2,410 yards and 26 TDs he rushed to go with 29 catches for 229 yards and one TD receiving.

Allen said Thomas, who when healthy was New Orleans’ No. 1 wide receiver, had a “device” removed from his surgically repaired foot in the past two weeks. His injury kept him out of all but the first three games of the 2022 season. And that was after missing more than half of the 2020 season and all of 2021 with a nagging ankle injury.

His most recent full season was 2019, when his 149 hits set an NFL record. In three games last season, he caught 16 passes for 171 yards and three TDs.

“We feel good about where he is in terms of recovery,” Allen said. “When we get him out here, we expect we’ll get the player we had in the past.”

The Rookie minicamp was scheduled to wrap up Sunday, and the entire team’s voluntary informal practices — known as off-season training activities — are scheduled to open May 23.

Morrow, a New Orleans native who played in college LSUHe played his first four seasons in the NFL with the NFL Raiders He was considering signing with the Saints as a free agent when team doctors discovered abnormalities that led to a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Moro, 26, announced in late March that he was giving up football to focus on his health, but with his outlook looking increasingly positive, he agreed on Wednesday to offer Three years, $12 million Contract with the Saints.

“Look, you’re getting this negative information that’s obviously affecting a young person’s life,” Allen said. “However, the prognosis for recovery and prediction of treatment plan have all been very positive. So, in that way, we feel very good about it.”

The signing was just in time for New Orleans, who traded a tight end Adam Trautman to Denver during the draft.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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