Don’t expect Jordyn Tyson to make his professional debut this week versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. Most New Orleans Saints fans were already skeptical, but Tyson taking the flight to Paris created a slight glimmer of hope, especially since a previous report left Paris as an option. Mickey Loomis poured water all over the idea Wednesday morning.
The Saints general manager revealed Tyson won’t be practicing this week. No practice means no playing, simple and plain.
The Saints still haven’t opened Tyson’s practice window, so that was already a sign of the team’s plan. Loomis’ words were just the confirmation.
If Jordyn Tyson doesn’t play in Week 9, Saints fans should be worried
Not playing Tyson in Paris is the smartest thing the Saints could do. Take the practice window and ramp up factors out of it, Tyson making his debut in a stadium that’s never hosted an NFL game is an unnecessary risk.
The turf is untested, and we’ve seen questionable footing on foreign soil before. It doesn’t make sense to put a player recovering from a significant hamstring injury on the field for the first time on a surface you may have questions about.
The alternative is Tyson debuting after the bye week, and that would allow Tyson to debut in the Superdome. That’s a trusted surface that he can even try out before the game if he wanted to. The rookie has been dealing with hamstring injuries for the better part of a year and this particular injury for the last 2 months, so sure footing is the least the team could provide for him in his first professional action.
However, Week 9 is last date that even a patient man can wait for Tyson to debut without getting frustrated. It’s one thing to take things slow, but it’ll feel like more than just caution if he doesn’t play against the Browns.
We’re going on 10 weeks since the injury, and the original timeline was about 8 weeks. We’ve passed that already, and we’ll be a month past that when the game versus the Browns roll around. An optimistic view would have had Tyson return to practice after 8 weeks then expect his return shortly after.
There’s a three week practice window for Tyson to return after being activated. It makes the most sense to activate him during the bye week and give him two weeks of practice time before playing.
If the receiver isn’t ready by then, it’ll be fair to ask what’s going on. They obviously shouldn’t rush him on to the field at any point, so the question will turn to why isn’t he physically ready yet.
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