The bad news keeps on coming in for the New Orleans Saints. After losing their starting quarterback Jameis Winston to an ACL injury on Sunday, the Saints now found out that they will also be without their star wideout Michael Thomas for the remainder of 2021.
Thomas confirmed the news on Wednesday via a statement posted on his Twitter profile. In the post, the 28-year-old revealed that he experienced “another small setback” while rehabbing his surgically repaired ankle.
“To my displeasure, I will not be able to make it back in time for this season but will do everything in my power to get back to the player I have always been,” Thomas added in a statement that was later retweeted by the official Saints’ Twitter account.
Michael Thomas injured his left ankle in the 2020 season opener, and the issue ended up limiting him to just seven games. Thomas then elected to have surgery on the ankle during the offseason, although his decision to postpone it until the summer didn’t sit well with the Saints. He started the 2021 campaign on a physically unable to perform list and targeted Week 7 return to the field before the most recent setback.
Thomas has been one of the best wide receivers in the game since being drafted by the Saints in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He made 510 career catches for 5,950 yards and 32 touchdowns in his first five years in the league.
