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By Nick Underhill | The Advocate
Terron Armstead stretched with his teammates, went through individual drills and then lined up at his usual spot during the team portion of practice.
It sounds mundane, and it is, but movements such as these would have qualified as significant news a year ago. Back then, the Saints left tackle spent many weeks on crutches until Thursday and was completely unsure of his status until hours before the game.
“There were weeks with not one pass set, not one run step,” Armstead said. “I wouldn’t touch the field until Sunday morning. I would work out before the game, and if I could jog, I would play.”
Instead of working his technique, Armstead would spend his weeks watching film, attending meetings and hanging out in the training room, where the staff worked to get the swelling out of his leg. The goal was to make sure he could jog when he tested his hip on Sundays. And if that was successful, those games are when Armstead would work on his technique since he wasn’t getting practice reps during the week. ...
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