Another bonus pop with more bad news, Michael Thomas going to miss some weeks to start

the season after having ankle surgery in June.

Adam Azer and Jamie Eisenberg here reacting quickly to this news.

We don't have a definitive timetable yet, but you're about to hear where Jamie's putting

Michael Thomas in his rankings.

We're expecting an extended absence as of right now, as of Friday, July 23rd.

Jamie, is Michael Thomas still the first Saints wide receiver you are drafting?

It's a great question.

Yes, he still will be the first Saints wide receiver I'm drafting.

First off, when you tweet out the link for this, don't sound excited because you got some

slack for a sound to do.

Too happy, apparently, about can makers being injured, which was totally crap.

I think, look, it sucks, obviously, it sucks that it sounds like he's going to be out.

So the surgery was in June and there's a four-month timetable of cornstantifal network.

So if you look at it, they're by as week six.

They play the Seahawks in week seven, then they have a two game turnaround against the

bucks and the Falcons in weeks eight and nine.

So two huge divisional games.

That seems to be the window where he's probably going to return, which puts us near the end

of October beginning of November.

If we don't have any definitive answers until then, this is a guy that you're going to

have to draft with significant risk because we have the quarterback situation and the concerns

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