Saints S Darren Sharper Won’t Be 100% By Training Camp

Other than the vicodin scandal, the revelation that Darren Sharper had microfracture surgery is the biggest topic surrounding the Saints.

So of course Sean Payton addressed that issue and Sharper’s timeline for recovery.

“I think from all the feedback we have gotten and in staying in touch with the doctors, it’s probably closer to somewhere in the middle (between a microfracture surgery and a simple scope),” Payton said. “It wasn’t as significant as (a full-blown microfracture), but there still was a little bit of that procedure, and I think it’s just gonna require a little bit of a longer rehab, which is what he’s doing now. He was in town this past week after he signed, rehabbing and working out, and he’ll continue to do that and get himself ready. I think a realistic framework of when we’d expect him to be out practicing would be that training camp date as opposed to the minicamps.”

So he won’t be around fully for the offseason OTAs and minicamps that last until mid-June. Training camp starts in early August, which is about three months away. The surgery reportedly took place in March.

Check out the full transcript over at Canal Street Chronicles.