Juwan Johnson made his New Orleans Saints training camp debut on Tuesday. Last time we saw Johnson was in minicamp before going down with a foot injury.
He was asked after practice how he felt, to which Johnson replied, “I would like to say I’m 100 (percent).” The operative words here are “‘I would like to say.’”
Sometimes players feel ready to go mentally before they’re actually ready to go physically, and Johnson understands that his perception may not be reality on his health. Dennis Allen has already made it clear that while Johnson is back at practice, but the Saints will ease him back into his usual workload.
While Johnson felt great, the medical team had to real him in at certain points in his recovery. He continued, “They’ve been really patient. I’ve been pushing the envelope a little bit, a little too much to be honest.”
His pushing the envelope was evident. WWL’s Jeff Nowak praised how crisp Johnson looked. It wouldn’t be shocking if Johnson felt he could have returned even earlier. He chalked his return date up to him not being meant to practice in California. Now that the team is back in Louisiana, he’s working to get up to speed.
