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Big Isle briefs: Saints upbeat about Unger

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The New Orleans Saints are optimistic that the foot injury that forced veteran center Max Unger to undergo surgery will be healed in time for the regular season, contrary to the national reports that first broke news of the injury, Tribune News Service reported earlier in the week.

Unger’s condition came as no surprise to the Saints.

When the 2016 season ended, Unger, a Hawaii Prep graduate from Kailua-Kona, underwent an x-ray to determine the extent of the injury that forced him to miss one game last season.

“He had a little bit of a space there, where you would call the Lisfranc,” Saints coach Sean Payton said last Saturday at the team’s rookie minicamp.