Patience isn’t exactly ’ strength, likely because it rarely has had to be.
But the defensive end already understands that he won’t play a regular-season down for the New Orleans Saints this season, no matter what he has done in minicamp, or will do in training camp and practice this year.
The short-game approach won’t work for him.
Instead, he’s part of an NFL roster twist this season for the four NFC South Division teams. The Saints, Falcons, Panthers and Buccaneers each will be able to carry an additional overseas player on their practice squads during the 2017 season as part of a new International Player Pathway program.