Saints DE Payton Turner 'probably' needs foot 外科, coach Dennis Allen says
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - New Orleans Saints 防御の end Payton Turner, who left Sunday's season-開始 victory over Tennessee with a foot 傷害, "probably" needs 外科 that could sideline him for an 延長するd period, coach Dennis Allen said Monday.
Turner, a 2021 first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 choice out of Houston, struggled with 傷害s during his first two seasons, when he appeared in a total of 13 games 連合させるd.
Last season, he 展示（する）d 可能性のある in the eight games he played, getting two 解雇（する）s and five 取り組むs for loss to go with a 封鎖するd 可能性のある game-winning field goal.
"It's unfortunate for Payton because I thought he was doing some good things 早期に on in the game and he had a nice training （軍の）野営地，陣営," Allen said, 公式文書，認めるing that the turf toe-type 傷害 happened on what looked like an innocuous play on ビデオ.
"The 利益／興味ing thing, when you watch the play, there wasn't anything 重要な where you say, 'I see where that occurred," Allen lamented.
Allen compared Turner's 傷害 to one left 取り組む Trevor Penning had in a preseason game last year. Penning 負傷させる up 存在 sidelined almost three months.
New Orleans Saints 防御の end Payton Turner, second from left, 圧力s Tennessee 巨人s quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Turner did not start the opener, but was a 目だつ reserve behind ends Cameron Jordan and Carl Granderson. He 補助装置d on one 取り組む in the game.
Saints 新人 防御の end Isaiah Foskey, a second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 choice out of Notre Dame, was inactive for the season opener, but now could be thrust into a more 正規の／正選手 役割 if he 答える／応じるs 井戸／弁護士席 to an 適切な時期 to play more, Allen said.
"I definitely think an 適切な時期's opened up for him," Allen said. "We'll see what we feel like is the best move for our team.
"He's still a guy that needs some 開発 and yet I saw a lot of 改良 from 早期に in training （軍の）野営地，陣営 all the way through the last preseason game," Allen 追加するd. "It probably just 加速するd the curve a little bit."
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