Then added: "When the ball kicks off for real, Michael Thomas is going to be ready to go, and we're excited about that."
The now 29-year-old Thomas continues to rehab the injured ankle that forced him to miss the entire 2021 season and most of the previous season. Beat writer Nick Underhill says that in camp Thomas looks like he did in 2019. Drafting Thomas requires a leap of faith, but he’s going off the board as the WR29 in the sixth round, which seems like a steal for a player who racked up 149 catches for 1,725 yards and nine touchdowns as recently as 2019. However, he also carries a lot of risk since he hasn’t played football since December of 2020 and is getting a little long in the tooth.