Injuries have forced New Orleans Saints wide receiver Cameron Meredith to learn to be patient. His breakout 2016 season was squandered by a torn ACL in 2017, and a tense restricted free agency period that saw him land in New Orleans was slowed by a difficult oblique muscle.
So Meredith has had to wait on the sidelines, waiting for trainers to clear him to play, while competitors like Austin Carr and Ted Ginn Jr. worked to earn trust from quarterback Drew Brees. Meredith’s road has had some bumps along the way, meaning he started the regular season without as refined a sense of timing and rhythm with his quarterback as others.