Dannell Ellerbe is tired of setbacks.
Ellerbe arrived in New Orleans hoping for a fresh start after his big-money opportunity in Miami was derailed by a devastating hip injury in 2014, but a series of injuries — turf toe that robbed him of training camp and the first three games, another hip injury that made him a spotty play in the season’s second half — limited the veteran to just six games in his first season with the Saints.
Now 30 years old, Ellerbe badly needs to stay out of the training room and on the field.