ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Football Team safety Landon Collins heard the timetable doctors gave him for his recovery from a torn Achilles tendon in October 2020. He just didn't listen. They said it would take nine to 12 months. He said he would come back sooner.
Seven months later, he was running drills with the team in the spring. Two months after that, he was in training camp taking every rep, looking like a guy with something to prove.
Collins, entering the third year of a six-year contract, says there's a reason he didn't take a day off during his rehab; why he made sure not to come back overweight and put added stress on his Achilles; why he had a trainer with him always.