Saints WR Marques Colston Says He's Healthy Again

[Sweets]

Two years ago, Marques Colston was a little-known seventh-round draft pick struggling just to get through minicamp with the New Orleans Saints. Now the No. 1 receiver in one of the NFL's more productive offenses, he says he's done what he wanted to in the offseason. "My main goal was just to get healthy again," Colston said between practices Saturday. "I feel like I did a pretty good job with that. I get a chance to use this minicamp and the rest of these (offseason workouts) to kind of fine-tune some things as far as football goes." During the offseason, Colston had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and surgery on his left hand to remove bone spurs resulting from an injury sustained in the regular-season finale. Despite playing with the sore knee from training camp on, he caught 98 passes for 1,202 yards and 11 touchdowns. In 2006, Colston improved his conditioning significantly from his first two minicamps until his first training camp and went on to become the most productive rookie receiver in Saints history, grabbing 70 passes for 1,038 yards, and eight touchdowns. Meanwhile, the Saints rolled to a 10-6 record, an NFC South Division title, and a trip to the NFC Championship game. Last season, the Saints slipped to a 7-9 record, but the offense remained among the elite in the NFL. New Orleans, which was first in passing yards and total yards in 2006, finished third in passing yards and fourth in total yards last season. "Obviously Marques is a big part of what we do," quarterback Drew Brees said. "I feel like I have a great relationship with Marques. The last two years he's a made a lot of big plays. I feel like he continues to develop.

Source: NFL.com

[cruzg24]

I believe he's going to be a top 5 receiver when this year is done. He's healthy, has a great QB to throw it to him, and the saints O-line is good enough to let Drew wreck other defenses. Expect great things from him...

[nyG]

All of Hofstra is always rooting for ya Marques!