Jordyn Tyson’s hamstring issue has already taken some of the shine off his rookie buzz, but one Saints voice thinks fans may be overreacting to the setback.
TJay Jones, the host of State of The Saints podcast, pointed to a familiar name when he made his case on social media: "I can remember back in 2014 a WR named Odell Beckham Jr missed most of training camp and the first 4 games of the season with a hamstring injury. He went on to become offensive rookie of the year and one of the best receivers in the game.
Thats what I think of the Jordyn Tyson injury. He has his whole career ahead of him."
The point of the comparison was simple. Jones sees Tyson’s current injury as something that shouldn’t define the player, because there’s still plenty of time for his career to take off. Beckham’s story, at least in that rookie year, offers the kind of upside that can calm nerves around Tyson’s situation.
For Saints fans, that’s the part worth holding onto. Tyson had spent the offseason rehabbing, then came out of the gate in training camp and got people believing again. His hamstring injury quickly slammed the brakes on that momentum, and the old questions about his college injury history and durability came right back into the conversation.
Still, the Beckham example gives New Orleans a clear best-case picture. Beckham missed the first month in 2014, then returned and immediately played like one of the league’s top wideouts. His 108.8 yards per game led the league, and he finished the season on a surge, topping 130 receiving yards and scoring a touchdown in each of his last four games and in five of the Giants’ final six.
Even after a slower start, Beckham never dipped below 90 yards in any of the first three games after he returned. That’s the kind of rookie run that would make Tyson’s injury fade fast in the minds of Saints fans.
If Tyson can come anywhere close to that kind of production, he wouldn’t just ease concerns - he’d put real pressure on Chris Olave for the top spot at receiver in his first year. That would give the Saints a pair of wideouts that could rank among the league’s best.
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