New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas stared at his hands in disbelief, and his eyes looked a little wide as he walked back to the huddle on Sunday afternoon.
He was either shocked that he’d dropped a pass, after Taysom Hill threw one that sailed right through his hands in the second quarter of a 24-9 win against the Falcons, or he was checking to make sure they were still intact after the football zoomed through his fingers.
“I was really disappointed in myself on that drop,” the usually stoic Thomas said, before he started to grin. “Taysom has a fastball. … But that was a great ball. All of his passes today were great. On point. I could have caught them all. And that was 100 percent on me, but we executed and moved on.”
Thomas’ surprise on Sunday somewhat mirrored what many people were thinking prior to Hill’s first start. The only people who truly knew what to expect from Hill were those making the…
