Malcolm Jenkins avoided drinking much water before his first Saints practice, hoping that would help him make his mandated training camp weight of 205 pounds. The 6-foot rookie weighed in at 204, but whatever relief that small triumph provided soon gave way to the distress of heat exhaustion. Not long into practice, trainers took Jenkins aside, pulled his shoulder pads off and poured water over him to cool him down. “I had to sit out for a little bit and get used to the heat and everything, and the pads, but I got back in there and finished practice,†Jenkins said Monday, joking that he might have lost 10 more pounds during practice. “I’ve been down here and working out over at Tulane in the heat, trying to simulate things, but coming out the first day and throwing on the pads and helmet with a visor and everything, that adds another element to it,†Jenkins said. “It’s something I’ll have to get used to.†Source: The Sun Herald
