It’s been nearly a week since the Saints took that wet and wild trip to a water park that left two players injured. Now starting Saints Linebacker Scott Fujita is ending “water-gate” so to speak and revealing how he ended up with a heel injury that forced him to miss the team’s preseason game.
Fujita fessed up in an interview with S.I.’s Peter King:

“So there was a lot of talk about who could beat the great champion Scott Fujita on the water slide. There was a lot of trash-talking back and forth, just good, fun team stuff. When it was time for me to go, I really had a good slide going, and the slide wasn’t long enough. I probably went 20 feet further than the end of it and slammed feet first into some 2-by-4s. Luckily, my foot went right through it because I was going so fast. Who knows how bad the injury would have been if the wood didn’t break.
“So I go crashing through the fencing, and there’s just silence for a few seconds. I was OK, but a few seconds later, my foot was throbbing. It turns out I hurt my plantar fascia in my right heel. And right now, still, I’m having trouble putting my full weight on the heel.”

Fujita is expected to make his triumphant return within a few days.
The Chicks’ recommendation: Save that competitive edge for the field.
And to Coach Payton, how ’bout we opt for a more low key team bonding experience. A day of beer and porn on the couch ain’t never hurt nobody!