underwent surgery to repair a finger injury on Sept. 1. At the time, it was believed the new tight end would be ready for action after a month.We'll hit that month marker on Thursday, but Thomas has yet to be cleared for football Nico Hoerner Jersey activities. This perhaps can be seen as a cause for concern regarding Jacksonville's big free-agent acquisition, but Thomas isn't ringing any alarm bells."The good news is, no bad news," Ernie Banks Jersey Thomas said Wednesday, The Florida Times-Union. "But no dates (to return), no nothing. Just waiting to get cleared."Thomas had his latest check-up on the finger earlier this week. There is virtually no chance we see him in Week 4 against the , but the tight end believes he's close to returning. He has been taking part in limited individual workouts for two weeks."I'm hoping I Ron Santo Jersey get a text in the middle of the night (saying), 'You're cleared,' and the next day, I'm ready to go," he said. "I don't want to speculate to get everybody too excited, Billy Williams Jersey myself included. I want to wait and when I find out, you'll see me pulling that helmet down and running around."Thomas has a positive outlook, but this is not the October subplot the envisioned when they gave the tight end a five-year, $46 million deal in March. The are averaging just 16.3 points per game through Kyle Hendricks Jersey Week 3, which ranks 29th in the NFL.