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The New Orleans Saints are just plain banged up. Yes, they enter Week 6 of the National Football league like a college team pendant on the side of the road that just bulldozed by a passing 18-wheeler.
The list this week will include 11 Saints players including Quarterback Derek Carr who exited last week’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs with an oblique injury. QB Spencer Rattle, who the saints drafted earlier this year in the 5th round, will start Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his place. Tampa, whom arrived early this week in New Orleans to escape the havoc of Hurricane Milton; Prayers for Tampa and the surrounding region; sit a top the division right now tied with the Atlanta Falcons and look to take over first against this vulnerable Saints squad.
Also on the list once again is gadget guy Taysom Hill with his rib injury, Alvin Kamara with his hip, and Pete Warner with his hamstring. Center Caesar Ruiz is another big asset whose loss can prove to tip the balance on the line and make life for the QB a little more difficult. Although Landon Young has experience with three years and 39 games under his belt in the National Football league. Shane Lemeaux’s start was short lived as he is on IR already, and it is unspecified whether Rashid Shaheed will suit up after diagnosed with a hip injury athough he was limited in both Thursday and Friday’s practices.
Despite the short week this week and another short week coming up for the black and gold leading up to Sean Payton’s return to the dome next week with the Denver Broncos, the Saints remain positive going forward and make no excuses. HC Dennis Allen saying, “It’s tough, but at the same time that’s been our focus and what we’ve preached this week.”
After all, you play the schedule you’re dealt. Now is the time we will truly see what the 2024 Saints are made of in the face of one of the largest stretches of adversity in recent years. Who Dat and Go Saints.
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