The New Orleans Saints shared another long injury report before this week’s Thursday night game with the Denver Broncos, but it wasn’t all bad news. There’s a welcome update on of their best players. Taysom Hill (rib) is progressing well after missing the last two games with a fractured rib, having also dealt with a bruised lung earlier this season. He would have been a limited participant had the team practiced at full speed on Monday.
But because it’s a short week, the Saints only held a walkthrough, so the injury report is sharing estimations rather than real participation updates. And the training staff still needed to attend to 17 different players. Whether that means simply taping up a sore ankle or helping them through a three-week rehab program, it’s still a heavy workload. Certainly heavier than should be necessary at this point in the season.
We’ll get a better idea about everyone’s status after practice on Tuesday, but here’s the latest on everyone from Rashid Shaheed and Pete Werner (who wouldn’t have practiced) to Payton Turner and Alvin Kamara (who would’ve been limited) as well as Tyrann Mathieu and Willie Gay Jr. (who would’ve been full-go):
