Well that is less than ideal. New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore is set to miss his ninth game of the season on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Lattimore suffered a severe injury trying to make a play over the top of a Seattle Seahawks touchdown all the way back in Week 5. He suffered a lacerated kidney, an internal injury which is much harder to monitor than something like a sprain or even a bone break.
Co-defensive coordinator Kris Richard mentioned to New Orleans media on Thursday that the injury is one “as tolerated.” Meaning there is no hard dataset that says “Lattimore’s ready to go.” Instead, it will be all about how he can tolerate the pain and contact. Richard has also said they don’t want Lattimore’s first live contact to come in a game. He needs to work up to it in practice. He’s been a limited participant in each of the last three weeks.
