The New Orleans Saints practiced outside on Thursday in preparation for Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field — with speakers pumping in crowd noise to simulate the thunderous Green Bay Packers home crowd.
Just one Saints player wasn’t spotted at practice during the period of stretching open to the media: running back Jamaal Williams, who is dealing with a hamstring injury that may sideline him for some time.
Buy Saints TicketsAttendance was a larger issue for Green Bay. The Packers welcomed star running back Aaron Jones back to practice, but they’re managing knee injuries to starting offensive linemen David Bakhtiari and Elgton Jenkins as well as several other starters. Here’s what we learned from each team’s updated injury report on Thursday, with changes marked in bold text:
Green Bay Packers injury report
- LT David Bakhtiari (knee): Did not participate
- LG Elgton Jenkins (knee): Did not participate
- WR Christian Watson (hamstring): DNP
- S Zayne Anderson (hamstring): DNP
- RB Aaron Jones (hamstring): Limited
- OLB Rashan Gary (knee): Limited
- OLB Lukas Van Ness (elbow): Limited
- P Daniel Whelan (finger): Full
New Orleans Saints injury report
- TE Foster Moreau (ankle): Limited
- RB Jamaal Williams (hamstring): Did not participate
- QB Taysom Hill (knee): Full
- RB Kendre Miller (hamstring): Full
- S Ugo Amadi (knee): Limited