Dennis Allen and the New Orleans Saints were without one of their biggest weapons during Sunday’s 15-12 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, and it showed. They badly missed Swiss army knife Taysom Hill after setting such a high scoring output the first two weeks.
The Saints knew they were facing a tough task in filling the void. Hill has a unique and versatile skillset that can’t exactly be replicated by any single player… or even group of players for that matter.
And not having him in the fold for next week’s road matchup against the Atlanta Falcons could make a world of difference. Fortunately for the Saints’ case moving forward, Allen offered an optimistic update on Hill in his postgame press conference Sunday.
“We ended up deciding to rule him out. I’m hopeful that he’ll be ready to go next week,” Allen said.
Hill was ruled out on the Week 3 injury report with a chest injury, which was reported by Jay Glazer of FOX Sports to be a bruised lung. Whether or not Hill takes the field when the Saints face the Falcons at Noon CT/1 p.m. ET in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday will be something to keep an eye on.
