Here’s the first New Orleans Saints injury report for their regular season finale with the Carolina Panthers in Week 18. The Saints listed six players as non-participants in Wednesday’s practice session due to injuries (cornerback Paulson Adebo, left tackle James Hurst, tight end Juwan Johnson, safety Marcus Maye, and left guard Andrus Peat) and illness (running back Dwayne Washington), with four others limited at the week’s first day of work. Washington was placed on injured reserve after missing most of the last month with cluster migraines, ending his season.
Additionally, Adebo told reporters Wednesday that the team has already chosen to rest him for Sunday’s game out of an abundance of caution. He has a history of ankle and leg injuries so it makes sense to be cautious with him in a game without playoff implications. This is an opportunity for rookie corner Alontae Taylor to put a full game’s worth of tape on his resume, strengthening his case for a starting job in 2023.
Here’s the full Saints injury report from Wednesday:
Carolina Panthers injury report
| Player | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game Status |
| DT Matthew Ioannidis (back) | DNP | |||
| LB Chandler Wooten (ankle) | DNP | |||
| RT Taylor Moton (rest) | DNP | |||
| TE Stephen Sullivan (elbow) | Limited | |||
| LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe (hamstring) | Limited | |||
| TE Ian Thomas (personal) | DNP |
New Orleans Saints injury report
| Player | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game Status |
| CB Paulson Adebo (hamstring) | DNP | Out | ||
| S Justin Evans (shoulder) | Limited | |||
| LB Chase Hansen (knee) | Limited | |||
| TE Taysom Hill (back) | Limited | |||
| LT James Hurst (foot) | DNP | |||
| TE Juwan Johnson (quadricep) | DNP | |||
| S Marcus Maye (shoulder) | DNP | |||
| RT Ryan Ramczyk (hip/rest) | DNP | |||
| LG Andrus Peat (ankle) | DNP | |||
| LB Ty Summers (oblique) | Limited | |||
| RB Dwayne Washington (illness) | DNP | Out (IR) |
