The New Orleans Saints are once again the more injured team entering the game. The Kansas City Chiefs, however, enter the game without Rashee Rice. That is the biggest loss to the Chiefs. The Saints, on the other hand, already ruled out seven players before the game.
The Saints will have to take on Chiefs defensive tackle without two-thirds of their interior offensive line. Cesar Ruiz will miss his second consecutive game, and Erik McCoy is on injured reserve. To make matters worse, Shane Lemieux started at center last week and is already on injured reserve himself.
Demario Davis returning is the best injury news the Saints have received, but it came at the price of losing Pete Werner and Willie Gay.
Here is the full list of inactive players for the Week 5 game versus the Chiefs:
New Orleans Saints inactive players:
- G Cesar Ruiz (knee)
- LB Pete Werner (hamstring)
- LB Willie Gay (hand)
- DE Payton Turner (knee)
- TE Taysom Hill (rib)
- DT Khristian Boyd
- QB Spencer Rattler (emergency third quarterback)
Kansas City Chiefs inactive players:
- OL C.J. Hanson
- OT Ethan Driskell
- DT Marlon Tuipulotu
- DEE Cameron Thomas
