The New Orleans Saints listed 13 players on Week 10’s first injury report for Sunday’s game with the Atlanta Falcons, which has been a pattern for them in recent years. Double-digit players on the weekly injury report has become a norm, and it’s led to changes at practice with an extended warmup “activation period” to try and curtail soft-tissue injuries. But who is banged up this week?
For now, the focus is on the four players in that group who didn’t practice to start the week. That includes wide receivers Chris Olave (concussion) and Cedrick Wilson Jr. (shoulder) as well as cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry (hamstring) and left guard Lucas Patrick (ankle).
Just two players didn’t practice for Atlanta on Wednesday, both linebackers: JD Bertrand (concussion) and Matthew Judon (illness). But the Falcons nine players on their first injury report in total so it isn’t like they’re at full health, either.
