This isn’t good. The New Orleans Saints practiced on Thursday again without their best player. Star running back Alvin Kamara (illness) was still a non-participant on the injury report ahead of Week 15’s game with the Washington Commanders.
Now, Kamara is only dealing with an undisclosed illness, so this could be something as minor as the flu. But it’s worth watching for changes to his status closely in the days ahead. At the same time, if there’s a player on the roster who could walk onto the field Sunday afternoon without having taken a single practice rep, it’s him.
The only change to the injury report was the Saints downgrading rookie wide receiver Bub Means (ankle) from limited reps to non-participation. He’s still on injured reserve with another week of eligibility remaining to get the green light to play, but this is two weeks now we’ve seen him test that ankle and then have to scale back on the days that followed.
Here’s what we learned from both teams:
