Several Saints starters return to practice, but some preseason standouts exit with injuries

Several Saints starters returned to practice on Tuesday, but some preseason standouts exited with injuries:

Tuesday’s New Orleans Saints practice session was a mixed bag. The team held a brief practice session after a late-night flight back home following their preseason game with the Los Angeles Chargers. We’ve got good news and bad news.

Let’s start with the positives: multiple starters who have been sidelined by injuries returned to work Tuesday, including star linebacker Demario Davis. Now the negatives. Several fan-favorite standouts from the preseason games either missed practice altogether or had to leave early with injuries of their own — including multiple groin injuries. These soft-tissue injuries have been a point of emphasis for the medical training staff in recent years, so it’s odd that the Saints are dealing with so many of them at once so late in the offseason.

Here’s the latest on each player at Tuesday’s practice session: