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The New Orleans Saints will hold wide receiver Michael Thomas out of Sunday’s matchup with the Carolina Panthers as he continues to recover from a midweek hamstring injury, in addition to backup guard Nick Easton (who is still dealing with a concussion suffered nearly two weeks ago). The Saints are also without starting wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who entered the NFL COVID-19 protocol after recording a positive test result.

It’s less than ideal. Reserve cornerback Ken Crawley is ruled out after being in close contact with Sanders during practice on Thursday, and backup receiver Bennie Fowler is landing on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.

The full, final injury report for Week 7:

From the Saints

Player, injury	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Game status
CB Janoris Jenkins, shoulder	Full	Full	Full
WR Deonte Harris, hamstring	Full	Full	Full
CB Justin Hardee, hamstring	Limited	Limited	Limited
WR Michael Thomas, ankle/hamstring	Limited	DNP	DNP	Out
T Terron Armstead, hand	DNP	Limited	Limited
G Nick Easton, concussion	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
WR Bennie Fowler, shoulder	DNP	DNP	DNP	Injured reserve
S J.T. Gray, hamstring	DNP	Limited	Limited	Questionable
WR Emmanuel Sanders, not injury related			DNP	COVID-19 reserve
CB Ken Crawley, not injury related			DNP	COVID-19 reserve

From the Panthers

Player, injury	Wed	Thu	Fri	Game status
WR Curtis Samuel, knee	Limited	Limited	Limited	Questionable
DT Zach Kerr, toe	Limited	Limited	Full
CB Donte Jackson, toe	Limited	Limited	Limited	Questionable
G John Miller, ankle	Limited	DNP	DNP	Questionable
CB Eli Apple, hamstring	Full	Full	Full	Questionable
RB Mike Davis, ankle	Full	Full	Full
RB Trendon Cannon, neck	Full	Full	Full
CB Rasul Douglas, not injury related		DNP	DNP	COVID-19 reserve
K Joey Slye, not injury related			Full
T Trent Scott, not injury related			Full

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