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Saints announce inactive players for Week 18 vs. Falcons

Saints announce inactive players for Week 18 vs. Falcons

The New Orleans Saints walked into the season finale with the Atlanta Falcons carrying a lot of question marks in the health department. Literally, the Saints had seven players designated questionable.

Safety Lonnie Johnson and right tackle Landon Young were already ruled out. Johnson’s absence eats at the secondary depth. Young’s injury forced the Saints to go to their third-string right tackle Cameron Erving. On a positive note, defensive Payton Turner is returning from injured reserve.

However, star running b ack Alvin Kamara will not play while dealing with an ankle injury.

These players will be inactive in the season finale:

No surprises on New Orleans Saints inactive list for Week 17 vs. Bucs

There are no surprises on New Orleans Saints inactive list for Week 17’s game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

There are no surprises on New Orleans Saints inactive list for Week 17’s game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: rookie draft picks Isaiah Foskey and Kendre Miller are unavailable due to injury, and backup quarterback Jake Haener is a healthy scratch again.

Right tackle Ryan Ramczyk, who was ruled out with an injury, has been put on injured reserve which will likely end his season (barring a big Saints playoff push). Veteran safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. was also ruled out due to injury. Running back Alvin Kamara and punter Lou Hedley, both questionable with illness, are officially active.

Here’s the full list of Saints inactives for Week 17:

  • DB Lonnie Johnson (injury)
  • RB Kendre Miller (injury)
  • DE Isaiah Foskey (injury)
  • QB Jake Haener
  • CB Cameron Dantzler
  • LB Monty Rice

And here’s the list of inactive Buccaneers:

  • CB Carlton Davis (injury)
  • OLB Shaq Barrett (injury)
  • TE Ko Kieft (injury)
  • LB J.J. Russell
  • DL Deadrin Senat
  • OL Brandon Walton
  • QB John Wolford (designated as QB3)

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Packers without rookie WR Jayden Reed vs. Panthers

The Packers won’t have rookie receiver Jayden Reed for Week 16 against the Carolina Panthers. He’s inactive, along with Christian Watson, Darnell Savage and De’Vondre Campbell.

Green Bay Packers rookie receiver Jayden Reed is inactive against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday due to toe and chest injuries. Reed, a second-round pick in the 2023 draft, will miss his first career game.

Reed joins Christian Watson as the two starting receivers for the Packers who are inactive against the Panthers. Jordan Love and Matt LaFleur will roll with Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Malik Heath, Samori Toure and Bo Melton at receiver on Sunday.

Reed leads the team with 54 catches and eight total touchdowns in 2023.

The Packers do have cornerback Jaire Alexander and running back A.J. Dillon available. Alexander is returning after missing six games with a shoulder injury, while Dillon missed last week with a broken thumb. Both were questionable to play.

Defensive lineman T.J. Slaton is also active and will play through a knee injury.

Other inactives include cornerback Robert Rochell and offensive tackle Caleb Jones, who both dealt with injuries during the week, and rookie edge rusher Brenton Cox Jr, a healthy scratch.

The Packers’ inactives:

WR Christian Watson
WR Jayden Reed
S Darnell Savage
LB De’Vondre Campbell
OLB Brenton Cox Jr.
CB Robert Rochell
OT Caleb Jones

The Packers need to win in Carolina to keep their playoff hopes alive over the final two games. It’s possible Reed, Watson and even tight end Luke Musgrave could be available for the Packers come next Sunday night in Minnesota, but beating the Panthers while shorthanded at receiver is the task at hand in Week 16.

Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the Saints inactive list against the Rams

Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the Saints inactive list against the Rams. Fans will have to wait another week to see the rookie running back again:

This is tough. Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the New Orleans Saints inactive list going into Thursday night’s game with the Los Angeles Rams; he had missed the last five games recovering from an ankle injury, but practiced this week, and his coaches made it sound like he had a good chance to play in prime time. NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill first broke the bad news.

Instead, fans will have to wait another week to see the rookie running back again. It’s been a very disappointing season for Miller after he missed most of the offseason program recovering from a college knee injury while talking himself up as someone who could do everything Alvin Kamara can do. Hopefully he can make good on that promise after returning to full health.

Here is the full inactive list from both teams:

Saints inactive players

  • DE Isaiah Foskey (injury)
  • S Lonnie Johnson (injury)
  • RT Ryan Ramczyk (injury)
  • RB Kendre Miller (injury)
  • QB Jake Haener
  • DB Cameron Dantzler Sr.
  • LB Monty Rice

Rams inactive players

  • DB Tre Tomlinson (injury)
  • RB Zach Evans
  • OLB Ochaun Mathis
  • OL Warren McClendon Jr.
  • DE Desjuan Johnson.

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Saints announce their list of inactive players for Week 14 vs. Panthers

The Saints announced their list of inactive players for Week 14’s game with the Panthers. The offense is looking awfully shorthanded:

The New Orleans Saints announced their list of inactive players for Week 14’s game with the Carolina Panthers, and their offense is looking awfully shorthanded. New Orleans’ best big-play threat (wide receiver Rashid Shaheed) is down with an injury, as is their most reliable scoring threat (quarterback Rashid Shaheed). The injury bug is biting them at the worst time.

Here are the inactives from the Saints:

  • DE Isaiah Foskey (injury)
  • RB Kendre Miller (injury)
  • WR Rashid Shaheed (injury)
  • QB Taysom Hill (injury)
  • DT P.J. Mustipher
  • LB Monty Rice
  • QB Jake Haener

And the inactive players from the Panthers:

  • DE DeShawn Williams (injury)
  • TE Hayden Hurst (injury)
  • WR Terrace Marshall Jr.
  • CB Shaquill Griffin
  • S Jammie Robinson
  • OLB Eku Leota
  • OT Ricky Lee

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Saints report inactive players for Week 13 vs. Lions

The Saints ruled four players out prior to the game. Who joins those four players on the inactive list for Week 13 versus the Lions?

Coming into the New Orleans Saints versus Detroit Lions Week 13 showdown, New Orleans had 9 players either limited or a DNP in practice at some point this week. Andrus Peat was also on the injury list with a shoulder injury despite being a full participant everyday. They already ruled out four players prior the game, with Marcus Maye, Kendre Miller, Rashid Shaheed and Pete Werner all being unavailable.

Cameron Jordan was among the four other players who were listed as questionable. Jordan was a game time decision, but he’ll play — and so will Blake Grupe.

Here are the Saints inactive players for Week 13:

Saints announce inactive players for Week 12 vs. Falcons

The Saints announced their list of inactive players for Week 12’s game with the Falcons. Jimmy Graham is benched for his fourth straight game:

The New Orleans Saints’ list of inactive players in Week 12 isn’t much different from the list we saw earlier this season — with the exception of two injured rookie draft picks. Here is who will not be suiting up for Sunday’s game with the Atlanta Falcons:

  • RB Kendre Miller (injury)
  • DE Isaiah Foskey (injury)
  • QB Jake Haener
  • OL Nick Saldiveri
  • TE Jimmy Graham
  • DE Kyle Phillips

And here are the inactive players for Atlanta:

  • WR Mack Hollins (inactive)
  • QB Logan Woodside (3rd QB)
  • CB Clark Phillips III
  • OL Jovaughn Gwyn
  • DL Travis Bell
  • TE John FitzPatrick
  • DL Joe Gaziano

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Saints announce inactive players for Week 10 vs. Vikings

The New Orleans Saints announced their list of inactive players for Week 10 versus Minnesota Vikings. Michael Thomas is going to play:

The New Orleans Saints announced their list of inactive players for Week 10’s game with the Minnesota Vikings, and wide receiver Michael Thomas is going to play. Thomas was arrested in his Kenner neighborhood Friday night but was booked and released without incident, and he traveled with the team to Minnesota. Look for him to start across from Chris Olave when the Saints have the ball on Sunday afternoon.

Here are the Saints players who will not be suiting up, including rookie draft picks Kendre Miller and Isaiah Foskey, both of whom are dealing with injuries:

  • RB Kendre Miller
  • DE Isaiah Foskey
  • QB Jake Haener
  • OL Nick Saldiveri
  • TE Jimmy Graham

He isn’t listed on the inactive list because he’s still on injured reserve, but Vikings all-star receiver Justin Jefferson won’t play either. Here are all of Minnesota’s inactive players on Sunday:

  • S Lewis Cine
  • QB Jaren Hall
  • WR K.J. Osborn
  • LB Brian Asamoah II
  • TE Nick Muse
  • T Hakeem Adeniji
  • DL Dean Lowry

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Saints’ draft-day trades have yet to pay off on game days

The Saints made a couple of trades during the 2023 NFL draft that have yet to pay off on game day. Several rookie draft picks are healthy scratches at midseason:

The New Orleans Saints made a couple of trades during the 2023 NFL draft that have yet to pay off on game day, with several rookie draft picks on the inactive report as healthy scratches at midseason: namely offensive lineman Nick Saldiveri and quarterback Jake Haener.

We should preface this by acknowledging that few draft picks, especially mid-rounders like Saldiveri and Haener, are expected to be big contributors. They’re here to watch and learn and develop into players who can help the team later on down the line. It’s a yearslong process for many young pros.

Still, it’s dispiriting to see the Saints invest so many resources in players and get so little in return during their rookie year. They moved up from No. 115 to No. 103 for Saldiveri, expecting a run on offensive linemen early in the fourth round, and he was the prospect they liked the most. It cost them the No. 165 pick (a fifth rounder) to make this move.

But Saldiveri has played just 18 snaps on offense and 19 snaps on special teams through four games; he’s otherwise been a healthy scratch. He started at right tackle during his entire college career at Old Dominion but the Saints have converted him to left guard, only to dress veterans on game day instead. How have the offensive linemen drafted right after Saldiveri performed?

  • Blake Freeland (No. 106 to the Indianapolis Colts) has started five of his seven games at both right tackle (219 snaps) and left tackle (130), totaling 349 snaps.
  • Jake Andrews (No. 107 to the New England Patriots) has been limited to special teams, playing 24 snaps across eight games.
  • Anthony Bradford (No. 108 to the Seattle Seahawks) has started four of his six games at right guard, logging 313 snaps.
  • Dawand Jones (No. 111 to the Cleveland Browns) has started six of his seven games at right tackle, seeing 465 snaps.

One offensive lineman picked after the Saints’ initial selection at No. 115, Sidy Sow (the No. 117 pick by the Patriots), has played 229 snaps across four starts in six games, all at right guard. Two others, Braeden Daniels (No. 118 to the Washington Commanders) and Carter Warren (No. 120 to the New York Jets) have been active for one game between the two of them, only playing special teams.

So the Saints correctly judged the way the board was breaking. But did they take the right player? Do they have the right plan for maximizing Saldiveri’s abilities so he can help the team? It’s a question worth asking when the offensive line has been a mess for most of the season and veterans like Cam Erving have been signed off the street to start at Saldiveri’s college position while the rookie is stuck watching games from the sidelines.

Ultimately this isn’t a big deal. Dressing Saldiveri as the eighth lineman on Sunday against the Chicago Bears instead of someone like Max Garcia or Landon Young isn’t going to dramatically shift the game plan or final result. But it’s not the best use of resources for a Saints team that pinches every penny and scrutinizes every decision when it comes to salary cap management. General manager Mickey Loomis plays fast and loose with draft picks, and it’s gotten him burned at times. Not getting more production out of the multiple picks invested in Saldiveri and Haener is disappointing.

But that’s not to say things can’t turn around. If Saldiveri develops into a starting-quality left guard when Andrus Peat or James Hurst leave in free agency over the next two offseasons and holds that spot down for years, no one will remember him spending his rookie year on the bench.

The same goes for Haener. If he can be a capable backup quarterback for a long time like Chase Daniel was, it’s not going to matter that the Saints effectively so much to get him (trading their 2024 fourth-round pick to move up from No. 227 in the seventh round to No. 127 in the fourth).

Team-building isn’t an easy process in the NFL, and it rarely goes smoothly. Player development is not a linear process. Hopefully both young pros can learn from their experienced teammates and make a positive impact later on down the road.

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Michael Thomas (illness) questionable vs. Colts in last-minute injury report update

The Saints say Michael Thomas (illness) is questionable against the Colts in a last-minute update to their Week 8 injury report:

he New Orleans Saints announced Saturday evening that wide receiver Michael Thomas was a last-minute addition to their injury report after coming down with an illness, and that he’s questionable to play in Week 8’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. Multiple Saints players and coaches have been dealing with an illness making its way through the facility this week.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that Thomas traveled to Indianapolis along with his nine teammates who were also questionable for the matchup, giving all of them a legitimate shot at suiting up on Sunday.

We’ll have to wait for the inactive list to be released 90 minutes prior to kickoff from Lucas Oil Stadium, but it’s a good sign that the Saints chose to not elevate anyone from their practice squad going into the game day. They must be optimistic that they’ll have all hands on deck.

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