Week 2: Saints Inactives

A look at who's in and who's out for the Saints in Week 2.

John Hendrix | Sep 21, 2020

The New Orleans Saints are just about ready to matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders in the inaugural game in Allegiant Stadium to close out Week 2. Here's a look at who's in and who's out for Monday Night Football.

WR Michael Thomas (ankle)
DE Marcus Davenport (elbow)
LB Chase Hansen (hip)
DB D.J. Swearinger
DT Shy Tuttle
RB Dwayne Washington
OL Will Clapp

Three Saints (Thomas, Davenport, Hansen) were ruled out on Saturday's final injury report. The Saints promoted Bennie Fowler and Margus Hunt from the practice squad for a second week in a row. Rookies Cesar Ruiz, Marquez Callaway, and Zack Baun officially make their rookie debuts, while P.J. Williams suits up for his first game of the season after missing last week.

The New Orleans offense will certainly have its work cut out for them without Michael Thomas, but a lot of others will have to step up and make up for him being out fo the lineup. Despite a rough outing the first week, this is a team that still put up 34 points. Ty Montgomery, Jared Cook, Taysom Hill, Alvin Kamara, Latavius Murray, Emmanuel Sanders, and Tre'Quan Smith are all big targets for Drew Brees tonight.

We're less than 90 minutes away from kickoff. Be sure to check out our pregame report from earlier today.

Published Sep 21, 2020

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net