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Injury Crisis for Saints: Four Players Out for Broncos Showdown!

Four Saints were ruled out for the Broncos game, while two are questionable.

John Hendrix

Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) celebrates with wide receiver Chris Olave (12) after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) celebrates with wide receiver Chris Olave (12) after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images / Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
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The Saints ruled out four players ahead of Thursday night's meeting with the Broncos, but they're big ones. Here's at look at Week 7's final injury report for New Orleans, as they try to go into their mini-bye on a high note and improve to 3-4.

Week 7 Saints Final Injury Report

The Saints will be without their two wide receivers
Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) celebrates with wide receiver Chris Olave (12) after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images / Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

OUT

  • Cesar Ruiz (knee)
  • Pete Werner (hamstring)
  • Rashid Shaheed (knee)
  • Chris Olave (concussion)

DOUBTFUL

  • Derek Carr (oblique)
  • Taysom Hill (rib)

QUESTIONABLE

  • Lucas Patrick (chest)
  • Khalen Saunders (back)

For starters, Taysom Hill was a limited participant of practice on Wednesday and was ruled as doubtful in Dennis Allen's press conference. He is hopeful to get him back for the Chargers game at the end of the month. It's somewhat interesting that Derek Carr is doubtful instead of being ruled out. We'll see if that is a emergency third QB situation or not, but that would be something.

We previously reported on Shaheed and Olave's status going into the game. Payton Turner (knee), Alvin Kamara (hand), Nathan Shepherd (groin), J.T. Gray (calf), Alontae Taylor (shoulder), Cedrick Wilson Jr. (ankle), Carl Granderson (neck), Tyrann Mathieu (forearm), Willie Gay Jr. (hand) and Bub Means (hand) do not carry any game designations for Week 7. Kamara, Shepherd, Taylor and Turner were all limited on Wednesday.

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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

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