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Rashid Shaheed Injury Update: Saints' All-Pro Returner, Starting WR Could Miss Time

Rashid Shaheed has a knee injury that's concerning.

John Hendrix

Oct 13, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) returns a punt for a touchdown during the second quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
Oct 13, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (22) returns a punt for a touchdown during the second quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images / Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
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It just goes from bad to worse for the Saints. Their initial injury report had 17 players listed on it for Thursday night's game against the Broncos, and one particular injury is concerning. NewOrleans.Football's Nick Underhill is reporting that Rashid Shaheed's knee injury could force him to miss some time.

"Rashid Shaheed is getting his knee checked for severity of injury after getting hurt in the fourth quarter. There's some concern he could miss time but will know more after checks, per source."

Shaheed had the big punt return for a touchdown and logged a good bit of snaps with Chris Olave going down with a concussion. He was targeted 7 times on the day, hauling in just 1 catch for 11 yards. Olave is in the protocol, and there's a real chance New Orleans won't have their starting two wide receivers when they play Denver. Equanimeous St. Brown, Kevin Austin Jr. and Jermaine Jackson are options on the practice squad.

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John Hendrix
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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