The New Orleans Saints will have a pair of new pieces taking over key roles on the offensive line in their Week 10 matchup with the Panthers.
Taliese Fuaga (ankle) is the lone player ruled out for Week 10, but they'll also be replacing Trevor Penning at right guard, who was traded to the Chargers ahead of the deadline. Veteran Dillon Radunz will take over at left guard, while Asim Richards will step in at right tackle, as he did in Week 3 against the Seahawks.
“That group has got a great opportunity here for them collectively, individually. It’ll be a great game," head coach Kellen Moore said. "It’s all about physicality, playing a physical game and then communicating at a really high level and those guys have worked all week on that process and so I feel good about that."
Here's how the Saints injury report broke down on Friday:
LP = limited participation; FP = full participation; DNP = did not participate
- RT Taliese Fuaga (ankle): DNP | DNP | DNP - out
- RB Alvin Kamara (ankle): LP | LP | LP - questionable
- TE Jack Stoll (ankle): LP | LP | LP - questionable
- QB Taysom Hill (knee): FP | FP | FP
- DE Cam Jordan (ankle): FP | FP | FP
- OT Barry Wesley (hip): FP | FP | FP - questionable
- DE Jonah Williams (shoulder): FP | FP | FP - questionable
- DT Davon Godchaux (NIR-rest): n/a | DNP | FP
- DT Bryan Bresee (back): n/a | LP | LP - questionable
The biggest question will be for Bresee, who was added to the injury report midweek but is trending toward playing. His status will come down to Sunday. Stoll's status is also one to watch, considering his ankle injury suffered against the Rams. Kamara has been managing an ankle injury for the better part of the season, but is yet to miss a game. Wesley is still not activated to the active roster from IR, but the team could still opt to do that ahead of Sunday.
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The Panthers have a big question mark of their own for the matchup, with rookie WR Tetairoa McMillan added to the injury report on Friday with a hamstring issue. McMillan, a top pick in the 2024 draft, is the team's leading receiver on the year with 41 catches for 558 yards and two touchdowns.
Panthers RB Rico Dowdle and DT Derrick Brown were both upgraded to full on Friday and are expected to play after being limited early in the week.
Here's how the rest of the injury report broke down for Carolina:
- RB Rico Dowdle (quad): DNP | LP | FP
- G Chandler Zavala (elbow): DNP | DNP | DNP - out
- S Lathan Ransom (illness): LP | FP | FP
- G Damien Lewis (oblique): FP | FP | FP
- C Cade Mays (ankle/knee): FP | FP | FP
- OLB Princely Umanmielen (ankle): FP | FP | FP
- WR Brycen Tremayne (hip): n/a | DNP | FP - questionable
- DT Derrick Brown (elbow): n/a | LP | FP
- WR Tetairoa McMillan (hamstring): n/a | n/a | LP - questionable
The Saints (1-8) face off with the Panthers (5-4) at noon Sunday inside Bank of America Stadium. Catch all the action on WWL and Audacy.