The New Orleans Saints' injury situation continued to get worse throughout the course of the week, with Chris Olave's status for Week 4 now suddenly in doubt.
The third-year WR injured his hamstring during Friday's practice and is listed as questionable for Sunday's matchup with the Falcons. He's the third WR to be added to the injury report mid-week, along with A.T. Perry (hamstring-out) and Cedrick Wilson (ankle-questionable).
The Saints have also ruled out Demario Davis and Cesar Ruiz, neither of whom practiced at all this week. For Davis, Week 4 will mark the first game in his 13-year NFL career missed due to injury.
Here's how the Saints' injury report stacked up on Wednesday:
LP = limited participant; FP = full participant; DNP = did not participate
- QB Derek Carr (left groin): FP | FP | FP
- TE Taysom Hill (chest): FP | FP | FP
- LB D'Marco Jackson (calf): LP | LP | FP
- DT Khalen Saunders (calf): LP | LP | FP
- OT Landon Young (foot): LP | FP | FP
- CB Alontae Taylor (illness): DNP | FP | FP
- LB Demario Davis (hamstring): DNP | DNP | DNP - out
- RB Alvin Kamara (hip/ribs): DNP | LP | LP - questionable
- RG Cesar Ruiz (knee): DNP | DNP | DNP - out
- WR A.T. Perry (hamstring): n/a | DNP | DNP - out
- WR Cedrick Wilson (ankle): n/a | LP | DNP - questionable
- WR Chris Olave (hamstring): n/a | n/a | LP - questionable
The Saints will also be watching the status of Alvin Kamara, who practiced in a limited capacity each of the past two days after missing Wednesday. Ther is some good news in form of Khalen Saunders being upgraded to a full participant in Friday's practice. He has no gameday designation and is expected to make his season debut after missing the first three games due to a calf injury suffered on the final day of training camp.
Only one player has a gameday designation for the Falcons in RT Kaleb McGary, who has been ruled out. That means that both teams will be without their starting centers (Erik McCoy and Drew Dalman), both of whom have been sent to injured reserve, and another starting lineman (Ruiz and McGary).
Here's how the Falcons' side of the report:
- OT Kaleb McGary (knee): DNP | DNP | DNP - out
- OT Jake Matthews (NFI-personal): n/a | DNP | n/a
- LB Matthew Judon (hamstring): n/a | LP | FP
- RB Bijan Robinson (shoulder): n/a | LP | FP
- DL Ta'Quon Graham (rest): n/a | n/a | DNP
- DL David Onyemata (rest): n/a | n/a | n/a
- DL Grady Jarrett (rest): n/a | n/a | n/a
The Saints (2-1) and Falcons (1-2) face off at noon Sunday in Atlanta. Catch all the action on WWL and Audacy.
