Team news: New Orleans Saints

Saints RB Alvin Kamara is out for Sunday’s game vs. Carolina.

Related Players: Devin Neal, Evan Hull

Looks like it could be another week of Devin Neal, who found the end zone en route to a 14.9-point day against the Buccaneers. With Kamara still sidelined, consider him a fringe RB2/3 option in Week 15.

RB Alvin Kamara and RT Asim Richards remained absent from Saints practice Thursday. And DT Davon Godchaux was absent as usual, as the Saints routinely rest him on Thursdays.

RT Taliese Fuaga was practicing again. And S Justin Reid appeared to increase his participation.

Related Players: Devin Neal, Evan Hull

Looks like it could be another week of Devin Neal, who found the end zone en route to a 14.9-point day against the Buccaneers. If Kamara is still sidelined, consider him a fringe RB2/3 option in Week 15.

Saints RB Alvin Kamara, who injured his knee last Sunday, is out for Sunday’s game vs the Dolphins. The Saints are not planning to place him on IR.

Related Players: Devin Neal, Taysom Hill

Neal figures to get the vast majority of the "traditional" RB touches in Week 13, but Taysom also handled ten rush attempts with Kamara's Week 12 injury, so we'd expect him to eat into the workload as well. Neal is a low-upside RB3, while Hill *could* be considered a TE streamer, though there are less thin options on the WW in a week with no byes.

The Saints are releasing K Blake Grupe. Cade York has been signed to replace him.

The Saints also worked out Justin Tucker, who is off his 10-game suspension but ultimately went with York. Grupe has kicked for the Saints since 2023.

Saints RB Alvin Kamara is believed to have suffered a knee sprain during Sunday’s loss to the Falcons.

Kamara will undergo an MRI on Monday but it’s believed he does not have a major injury. Devin Neal would take over as the lead back while Kamara is out and the Saints will likely mix Taysom Hill in as well. Kamara may not miss a lot of time, but with the team sitting at 2-9, the Saints also don’t need to rush him back.

Saints RB Alvin Kamara left Sunday’s game against the Falcons with a knee injury.

He was originally deemed questionable to return, but about 45 minutes later, was officially ruled out for the remainder of the game. Devin Neal will move into the lead role. Kamara had 15 yards on five touches.

Seattle’s already strong passing game has just picked up another big-play threat.

The Saints are trading wide receiver Rashid Shaheed to the Seahawks, according to NFL Network.

Related players: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, Tory Horton, Chris Olave, Brandin Cooks, Devaughn Vele, Juwan Johnson

Shaheed was a strong trade candidate by many before the deadline and he's now a deep threat for the Seahawks. This likely pushes Horton to the team's WR4 assuming Kupp is back healthy at some point. Horton was just coming off an impressive game against the Commanders with Kupp out. Meanwhile for the Saints, Olave remains at least for now and is the team's WR1, but behind him there are lots of questions as Cook and Vele seem to be next up. Johnson, the Saints TE, looks to be the second target overall in the passing game.

By the looks of it, Saints RB Alvin Kamara's fumble took place with 4:06 left in the third quarter and he only received one snap after that, the 4th-and-4 interception. I asked Kellen Moore if there was intent behind the lack of snaps after the fumble:

"We were just trying to get things going. Alvin's a big part of this thing. It's unfortunate we had a turnover there. They won the [turnover] battle 2-0."

Related players: Devin Neal

Kamara has been the subject of trade rumors with the deadline approaching, but has also been public with not wanting to leave the Saints. Kamara still led the Saints in carries but only had six for 14 yards, and added one catch for three yards. Neal had three rushes for 11 yards and also added one catch for just one yard. The Saints are looking to see what they have for the future, which seemingly isn't great news for Kamara owners, especially if he really doesn't want to be traded.

Adam Schefter thinks the Saints could move one of their WRs, and specifically named Rashid Shaheed.

Related players: Chris Olave

The Steelers, Bills and Broncos look to be in the market for a WR and have made calls to other teams, according to Schefter. Shaheed is on the last year of his deal and so Schefter sees him as a guy teams are more interested in.

The future is now in New Orleans, with the Saints making rookie QB Tyler Shough their starter.

Spencer Rattler now heads to the bench, while the second-rounder moves to the forefront in a decision coach Kellen Moore informed them of today.

Related players: Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed, Brandin Cooks, Alvin Kamara, Juwan Johnson

The stats say Shough was worse than Rattler last week against the Bucs after taking over, but the Saints are making the switch. With the Saints not going anywhere, it makes sense for the team to see what they have with their second round pick from this past spring. Reports out of camp from spring and summer from some who follow the team said the competition wasn't really close, and Rattler was the better option. Now the question becomes how does this decision affect some of the other weapons on the team. It's probably at least a slight downgrade until we see otherwise.