Saints RB Alvin Kamara, listed as questionable for Sunday due to hip and rib injuries, is planning to play vs. the Falcons, per source.

Saints WR Chris Olave will test his hamstring injury in pre-game warmups but the team is "confident" he will play today vs. the Falcons, per source. pic.x.com/dxa7hsgtua

RT: Taysom Hill has been ruled OUT for the remainder of the game.

Unbelievable call on the Paulson Adebo ... puts the Falcons RIGHT on the edge of field goal range.

Saints hope RB Kendre Miller (hamstring) back at practice this week, per @RapSheet nfl.com/news/browns-st... pic.x.com/qz1vfzsgk5

On Friday, the New Orleans Saints ruled out two key players prior to the matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. Demario Davis and Cesar Ruiz are out for this game, Davis will miss his first game ever due to injury, and that puts Willie Gay in the lineup next to Pete Werner as they attempt to contain Bijan Robinson. Ruiz’ injury in addition to Erik McCoy on injured reserve means the Saints will be without two interior offensive linemen this week.

Chris Olave suffered a hamstring injury Friday that led to his status being in doubt, but at least Taysom Hill will be available. Hill missed last week’s game with a chest injury, and WDSU analyst James Hurst believes the offense was vanilla without Hill

Sunday’s game with the Atlanta Falcons will mark the regular season debut for Kyle Hergel. Offensive line injuries have forced the New Orleans Saints to tap into the depth on their practice squad — starting center Erik McCoy and right guard Cesar Ruiz are both unavailable, so the team chose Hergel as their lone elevation from the practice squad for Week 4.

While he was the primary backup for Ruiz at right guard throughout training camp, the Saints may choose to bring Hergel in off the bench with a veteran like Landon Young starting instead

Khalen Saunders is active for his first New Orleans Saints game since suffering a preseason calf injury, having replaced John Ridgeway III in the rotation at defensive tackle for Sunday’s game with the Atlanta Falcons. And don’t forget he’s wearing a new number in 2024 after giving No. 99 to Chase Young; “Bink” has switched to No. 50 instead.

He was a big part of Dennis Allen’s defense last season. Saunders played 523 snaps across 17 games, totaling a career-high 57 tackles (24 solo). He also got some looks on offense as a blocking fullback and decoy in the backfield. There aren’t too many guys at his size (6-foot, 324 pounds) who can do that, but Saunders is more nimble than you might expect

.@robgronkowski thinks the #Saints bounce back in a BIG way vs. the Falcons

“Derek Carr and company… I think they’re gonna turn it up, they’re gonna hit that switch again.”@heykayadams @Saints pic.twitter.com/12onG3uF31

— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) September 25, 2024

The New Orleans Saints have a big fan in Rob Gronkowski. The longtime New England Patriots tight end is confident the Saints will rebound from their disappointing performance against the Philadelphia Eagles last week. He expects them to come away with a win on Sunday’s game with the Atlanta Falcons. He knows both teams well after briefly playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to close out his career

Muffed punt! Touchdown!

The @AtlantaFalcons recover the loose ball for SIX!

: #NOvsATL on FOX: https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG pic.twitter.com/DIgHsXa0vp

— NFL (@NFL) September 29, 2024

An All-Pro punt returner can’t make mistakes like this, and Rashid Shaheed isn’t known for them. But the New Orleans Saints specialist’s muffed punt was a costly error against the Atlanta Falcons. Shaheed made the bad call to try and field a Falcons punt inside his own 5-yard line, but an awkward angle put him too far in front of it, and he couldn’t make a clean catch