Dave Thomas concussion; Injury notes
 

Saints TE David Thomas suffered a concussion in Week 3.

The injury occurred late in the game. Thomas, the Saints' No. 2 tight end, seems unlikely to play in Week 4 against the Jaguars. He only has two catches for eight yards on the year, but Thomas' absence could get Jimmy Graham one or two more targets on Sunday. Graham is the No. 4 overall fantasy tight end.

per rotoworld.com

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METAIRIE, La. – Six players, including four starters, were listed as did not participate in New Orleans’ first practice in preparation for Sunday’s inter-conference game at Jacksonville.

Linebacker Jonathan Vilma sat out team drills for the fourth straight practice session as he nurses his left knee back to health.

Meanwhile, offensive tackle Zach Strief (right knee) and center Olin Kreutz (left knee) were out as was tight end David Thomas (concussion).

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Vilma, Kreutz, Strief don

Son of a Hooker!

At least Porter was full and we got King on the practice squad.

Yes, I am looking (desperately) for the silver lining...

Offensive tackle Zach Strief (right knee) and Center Olin Kreutz (left knee), thats just great

Glucosamine / Condroitin

Overdose DAILY!

Alaska

The only thing I've noticed Gilmore do is get called for two false starts.

Well this sucks bad

Do we have any idea what is worng with the two of them besides "right knee" "left knee"

How severe, how long, etc......?

son of a witch.

Saints RT Zach Strief's knee injury is not season-ending.

Strief is going to be out a while, suggesting an MCL injury. The Saints have provided no details other than to say their starting right tackle missed practice Wednesday. Charles Brown will start against the Jags this week and veteran Pat McQuistan was signed off the street this week for depth.

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune

I have to say I'm kinda mad that we only had 3 Tackles on our roster but 2 FBs...

Humber also re-signed along with other tidbits.

Payton says Strief

Well, at least 64 should be back for the stretch drive.

Hopefully, Brown should be able to hold up in his absence. Brown is giving away almost 50 pounds from Strief, but he could be a little more mobile in pass blocking. Our run game may suffer however, without Zach's bulk.

If both OL are going to miss Sunday, why did we only sign one OL? I guess Tennant will dress?
we need a bye week

Have we reached our quote yet?
Hopefully DThomas is OK and seeing straight when he gets back.
Injury is one thing that can kill a dream.

A good friend of my hubby's in Midland is good friends with David Thomas' family, so I asked his wife what was going on with David. Well........she said she "really wasn't at libery to say," and she hoped I understood. So I am thinking that Sean is keeping all of his statuses close to the vest these days. We really won't know until the players show up back on the field! Ugh.

Atleast Tracy Porter is back, that should stop Patrick Robinson from getting beasted every single game. Tracy has shown he can hold his own, he just needs to be more aggressive like jabari is

Yeah, I'm thinking Sean is not a Twitter kind of person. (yeah, that means you, Arian)

Brown was drafted initially because of his superior foot work and arm length - the combination of the two were supposed to make him a really effective pass blocker. Like you stated, he isn't really built for run blocking, but as the Saints are a pass first type of an offense, it did make a lot of sense to draft a guy like this.

Now, I don't know what all the injuries have done to his movement abilities, but I'm very interested in finding that out in the next few games where the opposition have made their game plan based on him starting as the RT. The scouting reports at the time of the draft were really high on him, so I believe there is something to this guy if he can just stay healthy long enough to make an impact.

Furthermore, I'm really excited to see Tom Johnson play this Sunday. He'll provide the D-Line interior with more pass rush, which they've been lacking in the first 3 games.