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Getty Images Linebacker Kwon Alexander tore his Achilles on Friday. The Saints placed Alexander on injured reserve Monday, according to the NFL’s daily transactions report. Alexander injured his Achilles on a non-contact play. He joined the Saints in a midseason trade with the 49ers...

USA TODAY Sports In 2017, the Saints didn’t get a chance to draft quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the tenth overall selection. They would have. The Saints also didn’t get a chance to draft running back Christian McCaffrey, the eighth pick. They wouldn’t have. Saints coach Sean Payton tells Peter...

USA Today Sports Christian McCaffrey‘s 2020 season may have reached its end. Panthers head coach Matt Rhule said on Monday he’s “probably leaning toward no” on McCaffrey’s availability for Week 17, per Alaina Getzenberg of the Charlotte Observer. Rhule added he would know more about McCaffrey...

Getty Images The Packers lead in the race for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but the race will come down to Week 17. The race for the No. 1 seed in the NFC will be determined on Sunday among the Packers, Saints and Seahawks, all of whom kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET. The simple...

Getty Images The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with...

The Grinch may eventually steal some of Alvin Kamara‘s Christmas money, but the Grinch didn’t intervene with Kamara’s ability to celebrate the season. Given past accounts of NFL players being instructed to remove non-conforming shoes, some have wondered why the league didn’t direct Kamara to...

Getty Images The NFL has fined Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan $10,500 for unnecessary roughness, Amie Just of nola.com reports. Jordan knew the fine was coming. His ejection, though, cost him more than money, with the Saints losing one of their best defensive players in the fourth...

Getty Images The Saints gained 36 first downs in their Christmas Day beatdown of the Vikings, and what was most remarkable was how easy it was for them to convert: The Saints rarely even got to third down, converting 30 of their 36 first downs on first or second down. Saints coach Sean Payton...

Getty Images Running back Alvin Kamara‘s historic Christmas Day performance against the Vikings will surely secure the NFC offensive player of the week award (unless someone else scores seven touchdowns), and it could make him the NFC’s offensive player of the month. Will it be enough to make...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara was generating a lot of buzz on social media well before the first of his six touchdowns on Friday. Kamara was sporting Christmas themed cleats — one was red and one was green — that drew many admirers as people settled in for the afternoon game...

Getty Images The 2020 Vikings may not be masters of defense, but their head coach is a master of the obvious. “This is a bad defense,” Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer said after the 52-33 loss to the Saints, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com. “Worst one I’ve ever had.” The Vikings, as noted...

Getty Images The Saints wrapped up the NFC South by thumping the Vikings on Friday, but they lost a member of their defense for the rest of the season. Linebacker Kwon Alexander left the 52-33 win with a leg injury and multiple reports indicate that he tore his Achilles. Alexander had three...

Getty Images In what could be the penultimate regular-season game of Drew Brees‘ Hall of Fame career, he’s capping it with yet another milestone. Brees has become the first player in NFL history to generate more than 80,000 passing yards. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, with 78,457 passing yards...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Friday with the Saints hosting the Vikings for a Christmas matinee and it continues with three games on Saturday and 11 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara might want to make every day Christmas. Kamara has tied an NFL record with his fifth rushing touchdown of Friday’s game against the Vikings. His seven-yard score in the fourth quarter put the Saints up 38-27 with 12 minutes to play. Kamara is the...

Getty Images It looked like Alvin Kamara would be stopped short of a six-touchdown game by Saints head coach Sean Payton, but it turned out that no one could stop Kamara on Christmas. Kamara tied an NFL record with six touchdowns in the Saints’ 52-33 win over the Vikings. It looked like Kamara...

Getty Images Not only were the Vikings on the wrong side of the NFL’s first six-touchdown day since Gale Sayers in 1965 but the Vikings also had generally one of their worst defensive performances in team history. The 52 points allowed by the Vikings become the first time the Vikings have...

Getty Images Last season, the Saints’ Super Bowl hopes ended when they lost, as seven-point favorites, at home against the Vikings in the first round of the playoffs. This season, the Saints’ hopes for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs will end if they lose, as seven-point favorites...

Getty Images The Vikings’ bid for a winning Christmas will unfold without linebacker Eric Kendricks and tight end Kyle Rudolph. Both players have been ruled out for Friday afternoon’s game in New Orleans. It’s the fourth straight game that Kendricks has missed with a calf injury while Rudolph...

Getty Images The Saints will have quarterback Jameis Winston back on the active roster for Friday’s game against the Vikings. Winston was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday. He was not in uniform for last Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs after going on the list ahead of the game...