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    Glazer: Drew Brees isn’t 100 percent

    Getty Images The Saints will use quarterback Drew Brees on Sunday. But Brees is not fully healed from broken ribs in the double digits. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports spoke to Brees on Saturday, and Glazer shared the information he gleaned on Sunday’s pregame show. Per Glazer, Brees isn’t 100...
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    Kevin Stefanski can strengthen his case for coach of the year tonight

    Getty Images Of all the annual NFL awards, coach of the year is the most vague and amorphous. Typically, the prize goes to the coach whose team most exceeds its generally accepted preseason expectations. This year, there are plenty of viable candidates for coach of the year. The favorite, in...
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    Saint return Drew Brees to active roster, waive Trevor Siemian

    Getty Images Drew Brees officially is back. The Saints have returned the future Hall of Famer to the active roster, four weeks and two days after placing him there, due to multiple broken ribs and a collapsed lung. The move was expected, given that Saints coach Sean Payton announced on Friday...
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    Chiefs promote Deandre Baker for Sunday’s game

    Getty Images Cornerback Deandre Baker may make his 2020 debut in New Orleans on Sunday. Baker was promoted to the Chiefs active roster on Saturday. He signed with their practice squad last month after armed robbery charges against him in Florida were dropped. Baker was a Giants first-round...
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    Placement of Michael Thomas on IR comes at a strange time

    USA TODAY Sports After Saints receiver Michael Thomas suffered an ankle injury in Week One against the Buccaneers, the Saints didn’t place him on injured reserve, which would have shelved him for a minimum of three weeks. He then missed eight weeks. Now, after Thomas didn’t practice all week...
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    Saints put Michael Thomas on injured reserve, ending his regular season

    Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is done for the rest of the regular season. Thomas is being placed on injured reserve, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Under this year’s injured reserve rules, that means he has to miss at least three weeks, and there are three weeks left in the...
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    Sean Payton confirms Saints will start Drew Brees

    Getty Images Reports on Friday morning said that Drew Brees will be the starting quarterback for the Saints against the Chiefs this Sunday and confirmation came at head coach Sean Payton’s press conference on Friday afternoon. Brees has missed the last four games after breaking multiple ribs...
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    Eric Fisher questionable, Mike Remmers doubtful for Sunday

    Getty Images Most of the attention surrounding Sunday’s matchup between the Chiefs and Saints has deservedly gone to New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. The Saints will have Brees back behind center for the marquee matchup. But the Chiefs may be missing both of their offensive tackles. Left...
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    Saints rule out Michael Thomas vs. Chiefs

    Getty Images The Saints will have starting quarterback Drew Brees back for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs, but Brees won’t have his No. 1 receiver. Michael Thomas has been ruled out after missing practice this week with an ankle injury. This adds to a frustrating season for Thomas, who...
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    NFL Week 15 injury report roundup: Drew Brees in, Michael Thomas out for Saints

    Getty Images Week 15 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chargers and it continues with two games on Saturday and 12 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...
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    Marshon Lattimore doesn’t look at Chiefs as “some super team”

    Getty Images Saints head coach Sean Payton has said that the team might have selected Patrick Mahomes in the first round of the 2017 draft, but the Chiefs traded up for him and the Saints were left to take cornerback Marshon Lattimore with the 11th overall pick. Lattimore will get his first...
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    Drew Brees to start Sunday vs. Chiefs

    Getty Images Drew Brees is back. Brees, the Saints quarterback who has missed the last four games with broken ribs and a punctured lung, will return to the starting lineup for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. The Saints signaled that Brees was on the mend this week when they cleared him to...
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    Sean Payton once again masters the game of quarterback misinformation

    Getty Images Four weeks ago, Saints coach Sean Payton led everyone to believe that Jameis Winston, not Taysom Hill, would replace Drew Brees as the team’s starting quarterback. Hill got the start, along with three more. Today, Payton once again has demonstrated his brilliance when it comes to...
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    Eric Fisher, Mike Remmers did not practice on Thursday

    Getty Images The Chiefs starting offensive tackles have now missed consecutive days of practice. Left tackle Eric Fisher (back) and right tackle Mike Remmers (back/neck) were not on the field for Thursday’s session. Fisher has started all 13 games for Kansas City this season, while Remmers...
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    Michael Thomas misses second straight practice

    Getty Images The biggest topic on the injury front with the Saints this week has been whether quarterback Drew Brees will be activated from injury report in time to face the Chiefs, but it’s not the only issue to keep an eye on. Wide receiver Michael Thomas missed practice for the second...
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    Sean Payton: We won’t “just hurry” Drew Brees back

    Getty Images The Saints designated quarterback Drew Brees for return from injured reserve on Wednesday, but that doesn’t mean he will be back in action when the team hosts the Chiefs on Sunday. Saints head coach Sean Payton sent that message after the team practiced on Wednesday. Brees has...
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    Patrick Mahomes: You want to play against those great quarterbacks like Drew Brees

    Getty Images As the Chiefs ready to play the Saints this week, count Patrick Mahomes among those who would like to see Drew Brees healthy enough to be behind center. During his weekly press conference on Wednesday, Mahomes said he has a real appreciation for Brees’ long career — especially...
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    Sean Payton on Drew Brees: We’ll just see how this week goes

    Getty Images Quarterback Drew Brees was designated to return from injured reserve Wednesday, starting his 21-day window to practice. On Thursday, Saints head coach Sean Payton elaborated on what the team needs to see in order for Brees to play Sunday against the Chiefs. “It’s pretty simple...
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    Tyreek Hill appears on injury report with a hamstring issue

    Getty Images Tyreek Hill doesn’t have a hamstring injury. Unless he does. Despite a Monday report from NFL Media that Hill’s grabbing of his hamstring on Sunday against the Dolphins “wasn’t a hamstring injury” but “just a cramp,” Hill appears on Wednesday’s practice report with a hamstring...
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    Bills can clinch first AFC East title since 1995 this week

    Getty Images The Bills’ long drought without a division title can come to an end this weekend. A win over the Broncos on Saturday afternoon is all the team needs to secure the AFC East crown for the first time since the 1995 season. According to the NFL’s release about this week’s playoff...
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