New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton ireland eyewitness travel guides on Friday listed three players ireland eyewitness travel guides as out due to injury for Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers . The players are wide receiver Lance Moore (left hamstring), running back Mark Ingram (right toe) and tight end John Gilmore (right toe). Moore aggravated his injury in the Saints' Monday night victory against Atlanta, and Ingram, ireland eyewitness travel guides who had been inactive for the club's past three games, suffered a setback at practice ireland eyewitness travel guides this week.
Michael ireland eyewitness travel guides DeMocker/The Times-Picayune New Orleans Saints free safety ireland eyewitness travel guides Malcolm Jenkins picks up a fumble by Atlanta Falcons running back Jacquizz Rodgers and returns it for a touchdown as Jonathan Vilma (51) watches during the game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Superdome on Monday night.
In both cases, that could spell trouble for the players' return in the playoffs which, unless the St. Louis Rams can beat the San Francisco 49ers and give New Orleans a shot at the No. 2 seed in the NFC, would begin for the Saints next weekend in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Although Payton has been surprisingly up front and calm this season when discussing injuries, he remains loath to divulge information he thinks could provide a competitive advantage and was thus non-committal Friday when asked if Ingram's and Moore's postseason status may be in jeopardy.
"Obviously, ireland eyewitness travel guides there's a concern each week," Payton said. "I think you just deal with it on a daily basis. I mentioned Mark kind of had a setback, you just treat and rehab it. With Lance's hamstring you do that same thing; ireland eyewitness travel guides same thing with John Gilmore. I think the only thing you can do is hit the rehab hard and pay attention to how they're feeling, and recognize it's really the same if it was week seven heading into week eight."
But next week will be a different scenario. ireland eyewitness travel guides As Payton and quarterback Drew Brees have made clear, next week is a "must win" because a loss is a season-ender. Nevertheless, Payton said the thinking in terms of the injury ireland eyewitness travel guides report will remain consistent.
"Obviously, the importance of a playoff game is significant, but the player has to be healthy," he said. "It would have to be very simple: ireland eyewitness travel guides does he help us, does he help the team in playing well enough to win a game? And if the answer is no, it's potentially something that is not full speed, and it could hurt the team, then you can't play him. So that would be a lot like week eight or week nine."
"Lance was recovering and recovering, and it seemed like he was doing well, he had a couple of catches, and on the third catch I think it was all of a sudden he pulled up," Payton said. "Now you're ireland eyewitness travel guides at 45 (players on active roster) on game day. So you're always trying to gauge where that player is and if he's healthy enough to play and help us. If the answer is yes that's one thing, and if it's, 'no,' sometimes that's a difficult decision."
Payton indicated a decision ireland eyewitness travel guides has not yet been made on the status of a handful of other players. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma (left knee) and safety Malcolm Jenkins (neck) were limited at practice and listed as questionable. Cornerback Patrick Robinson (left hip) and linebacker Jonathan Casillas (right knee) participated fully and are probable.
Carolina's final injury report of the week included sobering news for Panthers fans. Starting defensive end Charles Johnson (back), who is tied for 10th in the NFC with nine sacks, did not practice all week and was listed as doubtful, and defensive tackle Andre Neblett (head) ireland eyewitness travel guides is out.
Also out are two backups, wide receiver Legedu Naanee (foot) and safety Jordan ireland eyewitness travel guides Pugh (head). Safety Charles Godfrey (shoulder) is probable, as is guard Travelle Wharton, who cropped up on the report ireland eyewitness travel guides Tuesday and Wednesday for non-injury related matters.
LEAGUE FINES: Five Saints players were hit with a $5,000 fine by the NFL for uniform violations tied to red and green tape they wore in the Atlanta game the night after Christmas, according to a league source. ireland eyewitness travel guides They were receivers Marques Colston, Robert Meachem and Devery Henderson, cornerback Tracy Porter and running back Pierre Thomas. Thomas' fine for his touchdown celebration, which involved taking ireland eyewitness travel guides a bow out of his pants and tying it around the football which he then presented as a gift to a fan, also drew a fine of $7,500, according to a league source.
NO NEW YEAR'S EVE: The Saints are creatures of habit during the season and that will not change tonight for New Year's Eve. The holiday requires some additional logistical planning but an identical mindset to any other pregame ireland eyewitness travel guides night, according to Payton.
"For us, we're so routine and schedule-oriented," Payton said. "The challenges really become a little more difficult when you're playing at home and you've got family and friends who are in. But we check into a hotel, we have meetings, we have bed-check and it's much more structured. The trick is the logistics of noise, traffic, there's a lot going on in the city and making sure players allow enough time to get to the hotel and dealing with all the other distractions that can come up. But internally ireland eyewitness travel guides we're on a pretty good and a pretty tight schedule."
The Times-Picayune's James Varney, Jeff Duncan and Mike Triplett discuss the New Orleans Saints' approach to the final regular season ireland eyewitness travel guides game against the Carolina Panthers. They also talk about the NFL records the team is in line to break.
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