The New Orleans Saints are anything but healthy when it comes to their Week 5 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football. On Saturday, another player popped onto the injury report.
Linebacker Pete Werner is dealing with a hamstring injury. He was not on the injury report until Saturday, when he was listed as questionable.
Pete Werner will miss Monday night vs. Chiefs
Werner has been downgraded to OUT against KC. He did not travel with the team after sustaining the injury in Saturday's practice.
New Orleans will have to cover one of the top tight ends in football on Monday night without two of their top three linebackers in Travis Kelce.
Willie Gay Jr., a former Chief, will not play either. He had hand surgery at the start of this past week after leaving the Saints' Week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Anfernee Orji and D'Marco Jackson will have to play defensive snaps. Both have had important special teams roles, but their defensive snaps have been limited up until this point of the season.
Orji was impressive during the preseason. We will see how Dennis Allen adjusts his game plan for covering the tight ends in Kansas City.
