Saints: 3 things to watch in Week 9 against Buccaneers

The Saints might be at full wide receiver strength.

The Saints haven’t had Michael Thomas since the last time they played the Buccaneers in the first game of the year. Whether by injury or disciplinary action, Thomas has missed seven straight weeks of action approaching Week 9.

Emmanuel Sanders, Tre’Quan Smith and Marquez Callaway have made their way on the injury report at various times in those seven weeks as well. Sanders was even put on the COVD-19 list a couple of weeks ago.

This week, Sanders and Smith have made their way off the injury report altogether. Thomas and Callaway are currently still on the list, but they are limited participants which are trending toward both of them being healthy enough to suit up on Sunday.

If all of the receivers are back from the report, it will be the first time this year, besides Week 1, that this has occurred. It should be pleasant news to Drew Brees who has been struggling and Alvin Kamara who has been handling the entire workload.