The New Orleans Saints will hold wide receiver Michael Thomas out of Sunday’s matchup with the Carolina Panthers as he continues to recover from a midweek hamstring injury, in addition to backup guard Nick Easton (who is still dealing with a concussion suffered nearly two weeks ago). The Saints are also without starting wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who entered the NFL COVID-19 protocol after recording a positive test result.
It’s less than ideal. Reserve cornerback Ken Crawley is ruled out after being in close contact with Sanders during practice on Thursday, and backup receiver Bennie Fowler is landing on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.
The full, final injury report for Week 7:
From the Saints
| Player, injury | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Game status |
| CB Janoris Jenkins, shoulder | Full | Full | Full | |
| WR Deonte Harris, hamstring | Full | Full | Full | |
| CB Justin Hardee, hamstring | Limited | Limited | Limited | |
| WR Michael Thomas, ankle/hamstring | Limited | DNP | DNP | Out |
| T Terron Armstead, hand | DNP | Limited | Limited | |
| G Nick Easton, concussion | DNP | DNP | DNP | Out |
| WR Bennie Fowler, shoulder | DNP | DNP | DNP | Injured reserve |
| S J.T. Gray, hamstring | DNP | Limited | Limited | Questionable |
| WR Emmanuel Sanders, not injury related | DNP | COVID-19 reserve | ||
| CB Ken Crawley, not injury related | DNP | COVID-19 reserve |
From the Panthers
| Player, injury | Wed | Thu | Fri | Game status |
| WR Curtis Samuel, knee | Limited | Limited | Limited | Questionable |
| DT Zach Kerr, toe | Limited | Limited | Full | |
| CB Donte Jackson, toe | Limited | Limited | Limited | Questionable |
| G John Miller, ankle | Limited | DNP | DNP | Questionable |
| CB Eli Apple, hamstring | Full | Full | Full | Questionable |
| RB Mike Davis, ankle | Full | Full | Full | |
| RB Trendon Cannon, neck | Full | Full | Full | |
| CB Rasul Douglas, not injury related | DNP | DNP | COVID-19 reserve | |
| K Joey Slye, not injury related | Full | |||
| T Trent Scott, not injury related | Full |
