Injury Bug Bites Saints

The Saints only only a few days into training camp and already they have felt a few injuries. Rookie DT DeMario Pressley was put on IR and will be out the season with a foot injury. Then during Sunday's practice both WR Devery Henderson and DB Tracy Porter went down with hamstring injuries on the same play.

Its all part of the preseason, and everyone knows that they're will be a few injuries during camp. But seeing these players go down so early in the season is tough news. Hopefully, Henderson and Porter will be back soon. Henderson is battling for a roster spot at WR and has been running with the first team along with Marques Colston and David Patton. This is the make-or-break year for him. Porter has a chance to contribute to a thin secondary and any time he misses will hurt his chances for significant playing time. Pressley had the injury label going into the draft and his early NFL career is doing nothing to shed that label.

The Saints are also being cautious with other players who are recovering from injuries including Jeremy Shockey, Jonathan Vilma, Josh Bullocks, Mike McKenzie and Deuce McAllister. Deuce already had a scare in camp when his knee needed to be drained and showed some swelling. He missed a morning practice but was back running with the team in the afternoon.

This Saints team has some depth and there are some heated position battles (WR, DB, RB), but injuries usually have a way of sorting out these battles and reducing depth. The hope is that the team can stay relatively healthy from here on out.