The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers updated their Week 1 injury reports on Thursday, but not much has changed. Backup Saints punter Blake Gillikin, an undrafted rookie out of Penn State, was designated to the injured reserve list. But the real story surrounds a few big names on both sides of the field.
For the Saints, neither of the team’s last two first-round draft picks were able to practice: defensive end Marcus Davenport continued to miss time with an elbow injury, while rookie guard/center Cesar Ruiz still hasn’t returned to the field since getting rolled up in a pile of players back on Aug.