The Saints have been cautious with their injured players this season, mostly because they can afford to.
They didn’t have to rush left tackle Terron Armstead back because the offensive line was playing well in his absence. When Willie Snead tweaked his hamstring when he returned from his three-game suspension, the team didn’t feel the need to get him involved right away either as Ted Ginn and Brandon Coleman had been serviceable in his absence.
And now that cornerback Delvin Breaux says he is “ready to roll” coming off the injured reserve list from a preseason broken fibula this week, head coach Sean Payton says that the team is in no hurry to get him back on the field as the team’s secondary has been stellar in his absence.