Saints Plan To Activate Travis Etienne

After spending a month and a half on IR, Saints running back Travis Etienne is on track to return from a hamstring injury in Week 10. The Saints plan to activate Etienne, Tom Pelissero of The Ringer reports.

With Etienne fresh off his third 1,000-yard campaign, the former Jaguar drew interest from multiple teams in free agency last offseason. Etienne, a Louisiana native, wound up returning to his home state on a four-year, $48MM deal with the Saints. The Broncos, who also pursued Etienne, were reportedly “shocked” they didn’t land him.

Etienne was arguably the Saints’ marquee offseason pickup, though the investment hasn’t gone according to plan so far. He has only played in three of the…