The Saints are getting closer to having one of their key defensive players back in game action.
New Orleans announced on Tuesday that the club has opened the practice window for defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon.
Kpassagnon, 30, suffered a torn Achilles during the offseason and has been on the physically unable to perform list. The Saints will now have 21 days to have the defensive end practice before he must be activated or he’ll be out for the rest of the season.
In 40 games with 10 starts for New Orleans over the last three years, Kpassagnon has registered 9.5 sacks with 10 tackles for loss and 23 QB hits. In 101 career games, he’s put up 16.5 sacks, 22 tackles for loss, and 41 QB hits.
The Rams are set to have tight end Tyler Higbee back on the practice field this week.
Higbee has not been part of a team practice since he tore his ACL last January, but head coach Sean McVay said at his Tuesday press conference that the plan is for Higbee to participate in Wednesday’s workout.
That will open a 21-day window for Higbee to practice with the team before he must be activated from the physically unable to perform list or shut down for the season. McVay indicated that Higbee is not expected to play against the Saints this week, but further word will come once the team has seen him on the field.
Higbee had 47 catches for 495 yards and two touchdowns with the Rams last season.
McVay also said that right tackle Rob Havenstein is trending toward returning this week. Havenstein has missed three games with an ankle injury and the team will see how he does in practice before finalizing any plans.
Rams wide rceiver Demarcus Robinson was arrested on suspicion of DUI after Sunday night’s loss to the Eagles and head coach Sean McVay made his first comments on the incident during a Tuesday press conference.
McVay told reporters that the team is still gathering information about the arrest and that they have not made any determination about Robinson’s status for this week’s game against the Saints at this point.
“I do believe that Demarcus has a good heart and never would have any ill intentions and clearly there was a decision that’s not in alignment with the things we want to be about,” McVay said, via Adam Grosbard of the Orange County Register. “I know he was remorseful about that.”
Robinson has started all 11 games the Rams have played this season. He has 26 catches for 384 yards and six touchdowns.
Rams receiver Demarcus Robinson was arrested for DUI after Sunday night’s loss to the Eagles.
According to TMZ.com, the arrest happened early Monday.
The incident occurred after Robinson was pulled over for allegedly driving his car at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour.
He allegedly refused a field sobriety test. He was then arrested for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI.
The nine-year veteran joined the Rams in 2023. He spent his first six seasons with the Chiefs and one with the Ravens.
In eleven games this season, all starts, Robinson has 26 catches for 384 yards and six touchdowns. He caught two passes for 15 yards and a touchdown in the 37-20 loss to Philadelphia.
The standard punishment for DUI is a two-game suspension. Discipline is typically not imposed until the criminal case is resolved.
The NFL is finally embracing boundary cameras.
The existence of the devices first surfaced on Sunday, as Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira revealed their presence at Soldier Field in Chicago. He explained that they could be used for automatic replay reviews only, for now.
We mobilized to get more information. Per the league, the rollout that began in Week 5 now has goal line, sideline, and end line cameras in all stadiums except New York, L.A., Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, and Miami.
The NFL anticipates that, by the end of the calendar year, all stadiums will have them.
Even when the league-owned cameras (12 per venue) are present in all stadiums, their use will not expand to coaches’ challenges and replay assist this season. Next year, they will.
The absence of the cameras from the stadium in Tampa contributed to the inability to overturn the apparent fumble forced by Bucs safety Antoine Winfield, Jr. as Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts was scoring a touchdown in Week 8. At the time, the conversation focused on the absence of pylon cameras for some games, and their presence at others. It wasn’t widely known at the time that the league has been adding its own cameras that will provide, in theory, definitive views.
It wouldn’t have mattered, since the cameras still aren’t in Tampa. However, for scoring plays in the stadiums where the cameras have been installed, the 12 boundary cameras can be used to confirm or to overturn the ruling on the field.
