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Alvin Kamara leaves for locker room after taking helmet-to-helmet hit

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Atlanta Falcons middle linebacker Deion Jones (45) hits New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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It’s a good thing for the Saints that Mark Ingram is playing.

On the eighth play from scrimmage, Alvin Kamara took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Falcons linebacker Deion Jones. Kamara immediately went to the sideline for the team’s medical staff to check him for a concussion.

He was examined in the blue medical tent and then taken to the locker room.

Kamara had one carry for 2 yards and three catches for 25 yards on the Saints’ first drive, which ended in a field goal. Ingram looks just fine, with two carries for 7 yards.

The Saints also had linebacker A.J. Klein limp off in the first quarter with what appeared to be an injury to his left leg.