Why doesn’t Saints’ Alvin Chamber play in Thanksgiving vs. the Bills?

The Saints will be without the best striker on Thanksgiving night.

Alvin Kamara is skipping his third consecutive game in the Saints because he suffers from a knee injury that has plagued him since week 10. As a result, New Orleans will be cut short against Bills in their second Thanksgiving home game at Superdome. .

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The Chamber has only been able to practice on a limited basis once in the last three weeks. It is unclear when he might return to the duties of the Saints.

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Why isn’t Alvin Kamara playing?

The Chamber has missed Saints ’last two games when dealing with the reported MCL sprain. He did not participate in the exercises from Monday to Wednesday this week and has not practiced since he was restricted on the Wednesday before week 11.

The Saints were hopeful that Kamara could play in his week 11 game against the Eagles. However, he suffered an obvious setback, which is why he didn’t practice on Thursday or Friday after seeing the field the Wednesday before the game.

Kamara last played in the Saints’ Week 9 defeat against the Falcons. He made a total of 104 yards and TD’s lowest 17 touches of the season in that race. He showed minimal signs of wear in the game.

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Mark Ingram would normally be the next Saints player Kamara away, but he has his own knee injury. He is questionable about the game. If he can’t play, the newly activated Tony Jones Jr. will take on the role of Saints ’primary defender.

Task Force Ace Dwayne Washington and traveler Josh Adams form the depth behind Jones.