THE New Orleans Saints The defensive line had an outstanding day against the Washington Commanders in Week 15, putting up an 8 sack performance with also 25 pressures. That said, they did it without the help of Tanoh Kpassagnon, who is recovering from his torn Achilles and has made progress in practice, getting closer and closer to playing.
However, despite training fully before this match, he was not active, and interim head coach Darren Rizzi explained why: tell the journalists afterwards that it was more about the game plan than Kpassagnon’s health. He says the veteran defensive lineman is ready to play.
Clearly the game plan was put together correctly, as the pass rush was extremely successful. However, regaining depth along the defensive line is always a bonus, especially for a veteran who knows what he’s doing. Kpassagnon has 3.0 sacks in 3 games against the Green Bay Packers (the Saints’ next opponent), so we’ll see if he’s included for the Week 16 game instead.
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This article was originally published on Saints Wire: Why didn’t the Saints dress the veteran DL after activating him from injury?
