Here are your Five Things to Know about the New Orleans Saints on Friday, Dec. 13:
1. The New Orleans Saints will host their final full practice of the week as they continue preparations for their Week 15 game against the Washington Commanders. After practice, interim coach Darren Rizzi will speak with the media at around 2 p.m. and fans can watch live on NewOrleansSaints.com or on the Saints Facebook, X and YouTube channels.
2. Team reporter Erin Summers will have a new episode of the Saints Practice Report and the Saints Podcast releasing later in the day. For the practice report, Summers will wrap up all the day's events from practice while she will sit down with safety Ugo Amadi and Saints legend Roman Harper on the podcast.
3.Pro Bowl voting is still open for the 2024 NFL season. Be sure to vote daily for all your favorite Saints players to represent the team at the events in Orlando, Fla. Voting also opened on social media. Fans can vote on X by tweeting the first and last name of the player, tagging the player's official handle or creating a hashtag including the player's first and last name with all three of these methods required to include the hashtag: #ProBowlVote.
4. After practice the team will release the final Saints Injury Report on the week powered by Louisiana Cat with all the latest on who was in or out of practice for the Saints and the Commanders as well as the final game status for all the players. Catch up with the Saints injury report from Thursday.
5. Senior Writer John DeShazier will have a feature on the top story of the day. Check out DeShazier's latest feature on the defensive tackle Bryan Bresee.
New Orleans Saints owner and Pelicans governor Gayle Benson brought some Christmas cheer to Ochsner Children's Hospital with a holiday kickoff party for patients and families on Thursday, December 12.