Five things to know about the New Orleans Saints for Thursday, Jan. 2

Saints continue practicing in preparation for Tampa Bay Buccaneers game

Jan 02, 2025 at 09:08 AM

Here are your Five Things to Know about the New Orleans Saints on Thursday, Jan. 2:

1. The New Orleans Saints will host practice as they continue preparations for their Week 18 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After practice, the Saints coordinators will speak with the media so stay tuned for interviews from the Saints coaches as well as any player interviews from the day.

2. The Saints Podcast will release a new episode previewing the Saints game with Fox Sports reporter Greg Auman against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Check it out when it releases and catch up on the last episode recapping the game against the Raiders.

3. Stay tuned for the release of our Expert Analysis presented by Microsoft Surface where John DeShazier will break down the film of a play from the Saints game against the Raiders.

4. After practice the team will release the Saints Injury Report powered by Louisiana Cat with all the latest on who was in or out of practice for the Saints and the Buccaneers. Catch up with the Saints injury report from Wednesday.

5. Senior Writer John DeShazier will have a feature on the top story of the day. Check out DeShazier's latest feature on the Saints reflecting upon the terrorist attack that struck the city on New Year's day.

Photos: Saints host Make-a-Wish visitor at Week 17 walk-through

The New Orleans Saints hosted Make-A-Wish visitor, Matthew at their walk-through practice on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center. Matthew is a survivor of leukemia and a huge Saints fan all the way from Toronto.