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11:59

Mike Triplett, T-P - Jeff Duncan and I will be here for the next 30 minutes to answer your questions, so fire away.

12:00

[Comment From Robert]
When do you expect Sedrick Ellis to be back?

12:01

Mike Triplett, T-P - Hey Robert, The original diagnosis we got was 3-4 weeks for a strained MCL, and Adam Schefter's report was 4-6 weeks. So it's probably in that range. I'd guess he'll miss about 3 more games and maybe be back in time for the New England Monday night game or soon after that.

12:01

[Comment From Will]
When is Fujita expected to be back?

12:01

Mike Triplett, T-P - Hey Will, I imagine Fujita should be back practicing in the next week or two, but I don't expect him to play this week.

12:02

[Comment From Derrick]
what are we going to about the dt situation?

12:05

Mike Triplett, T-P - No transactions yet. My guess is they promote DeMario Pressely from the practice squad, especially the way Gregg Williams was touting him yesterday. But they did bring in some veterans for tryouts this week, including Paul Spicer. So that's an option, too. But I think they would have signed those guys before now if they were going to go that route.

I'm curious what the corresponding roster move would be. Is Kendrick Clancy an IR candidate? Or would they drop Chase Daniel and move him back to the practice squad?

12:05

[Comment From Robert#1fan]
I keep waiting for reggie bush to have a break out game! You think sean payton just doesn’t have enough faith he will make a play when needed?

12:09

Mike Triplett, T-P - Hey Robert, I don't think Payton has lost his "faith" in Bush. He still thinks he's a big-play threat who adds a valuable dimension to the offense. But Payton has definitely stopped trying to force-feed the ball to Bush. Now he just gets dialed up from time to time, a little more often than Devery Henderson, but the same kind of idea.

I do expect Bush to get more than 4 touches per week going forward, like he got last week at Atlanta. And I think he'll be extremely valuable whenever the Saints get into more 2-minute offense situations, as an outlet receiver for Brees.

And you never know when he'll break a long touchdown catch or punt return ... but I haven't seen quite the same explosion from him this year.

12:10

[Comment From Brent]
Do you think we will 'chip' Peppers to slow him down? We have struggled to protect Drew early in the last 2 games.

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