NEW ORLEANS — Saints running back Alvin Kamara and quarterback Jameis Winston will both play in Sunday's Week 3 tilt against the Carolina Panthers.
Kamara missed the Saints' Week 2 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after suffering a rib injury against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1.
Quarterback Jameis Winston will also play in Sunday's matchup. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport previously reported that Winston was expected to play. It was revealed last week that Winston has been dealing with four fractures in his back from his L1 to L4 vertebrae.
Both players appeared on the injury report throughout the week, and were each listed as questionable on the final injury report on Friday.
Tackle Ryan Ramczyk and defensive back Paulson Adebo are both active for Sunday's game. Ramczyk has been dealing with an elbow injury and Adebo has had a lingering ankle injury. This will be the first time Adebo will see the field in the regular season. Wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith will also play for the first time this season, after he missed Weeks 1 and 2 with a shoulder injury.
Inactive players include offensive utility player Taysom Hill, safety Marcus Maye, wide receiver and return specialist Deonte Harty, running back Tony Jones Jr., and guard Wyatt Davis. Rookie defensive back Alontae Taylor was placed on injured reserve on Saturday, so he will miss Sunday's game and is guaranteed to miss at least the next four games while dealing with a knee injury.
The Panthers, meanwhile, only had two names listed on their Friday injury report, former LSU defensive back Donte Jackson and defensive back Stanley Thomas-Oliver. Both will be active on Sunday. Star running back Christian McCaffrey, who had been dealing with an ankle injury earlier in the week, has no injury designation entering Sunday's game.
The Panthers inactive list includes defensive linemen Amare Barno and Phil Hoskins, running back Raheem Blackshear, offensive lineman Cade Mays and linebacker Arron Mosby. Former LSU wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. will also be inactive for the Panthers.
The Panthers will be looking for their first win of the 2022 campaign on Sunday; the team narrowly lost its first two games this season against the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants by a combined five points. This will also be the first time the Saints have faced new Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield in a regular season game. The first overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Browns, Mayfield did not start in a Week 2 matchup of the 2018 season when the Browns played in New Orleans.
The Saints enter Sunday's game as 2-point favorites.