METAIRIE, La. — With 2023 Pro Bowl center Erik McCoy expected to undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair an injured groin suffered on the third play in the 15-12 Week 3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the New Orleans Saints placed him on injured reserve.
McCoy is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks due to recovery.
In the meantime, the Saints turned to its practice squad to call up guard Shane LeMieux, a former fifth-round draft choice (2020) of the New York Giants who signed with New Orleans in the offseason.
The 6-foot-4, 310-pound LeMieux appeared in 18 games with 12 starts in four seasons with New York, including four games and one start last year before a season-ending biceps injury.
With LeMieux's call-up, the Saints added an additional guard Chris Reed to the practice squad.
Reed, 6-3, 314, is an eight-year NFL veteran, who most recently appeared in three games for the Minnesota Vikings in 2023 and spent training camp and the 2024 preseason with the Houston Texans.
A total of nine players were listed on the team's Wednesday injury report for Week 4, including:
- QB – Derek Carr, Left Groin – Full Participation (FP)
- TE – Taysom Hill, Chest – FP
- LB – D'Marco Jackson, Calf – Limited Participation (LP)
- DT – Khalen Saunders, Calf – LP
- T – Landon Young, Foot – LP
- CB – Alontae Taylor, Illness – Did Not Participate (DNP)
- LB – Demario Davis, Hamstring – DNP
- RB – Alvin Kamara, Hip/Ribs – DNP
- G – Cesar Ruiz, Knee – DNP
The Saints (2-1) travel to NFC South rival Atlanta (1-2) to play the Falcons on Sunday – Hurricane Helene permitting.
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