Donaldson and Reid Didn't Finish in Paris. The Injury List Keeps Growing.

CJ Donaldson and Justin Reid both left the Week 7 game before it ended, the Saints confirmed. Reid is listed as questionable; Donaldson's status hasn't been clarified. Neither is a small loss — Donaldson had been carrying a real workload out of the backfield, and Reid was one of the few experienced pieces left in a secondary that has been thinning since before the season started.

That's the part worth noting here. This didn't begin in Paris. Bryan Bresee and Dillon Radunz went down with ACL injuries in July and August. Lorenzo Styles Jr. never made it to Week 1. Cameron Jordan's hamstring has kept him out. Tyler Shough has been playing through two broken bones in his non-throwing hand. The roster the Saints are fielding right now is several layers removed from the one the front office assembled in the spring, and it keeps getting further away.

Reid's questionable tag means there's at least a chance he's back next week. Donaldson's situation is murkier. With Zamir White and Kendre Miller still available at running back, the backfield depth holds for now — but the safety room doesn't have the same cushion. At 2–5 with 10 games left, the Saints can't afford to keep subtracting.