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Young (illness) does not carry a designation ahead of Monday's game against the Packers. Young missed practice Thursday and Friday with an illness before returning as a full participant Saturday. The 2020 No. 2 overall pick has been productive in his first season with New Orleans, tallying 25 tackles, including 5.5 sacks, and two passes defended. He should reprise his role as the team's top rotational edge rusher behind Cameron Jordan and Carl Granderson on Monday.
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Young (illness) didn't practice Friday, Matt Schneidman of The Athletic reports. The 25-year-old has now missed two consecutive practices due to an illness, putting his status for the Saints' Week 16 matchup against the Packers in doubt. Young almost certainly needs to upgrade to at least limited practice participation Saturday in order to play Monday night. If he's unable to do so, Payton Turner is likely to serve as New Orleans' top rotational edge rusher.
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Young (illness) did not practice Thursday. Young is coming off a two-sack performance against the Commanders this past Sunday. However, it appears the 2020 first-pick is under the weather, which prevented him from participating in the Saints' first official practice of the week Thursday. Young will have two more opportunities to return to practice ahead of Monday night's game against the Packers.
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Young (neck) passed his physical Tuesday, Katherine Terrell of ESPN reports. Young should officially be good to go for practice tomorrow despite having been placed on the active/PUP list last Thursday. The 2020 first-round pick will likely serve as a rotational pass rusher behind Cameron Jordan (ankle) and Carl Granderson after signing with the team this offseason.
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Young's one-year contract with the Saints gives New Orleans protection in the event he struggles to recover from his upcoming neck surgery or otherwise misses time, with 61 percent of the money in the deal coming from per-game roster bonuses, Matthew Paras of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Young has a $5.01 million base salary and can earn an additional $7.99 million in per-game roster bonuses, with the former guaranteed at signing and the latter only guaranteed if he's released. In other words, he'll miss out on around $470,000 for each game he's on the roster but inactive. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that scans on Young's neck led to reduced interest in free agency, due to a condition that was first discovered last summer after he suffered a stinger in the preseason. He ended up playing seven games for the Commanders, and then 12 post-trade for the 49ers (including playoffs), recording 7.5 sacks in the regular season and an additional sack during the postseason. Young was the No. 2 overall pick and Defensive Rookie of the Year back in 2020, but he suffered a severe knee injury the following season and managed only 1.5 sacks in 12 appearances between 2021 and 2022. He's scheduled for surgery Thursday and expected to be healthy for training camp, at which point the Saints likely will use him off the bench behind starting defensive ends Cameron Jordan and Carl Granderson.
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1 | CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | @DAL | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
3 | PHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | @ATL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | @KC | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | TB | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | @LAC | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
9 | @CAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | ATL | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | CLE | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
12 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | LAR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | @NYG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | WAS | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |