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Saints All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas to miss rest of regular seasonAssociated Press Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 7:17 p.m.| Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 7:17 p.m.Go Ad-Free Today!AP Saints receiver


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NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints placed receiver Michael Thomas on injured reserve Saturday, a move that allows the Saints to give a healthy player Thomas’ active roster spot for their


final three regular-season games while resting their star receiver for the playoffs.


Thomas, the 2019 AP Offensive Player of the Year, has been bothered by an ankle injury since Week 1 of the season and was already ruled out for Sunday’s game against the defending champion


Kansas City Chiefs. It will be the seventh time this season Thomas had been scratched from the lineup.


Under current NFL rules adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic, players may return from injured reserve after as few as three games. The Saints also placed 2019 All-Pro returner


Deonte Harris on injured reserve. Harris had been inactive the previous three games because of a neck injury.


Thomas will finish the 2020 regular season having played in seven games, catching 40 passes for 438 yards and no touchdowns. That comes one season after his NFL-record 149 catches for 1,725


yards and nine TDs.


The roster move involving Thomas came as the Saints formally activated Drew Brees from his recent stint on injured reserve because of fractured ribs and a punctured lung. Coach Sean Payton


already had announced he intended to start Brees, who missed four games, against the Chiefs.


The Saints also activated interior offensive lineman Will Clapp as well as receivers Juwan Johnson, Tommylee Lewis and Li’Jordan Humphrey to the active roster from the practice squad, while


waiving tight end Garrett Griffin and QB Trevor Siemian.


After Sunday, the Saints conclude the season with a home game against Minnesota on Christmas Day and their season finale at Carolina on Jan. 3.


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