Per
Redskins Insider:
The following Redskins are inactive due to injury:
S Reed Doughty has the stomach flu and is out.
LB Marcus Washington (hamstring/hip)
S Kareem Moore (knee)
LB Khary Campbell (thigh)
Healthy scratches are:
OL Chad Rinehart, OL Jason Fabini, DE Rob Jackson
So, WR Malcolm Kelly makes his NFL debut.
Skins are very short at safety. Reed Doughty out with illness (stomach flu) and Kareem Moore still out recovering from his knee problems. So they have just Landry, Hamilton and Horton up. That's it. And two of those guys have very little experience at all, and Landry is just a second year guy who missed the entire preseason with a hamstring injury. Horton will start in Doughty's place.
Against this passing attack that's huge and I would not be surprised to see Shawn Springs play some safety. Horton is strictly a strong-side guy for now.
They are also very short at LB again, with Washington and Campbell out. That leaves just Albert Fincher as a backup at all three positions, and he's a teams guy for now, really. I expect a lot of nickel coverage. Blades will start for Marcus Washington. So they are losing lots of talent on special teams and in the back end. That's scary against the Saints.
So the Skins have one reserve safety and one reserve LB active. That's it.
Saints Inactives:
WR Marques Colston
CB Randall Gay
LB Scott Fujita
RB Aaron Stecker
CB Mike McKenzie
S Roman Harper
T Jermon Bushrod
DT Antwan Lake
The Saints are also beat up on D, without a starting corner, safety and LB. Their secondary was an area of concern already, so maybe we see some downfield fireworks.