The New Orleans Saints need Trevor Penning .

Yes, you read that right.

Forget the past three seasons of his Penning's career.

The Saints' offensive line is better with him than without him.

This time a week ago, I would have called the Saints’ O-line a strength of the team.

Maybe it still is.

But the foot injury left guard Penning suffered in Sunday’s preseason loss to the Los Angeles Chargers leaves a gaping 6-foot-7, 325-pound hole in the line.

At least for now.

A report by the NFL Network says Penning will miss a few weeks.

Saints head coach Kellen Moore didn’t say how long Penning’s injury would have him sidelined, only saying “a little while.”

How long that is remains to be seen.

What we do know though is Penning will miss some practice time, a valuable commodity for a pl

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