Four of the New Orleans Saints ' most important starters were not on the practice field as the team began its preparations for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Receiver Chris Olave, running back Alvin Kamara , offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga and safety Justin Reid did not practice with the team during the open media viewing portion of Wednesday's practice.

Kamara missed last week's game against the Miami Dolphins with a knee injury and was described as "week to week" by coach Kellen Moore before the game. Reid injured his knee on the first play from scrimmage against the Dolphins and only played a few more snaps before exiting the game.

Olave popped up on the injury report a week ago with a back issue and was questionable for the Dolphins game but wound up playing 87.5% of the snaps — sli

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