New Orleans Saints’ Hill avoids serious injury, ‘doing good’

METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen said tight end Taysom Hill appeared to have avoided serious injury after he left the Saints’ 44-19 win against the Dallas Cowboys with a chest injury.

Hill was sent to a local hospital for evaluation at the end of the third quarter in Arlington as a precautionary measure but was able to ride back home on the team plane on Sunday.

“He’s doing good. He feels good. I don’t know if we’ve gotten all the results back on him. He went and got some more imaging today. I think we avoided anything real serious,” Allen said.

Allen did not specify the nature of the injury nor did he say what specific testing required a visit to the hospital.

“He has a chest injury. It’s nothing that’s serious. He’ll be in the rehab process just like everybody else is and we’ll kind of go from there,” Allen said.

Hill has eight carries for 53 yards this season and has caught two passes for 2 yards.

Hill was listed as questionable leading up to a Week 8 game against the Indianapolis Colts last year with a chest injury and practiced in a noncontact jersey. But he ended up playing 29 snaps and scored two touchdowns in that game.

Hill also sustained a rib injury during training camp in 2022 and missed one game against the Carolina Panthers in Week 3 of that year. He played the next three games with the injury.