DWAYNE WASHINGTON

The Saints have scratched top running back Alvin Kamara from the lineup against Tampa Bay because of a rib injury that has bothered him since New Orleans’ Week 1 victory at Atlanta.

ALLEN PARK -- Dwayne Washington, a 2016 seventh-round running back pick to the Detroit Lions, is back with the New Orleans Saints. Washington agreed to return to the Saints after getting released earlier this week, per the league’s transaction wire. Related: Lions have new backup QB after Tim Boyle, David Blough fail to ‘make the jump’Related: The Detroit Lions can’t stop smiling about Aidan HutchinsonHe had his best season when he was a rookie back in 2016. Washington ran for 265 yards and one touchdown on 90 attempts. Washington played his college ball at Washington.

Like all NFL teams, the New Orleans Saints finalized their 53-man roster Tuesday afternoon. Running back Dwayne Washington, a former seventh-round pick by the Detroit Lions, made their final roster. The Saints released Washington on Wednesday per the NFL’s transaction wire. Before signing with the club in 2018, he played his first two NFL seasons with the Detroit Lions. The Lions drafted Washington with the 236th overall pick (seventh round) in the 2016 NFL draft.

New Orleans Saints two-time All-Pro receiver Michael Thomas says he won’t play this season because of complications related to ankle surgery last summer.

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, shows The Carrier Dome at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. The Carrier Dome at Syracuse University hosted its first football game 40 years ago this week, and it's undergoing a major upgrade as the football season opener looms. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, shows The Carrier Dome at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. The Carrier Dome at Syracuse University hosted its first football game 40 years ago this week, and it's undergoing a major upgrade as the football season opener looms. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse University's Carrier Dome opened 40 years ago with an overflow crowd that set an attendance record that still stands. The first football game in the Carrier Dome was Sept. 20, 1980, and the place was an instant hit. “The thing that resonates in my mind is the footprint of the Carrier Dome actually takes up 20,000 less square feet and holds twice as many people as Archbold.