The latest turn in the Hunter Dekkers saga was an interesting one, as the New Orleans Saints placed the rookie quarterback on injured reserve Wednesday with a shoulder injury.

Dekkers has made a dozen appearances on the Saints' transaction wire, with the Saints releasing him a handful of times to shore up other areas of the roster only to bring him back.

"We finally got him practicing and going and a shoulder thing came up," coach Kellen Moore said. "We've just got to navigate it as best as we can and try and still do what we can to help him develop."

Receiver Kevin Austin took Dekkers' spot on the practice squad.

Austin signed to the active roster last week to make up for Devaughn Vele being held out of the Seattle game with a hip injury and was waived after the game. He appeared

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