After missing last week's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , Taliese Fuaga was back on the New Orleans Saints practice field Wednesday.

The right tackle has missed four games this year for various reasons, having dealt with knee and back injuries as well as an injury to his other ankle. If being back at practice is a sign he could be available this weekend against the Carolina Panthers, the timing works in the Saints favor.

Fuaga's primary backup at right tackle, Asim Richards , missed Wednesday's practice because of an ankle injury he sustained in the fourth quarter of last week's game. New Orleans was down to third-string tackle William Sherman late in Sunday's win.

He was one of three starters that was ruled out because of injury last week, but he was the only one of those

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