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C.J. Spiller Injury Update: RB Out for Week 1 While Recovering from Knee Surgery

The New Orleans Saints faced a difficult enough task opening the season against an Arizona Cardinals squad that made the playoffs last year, but now they must do so without the services of running back C.J. Spiller thanks to a knee surgery.

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Spiller Could Return in Week 2

Tuesday, Sept. 8

While losing Spiller for the first week is less than ideal for the Saints, they received some good news, per the update from Ian Rapoport of NFL.com: “RB C.J. Spiller (knee) will not play in Week 1, I’m told, as he recovers from that minor knee surgery.