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Saints Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
By | August 19, 2008
The Saints played their preseason home opener Saturday night against the Houston Texans in the Superdome, and 70,000 fans found out that they looked very much like the 2007 team.
Of course, that’s good news and bad news for the Saints after a disappointing 7-9 finish a year ago.
The first-team offense, which ranked fourth in the NFL in total yards a year ago, was sharp in scoring on four of five first-half possessions and leading the Saints to a 20-17 halftime lead.
On the flip side, the defense struggled, giving up 289 passing yards and two touchdown passes in a 31-27 loss. Last season the Saints ranked 30th in passing defense.
The starting defense gave up scores on successive drives of 80, 74 and 50 yards in the first half.
Topics: New Orleans Saints, NFC South |