Both the Chargers and Saints entered Friday’s game with 0-2 records during the month of August. While these exhibition games don’t matter in the long run, players are still playing their hearts out to earn an opportunity to stick around following final cuts.
Unfortunately for the Chargers reserve players, they had to face several drives against the Saints starters — on both sides of the ball — before they got to line up against someone down at their talent level.
The overwhelming start to the game was enough to squash any early efforts to keep things competitive and the Saints held on to a multi-touchdown lead throughout the night en route to a 27-10 victory at home.