Welcome back to our Keys to the Game segment! Sure, it may only be NFL preseason, but New Orleans Saints football is back! Making heads or tails of what to expect from the opening contest of the preseason setting is very difficult. What you’d like to see out of your team is executing on the basics and fundamentals that were established in OTAs, minicamp, and training camp. Most of the time, you will only see base sets out of defenses and very basic sub packages. In reality? It’s simplistic football at its finest.
What to Watch For
Offense
The biggest thing to keep an eye out for is the tempo.