By Joel A. Erickson | The Advocate
Tom Savage and Taysom Hill take center stage Thursday night.
For the first time in years, the job of backing up Drew Brees is something less than a foregone conclusion. The New Orleans Saints typically had a veteran backup in his 30s working behind Brees. Savage and Hill are young options still trying to establish themselves in the NFL.
And as the Saints have reduced the time Brees spends actually playing in the preseason — he sat out the first two preseason games last year — the backups' opportunities to make an impression have increased.
"Both them are going to get a lot of work in this preseason," Saints coach Sean Payton said of Savage and Hill. "Both are doing well. Ultimately, it's how the team moves with them in there and putting us in positions to score."
Payton did not say who will start, or how the playing time will be divvied up in Thursday night's preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. ...
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