Preseason officially canned (1 Viewer)

[Taker597]

But don't worry. Week 1 is always a preseason game for us.

 

[JayMS]

I had just come to post this too ...

 

[Saint Kamara]

Good

 

[Saint Greg]

Anything that gives teams less preparation is advantage Saints. All of the teams with new coaches or quarterbacks are going to be at a disadvantage. That includes the Bucs who roll into New Orleans week 1 having no game reps with Brady at QB.

 

[fdl16]

Give it up, NFL. Stop stringing people along and admit the whole season will be cancelled.

 

[BroKV]

Rosters reduced to 80, who's out?

 

[gavinj]

They should never bring preseason games back. Just consign them to the annals of history.

 

[Heathen Saint]

They should never bring preseason games back. Just consign them to the annals of history.

Agreed. Glorified practices

 

[Saint Greg]

Agreed. Glorified practices

Except the younger players don’t get as many reps in practice. Jeff Saturday was on one of the shows today talking about making the team as a late draft pick/UDFA. He said he’d get 2 or 3 reps in practice and 50-70 in a preseason game. If they get rid of preseason games I think they should replace them with more joint practice sessions with other teams.

 

[No2DC]

But don't worry. Week 1 is always a preseason game for us.

Why did you have to remind us?

 

[rob22278]

Except the younger players don’t get as many reps in practice. Jeff Saturday was on one of the shows today talking about making the team as a late draft pick/UDFA. He said he’d get 2 or 3 reps in practice and 50-70 in a preseason game. If they get rid of preseason games I think they should replace them with more joint practice sessions with other teams.

This. Without a preseason players like Colston, Streif, and Pierre Thomas might never make the team. The Saints have been great about finding late round gems and UDFAs, especially in the Payton/Loomis era. No preseason might force the team to go with a “known commodity” veteran rather than taking a chance on a younger player with more upside.
Available roster spots on a deep team are hard to come by.

My biggest beef with preseason as a season ticket holder is being charged full price for 2 practices every year.

 

[Zack Lee]

Anything that gives teams less preparation is advantage Saints. All of the teams with new coaches or quarterbacks are going to be at a disadvantage. That includes the Bucs who roll into New Orleans week 1 having no game reps with Brady at QB.

this is a very valid point. It’s going to be weird seeing him opposite the Saints , sulking with someone other than BB

 

[mambodeath]

This. Without a preseason players like Colston, Streif, and Pierre Thomas might never make the team. The Saints have been great about finding late round gems and UDFAs, especially in the Payton/Loomis era. No preseason might force the team to go with a “known commodity” veteran rather than taking a chance on a younger player with more upside.
Available roster spots on a deep team are hard to come by.

My biggest beef with preseason as a season ticket holder is being charged full price for 2 practices every year.

Last year they changed the preseason prices to less than that of regular season games

 

[Saint Greg]

Last year they changed the preseason prices to less than that of regular season games

It’s all playing with numbers. They put a lower price on the preseason games then pick a couple regular season games to put a higher price on to make up for it. They haven’t lowered anything. Prices just go up.

 

[crawfish2010]

Anything that gives teams less preparation is advantage Saints. All of the teams with new coaches or quarterbacks are going to be at a disadvantage. That includes the Bucs who roll into New Orleans week 1 having no game reps with Brady at QB.

I remember when rookie RG III lit the Saints up in week 1.