Texans vs. Saints: Postgame Grades, Notes and Quotes for New Orleans

August 31, 2015   ·   Zane Brown   ·   Jump to comments

The New Orleans Saints hosted the Houston Texans for their Week 3 preseason contest Sunday afternoon, and the home team came up on the losing end of a 27-13 score.
With the loss, New Orleans dropped to 0-3 on the preseason, while Houston ran its exhibition record to 2-1.
The Saints, who were impressive on both sides of the ball in last Saturday’s close loss to the New England Patriots, didn’t take the commonly used approach for the third preseason game. Whereas teams typically give their starters significant minutes in Week 3, coach Sean Payton opted to rest numerous first teamers on offense and defense while the game was still in the first quarter.
Houston put together three 80-yard touchdown drives in the game, as the New Orleans defense struggled to stop the visitors in the red zone.
The Saints offense, meanwhile, rolled up 393 yards, but the unit was only able to reach paydirt one time, and it failed to score a touchdown on three trips inside the red...

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