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The New Orleans Saints will kick off their preseason slate on Saturday against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Caesars Superdome.
The two teams will also meet Thursday for a joint practice at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, Louisiana.
On Wednesday, Saints head coach Kellen Moore laid out how the team's starters will get heavy work in during the joint practice but likely won't see the field in Saturday's preseason opener. That means Saints fans hoping to see top players like Tyler Shough, Chris Olave, and Travis Etienne Jr. in a live, competitive setting may have to wait until later in the preseason.
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"Yeah, we'll get through this joint practice, and then we'll kind of see where our numbers are," Moore said. "But most of the starters are just going to get really good work in this joint practice, and then they won't play [on Saturday]."
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Jaguars head coach Liam Coen appears to be on the same page. He announced earlier in the week that Jacksonville's top players — including Trevor Lawrence, Travis Hunter, and other key starters — also won't play in Saturday's matchup. Like Moore, Coen plans to use Thursday's joint practice to get his starters valuable, controlled reps while avoiding the injury risk that comes with live preseason action.
It's probably not the news fans of either team wanted to hear, but there's still plenty of preseason left, and it's likely Moore and Coen will gradually work their starters into live game action over the coming weeks as Week 1 approaches.
For New Orleans, the next two preseason games are both at home — against the Los Angeles Rams (Saturday, Aug. 22) and the Dallas Cowboys (Friday, Aug. 28). With the Jaguars, Rams, and Cowboys all among the better teams in the league, Moore and the Saints will get a strong test heading into the regular season.
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