There sure doesn’t seem to be much excitement for week 1

I mean, it's Labor Day...people are chilling.

I’m excited

Yeah week 1

You also have to consider the fact that the trolls and the everything the saints do is the worst thing ever posters have killed any momentum going into the season as well as ran off a lot of posters that simply grew tired of the same garbage being regurgitated with damn near every post

LSU just handled a top 5 team in their house (even though the score doesn't reflect it). That's being celebrated today for sure. Still riding that high.

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There sure doesn’t seem to be much excitement for week 1

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No shite, we might as well be on the clock

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My issue with this is that it seems like there is a component of this decision that should not be there. There is a segment of the fanbase that is very loud that wants Rattler, and it seems like they are starting Rattler that way when he struggles they can say “see this is why drafted Shough”. Then put Shough in afterwards. If they were sitting Shough behind a veteran that he could actually learn from, I think I would see this entirely different. I still like KM, and I will be happy to be wrong (not that we will ever know), but it has sure dampened my excitement for the season.

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What if Shough has just been bad and can’t beat rattler?

If Shough was even 10-20% better than rattler in practice and camp they’d be starting him. Nobody is worried about the hurt feelings of a 5th rd pick.

Saints are a boring team. They don't score a lot of points. I don't think they will with either QB this season. Two inexperienced QBs that aren't high end talents. They'll continue trying to win low scoring games by dragging the game into the mud. Not a lot to be excited about until there is.

This team better suck arse.

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The first 3 games are brutal,

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Is it really? Host Cardinals and 49ers, then at Seahawks.
Are people really thinking Arizona & Seattle aren't winnable games? Not saying we will win, or should even be favored, but they are not what I would call "brutal".

To OPs mention of sitting a rookie behind a veteran instead of 2nd year 5th rounder, I definitely understand that in principal. Ideally you would have the game experienced veteran (Carson Wentz, Tyrod Taylor, Teddy B types) with only 1 young unproven QB behind him, but the unknown of Rattler also has me intrigued for the start of the season same as it would if Shough were starting. Rattler hasn't lit it up, but he has shown flashes, so I'm still hopeful that the coaching staff and draw up the right plays at opportune times and that Rattler shows his development.

I think we can look to the LSU-Clemson game from Saturday to get a glimpse of what the Saints will try to do. Especially to start the season I don't expect Rattler or the offense in general to take the top off the defenses and score 30+. I think the Defense is going to have to lead the charge and set the tone. Offense will try & establish and commit to a running game, and throw a lot of screens. Likely to use a bunch of pre-snap motions to give a Rattler a chance to see Man/Zone coverage, O-line a chance to identify blitzers, and hopefully have the defense seeing the motions and hopefully being a half step late off the ball so our WRs can have beat them off the line for a lot of quick throws. I doubt that we see many 20+ yard passing attempts, that is unless opposing defenses expect that also and bring a safety in closer to the line to mix up blitzers and force Rattler to show he can beat them.