Saints vs. Texans: Preseason open thread

The New Orleans Saints begin the 2022 preseason tonight on the road against the Houston Texans. Although wins and losses “don’t mean anything” in the preseason, it would be great to see the Saints come out strong in the preseason opener. The Saints have seen some huge changes this past offseason, most notably the departure of longtime head coach Sean Payton. Now is the time to see where so many new faces take the franchise.

Those of you in the local New Orleans market will be able to watch the game live on FOX 8 (WVUE) while the rest of us will need to listen on WWL.com and live vicariously though this thread until the NFL Network replay airs at 3:00am CST on Monday, unless you decide to pony up for the new NFL+ service to watch the game live. Here’s to a great showing from the Saints, and leaving the game as healthy as they arrived!

Game time:

Saturday, August 13th - 5:00pm PST / 7:00pm CST / 8:00pm EST

Location:

NRG Stadium - Houston, Texas

Weather Forecast:

Retractable roof likely to be closed

TV Broadcasts:

NFL Network (National Re-broadcast) - Monday, August 15th - 3:00am CST (yikes!)

WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans (Live)

Featuring: Joel Meyers, Sean Kelley, and Jon Stinchcomb

NFL Sunday Ticket:

Preseason games not included in the package

Radio:

WWL 870AM/105.3FM New Orleans

-Featuring: Mike Hoss, Deuce McAllister, and Steve Geller

New Orleans Saints radio network affiliates can be found here

Houston Texans radio network affiliates can be found here

Online Streaming:

NFL+ (Subscription Required)

iOS/Android Streaming:

NFL+ (Subscription Required)

Odds:

Saints -1; Over/Under 33.5

Opponent Blog:

Battle Red Blog

It’s not great NFL Football, but it’s NFL Football nonetheless. At least it’s Saints football, finally!