The New Orleans Saints visit Lambeau Field on Friday to play the Green Bay Packers in Week 2 of the NFL preseason. New Orleans opened its preseason on Saturday with a 17-13 loss to the Houston Texans. New Orleans quarterback Ian Book passed for 121 yards with one interception while the leading rusher for the Saints was Abram Smith with 30 yards and the leading receiver was Dai'Jean Dixon with 33 yards.
Andy Dalton passed for one touchdown for New Orleans but played only one series and is expected to play a few more series' on Friday against Green Bay. Dalton completed each of his five passes for 51 yards including a nine-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Washington. New Orleans is expected to have very few of its skills position players on the field for more than one or two series as they continue to look at other players to back up the starters.
Green Bay opened its preseason schedule with a 28-21 loss on the road to the San Francisco 49ers. Jordan Love was picked off three times by San Francisco but head coach Matt LaFleur called the interceptions unfortunate. Love was able to move the ball up and down the field for Green Bay finishing with 176 yards and a pair of touchdowns to go with his three interceptions. Romeo Doubs caught three passes for 45 yards with one touchdown but also dropped a pair of passes.
Backup QB Danny Etting passed for 123 yards with one touchdown for Green Bay. The leading rusher for the Packers was Tyler Goodson with 37 yards but Sharon Jones and AJ Dillon did not see any action. The leading receiver was BJ Baylor with 75 yards, while Danny Davis and Doubs each had one touchdown reception. Get all of the best NFL predictions today.
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