saints starters to go 3 qtrs thursday

roxygurl · 08-16-05, 09:20 PM

-- New Orleans Saints coach Jim Haslett said Monday his starters will see extensive playing time in Thursday night's exhibition game with the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass.
The Saints starting offense and defense played about 1‰ quarters in a 34-15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Friday night in their preseason opener. Most coaches play their starters for about a half in the second game, but Haslett said his players will go at least three quarters against the Pats.

"We just figured as a (coaching) staff that we were going to play our guys a lot more early this year," Haslett said. "We played them a quarter and a half last week, and we are going to go three this week."

After the game with the Patriots, which will be televised nationally by Fox Sports, Haslett said the plan is to back off a little bit the starters' playing time in the final two exhibition games.

sappapy · 08-16-05, 09:24 PM

Nice info. thanx Rgirl

roxygurl · 08-16-05, 09:29 PM

we need ace-ace to give his opinion on this game.

naught33 · 08-16-05, 09:40 PM

thanks for the info roxy....they reported on espn last night during the game that both the starters for NO and NE would play into the 3rd quarter of the game....they said haslett and belichick agreed on that

roxygurl · 08-16-05, 09:56 PM

well now i feel very stupid

naught33 · 08-17-05, 09:17 AM

nah girl....any info is always insightful! i only had heard it cause i was the jackass watching halftime of the game the other night, lol...btw anyone see when they had the camera on the kid with the puffed out cheeks? He was smoking WEED...haha, they quickly realized this and switched the camera off him, too funny

roxygurl · 08-17-05, 10:02 AM

Coach Bill Belichick said the decision on who would play and for how long against New Orleans tomorrow had yet to be made. Therefore, an ESPN report that he and Saints coach Jim Haslett had made a pact to play their starters into the third quarter of the exhibition game at Gillette Stadium caught him by surprise. ''I haven't talked to Jim since the owners meetings in Hawaii [in late March], so that's news to me," Belichick said.

ok..now what?im digging and surfing

naught33 · 08-17-05, 10:21 AM

LOL, good stuff roxy! i still think NE starters will play a good portion tomorrow, they didnt play much in their opening game against the bungles...but anything you can dig up please do!

kokopuff73 · 08-18-05, 05:13 PM

FYI,

ACE's picks are posted on the other site. He's taking NE first half -1.5 and NE -3 for the whole game.

Tommy · 08-18-05, 05:16 PM

Ace posted this in the NFL Football forum

08-16-05, 09:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
roxygurl SCI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 128	saints starters to go 3 qtrs thursday -- New Orleans Saints coach Jim Haslett said Monday his starters will see extensive playing time in Thursday night's exhibition game with the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass. The Saints starting offense and defense played about 1‰ quarters in a 34-15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Friday night in their preseason opener. Most coaches play their starters for about a half in the second game, but Haslett said his players will go at least three quarters against the Pats. "We just figured as a (coaching) staff that we were going to play our guys a lot more early this year," Haslett said. "We played them a quarter and a half last week, and we are going to go three this week." After the game with the Patriots, which will be televised nationally by Fox Sports, Haslett said the plan is to back off a little bit the starters' playing time in the final two exhibition games. __________________ ~Roxygurl~ Last edited by roxygurl : 08-16-05 at 09:21 PM.
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sappapy SCI Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 300	Nice info. thanx Rgirl __________________ Keep ur stick on the ice!!
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roxygurl SCI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 128	we need ace-ace to give his opinion on this game. __________________ ~Roxygurl~
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naught33 SCI Forum Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Scarsdale, NY Posts: 13,666	thanks for the info roxy....they reported on espn last night during the game that both the starters for NO and NE would play into the 3rd quarter of the game....they said haslett and belichick agreed on that __________________ -naught33 "You miss 100% of all the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky "No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around"-coach from the movie Rudy
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roxygurl SCI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 128	well now i feel very stupid __________________ ~Roxygurl~
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naught33 SCI Forum Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Scarsdale, NY Posts: 13,666	nah girl....any info is always insightful! i only had heard it cause i was the jackass watching halftime of the game the other night, lol...btw anyone see when they had the camera on the kid with the puffed out cheeks? He was smoking WEED...haha, they quickly realized this and switched the camera off him, too funny __________________ -naught33 "You miss 100% of all the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky "No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around"-coach from the movie Rudy
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roxygurl SCI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 128	update Coach Bill Belichick said the decision on who would play and for how long against New Orleans tomorrow had yet to be made. Therefore, an ESPN report that he and Saints coach Jim Haslett had made a pact to play their starters into the third quarter of the exhibition game at Gillette Stadium caught him by surprise. ''I haven't talked to Jim since the owners meetings in Hawaii [in late March], so that's news to me," Belichick said. ok..now what?im digging and surfing __________________ ~Roxygurl~
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naught33 SCI Forum Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Scarsdale, NY Posts: 13,666	LOL, good stuff roxy! i still think NE starters will play a good portion tomorrow, they didnt play much in their opening game against the bungles...but anything you can dig up please do! __________________ -naught33 "You miss 100% of all the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky "No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around"-coach from the movie Rudy
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kokopuff73 SCI Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5	FYI, ACE's picks are posted on the other site. He's taking NE first half -1.5 and NE -3 for the whole game.
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Tommy Now go get your shinebox Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sportscapper Island Posts: 15,069	Ace posted this in the NFL Football forum
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