Here’s all you need to know about the importance of NFL preseason football games.

In 2000 and 2006, the Saints won only one of their four preseason games and then went on to record 10-6 records in the regular season and win their respective divisions.

Conversely, in the Saints’ inaugural 1967 season, they went 5-1 in the preseason and finished the year 3-11 and in last place in the NFL Capitol Division.

Keep that in mind as you dissect the Saints’ 27-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.

They call these things “exhibitions” for a reason. They don’t count. And rarely do they serve as an accurate divining rod for the real thing to come.

The Saints, after all, held out 12 projected starters, and the Chargers rested even more of their regulars. Moore and defensive coordinator Bra

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