Game action photos from the Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints week 1 game during the 2021 NFL Preseason.
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
Photos from the preseason game between the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Friday, August 14, 2021. (Photo by Michael DeMocker/NFL)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill throws a pass against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints running back Ty Montgomery makes a catch on a pass from quarterback Jameis Winston during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Malcolm Roach, right, tackles Baltimore Ravens quarterback Trace McSorley during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara looks on from the bench during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston throws a pass against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
A sunset is visible during the first half of an NFL preseason football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New Orleans Saints, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill gestures before taking the snap against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill throws a pass against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints linebacker Tanoh Kpassagnon walks off the field with a bloody mouth after attempting a tackle on Baltimore Ravens running back Justice Hill during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton looks on during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
New Orleans Saints linebacker Tanoh Kpassagnon walks off the field with a bloody mouth after attempting a tackle on Baltimore Ravens running back Justice Hill during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill throw a pass against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
New Orleans Saints game action photos from their game against the Baltimore Ravens in week 1 of the 2021 NFL Preseason on Saturday, August 14, 2021.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston throws a pass against the Baltimore Ravens during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
New Orleans Saints game action photos from their game against the Baltimore Ravens in week 1 of the 2021 NFL Preseason on Saturday, August 14, 2021.
New Orleans Saints linebacker Kaden Elliss, left, and defensive tackle Ryan Glasgow celebrate after they forced the Baltimore Ravens to turn the ball over on downs during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
There was not much separation in the competition to be the next starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints in the preseason opener against the Ravens on Saturday, Aug. 14 in Baltimore.
Taysom Hill started and went 8 of 12 for 81 yards with an interception. Jameis Winston replaced him and went 7 of 12 for 96 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
But there is no doubt what stat caught the eye of Saints Coach Sean Payton - six turnovers. The Saints lost 17-14 - extending Baltimore's preseason winning streak to a league-best 18 games - but the poor ball security and numerous penalties (10 for 63 yards) gave Payton and his staff plenty to coach before the next preseason game.
Running backs Latavius Murray, Devonta Freeman and Tony Jones Jr. fumbled while Hill, Winston and rookie Ian Book each had a pick. Murray and Jones each fumbled inside the red zone, taking possible points off the board.
The defense was excellent for most of the game with defensive lineman Marcus Davenport and David Onyemata standing out. Rookie cornerback Paulson Adebo was tested repeatedly but held up well and fellow rookie Bryce Thompson had an interception in the first half.
The Ravens scored on a 56-yard field goal by Justin Tucker, two field goals by his backup, Jake Verity, and a 7-yard run by third-string quarterback Tyler Huntley in the fourth quarter that proved to be the winning points.
Saints receiver Marquez Callaway had a nice first half with three catches for 61 yards. Other than the fumble, Jones was excellent. He scored on an 18-yard run and finished with 82 yards on just seven carries. The Notre Dame product also held up well in pass protection and had five receptions for 38 yards.
Numerous Saints players were held out of the game including running back Alvin Kamara, starting tackles Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk and on defense Cameron Jordan, Demario Davis and Marshon Lattimore all watched from the sideline.
The Saints will play their first preseason game at home in the Caesars Superdome on Monday, Aug. 23 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
