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**Saints get monkey off back with lengthy TD drive**

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Even with a dog-nosed commitment to the run, and the use of pre-snap motion as window dressing to accompany it, players from the New Orleans Saints insisted they kept their offense basic in Sunday's 16-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Saints roster projection

The New Orleans Saints have less than 10 days to cut the roster to 53 players, and after Sunday's 16-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the team has two preseason games, 18 training camp practices and a handful of offseason workouts to inform their decision.

Bub Means makes big play in debut game

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sunday's preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers was Bub Means' NFL debut. And the very first ball that went his way was meant to go his way. On fourth down, no less. No pressure. With 2:05 left in the first quarter, Means heard the play call in the huddle, automatically ran out to his spot in the formation, and then the thought occurred to him — Oh, I'm the primary read on this play.

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**Key Takeaways from the loss to the 49ers**

The conditions were ideal for the second Saints preseason game. Gametime temperature was 76 degrees in Santa Clara (about 47 miles south of downtown San Francisco), sunny, with a stiff 15 mpg NNW wind (left to right). The surface at Levi's Stadium is Bermuda grass, that would rival any stadium in America. It was evident that, unlike last week in Arizona, the field had not been touched at all prior to Sunday's game

**Offense shows encouraging signs in loss**

Santa Clara, Calif. – There wasn't nearly a totality of execution by the New Orleans Saints in Sunday's preseason game against San Francisco at Levi's Stadium. But there was enough, especially from the starting offense and defense, to provide some of what Coach Dennis Allen wanted to see as the Saints closed out the West Coast leg of training camp with a 16-10 loss to the 49ers.

**Game action photos**

Check out the game action shots from the New Orleans Saints game against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2 of the 2024 NFL Preseason.

**Watch Derek Carr's postgame interview**

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr's postgame interview after the Saints' game against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2 of the 2024 NFL Preseason.