{"id":281647,"date":"2025-08-12T07:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/281647\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:51:25","slug":"saints-drop-preseason-opener-to-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/281647\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints drop preseason opener to Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mason Tipton checked an important box in the New Orleans Saints preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers: After a couple of years of showing he could do it in a practice setting, he can now say he&#8217;s done it in a game. Tipton torched the Chargers defense for a 54-yard touchdown in the third quarter of Sunday&#8217;s 27-13 loss. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-mason-tipton-finally-sees-it-translate-in-a-game\/article_e7f870f4-ddaf-45f3-b2e9-1d48a019380a.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mason Tipton finally took his explosive skill from training camp practices to the game field\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new-look New Orleans Saints started the 2025 preseason with a trip to Southern California to take on the Los Angeles Chargers. Here are three things we learned in a 27-13 loss that won&#8217;t hurt in the standings but exposed several weak points on the roster. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/3-things-we-learned-from-saints-preseason-loss-to-chargers\/article_54255459-4e1d-4086-be03-950f290504a0.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Three things we learned from the Saints&#039; preseason opener against the Chargers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresh off his first NFL preseason game, Tyler Shough wore a wrap around his right knee in the locker room after Sunday&#8217;s 27-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. But the New Orleans Saints quarterback didn&#8217;t seem concerned. &#8220;I just landed on it,&#8221; Shough said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a bruise.&#8221; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-tyler-shough-bruised-knee-chargers\/article_4748c10a-bd20-446b-b878-1561a1c9fa70.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Saints QB Tyler Shough wears a wrap around bruised knee after loss. Here&#039;s what we know.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints may wind up attending a joint practice on their West Coast trip after all. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay told reporters Sunday that his team is hopeful to conduct a practice with the Saints Thursday, which is the Saints&#8217; final day in Southern California. The Rams previously had a joint practice with the Chargers lined up for this coming week, but the Chargers canceled the session after going through numerous injuries. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-may-practice-against-the-los-angeles-rams-this-week\/article_a0c9d2aa-a86f-44c3-951c-1cec15d31795.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Saints may be able to squeeze in a joint practice on their West Coast trip after all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mason Tipton checked an important box in the New Orleans Saints preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,81,2003,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-281647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115014709172928249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}