Saints' Offense Hits Stride Verse Raiders

OAKLAND, CALIF. - Looking for a rock-solid performance to send the preseason toward its anticlimactic finish, the New Orleans Saints got what they wanted Sunday in a convincing 40-20 victory.

The Saints' starting offense moved with precision and efficiency, scoring two touchdowns and a field goal on the team's first three possessions and converting two-thirds of the third-down situations it faced.

The defense, while allowing its concentration to flicker here and there and consequently missing a tackle, made Oakland work for what it got and came up with the turnover it needed at the end of the first half
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