Cam Martin’s Pregame flyover.

Welcome to the premiere edition of the Page 2 Pregame Flyover, your source for aerial reconnaissance of every NFL game — even the ones in domes. We’ll unleash the full power of this column Friday, when we preview the first weekend of the 2010 season, but for now let’s focus on tonight’s Kickoff Game in New Orleans between the Saints and the Vikings. It’s a strange matchup the NFL has chosen to start this new campaign, considering Football Outsiders predicts neither one of these teams will even make the playoffs. I mean, really, who wants to start the season watching two lame ducks? Ya know, other than the people going to Sunday’s Cleveland-Tampa Bay game? Well, at least the fans in New Orleans get to watch a parade and listen to some music.

What to look for in the pregame show: The Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift — two favorites in every NFL locker room — will be headlining a concert at Jackson Square in New Orleans. Matthews and Swift are known for being safe and consumable for mainstream America; it’s when Matthews ends his shows — and perhaps his driver dumps the contents of his tour bus latrine onto unsuspecting sightseers — that things can get a little edgy.

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