Frankly, this is a great policy for keeping at least a few more tickets off the secondary market (and out of the hands of visiting fans).
There are work-arounds for anyone with even a small fraction of cunning (as has been suggested more concretely by other posters). Toughen up. You can get those tickets if you want them.
This "virtually the same team" narrative is just false.
Entirely new WR corps 1-3: Woods, Watkins, and Cupp. That, along with a new, innovative, spread-out offensive coach/scheme, equals a very different team. Come on, message board people.
Drew Brees was a tennis star in his youth as well (couldn't beat Andy Roddick at some point in their Texas teen years, which helped to show him the path to football), and also had shoulder issues...