The New York Giants, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts have selected their quarterback battles, leaving simply the New Orleans Saints to call a beginning signal-caller.
This seems to be a decent race between second-year professional Spencer Rattler and rookie Tyler Shough. New coach Kellen Moore says this battle will go right down to the wire — even by way of the Saints’ ultimate preseason matchup in opposition to the Denver Broncos.
“We have got three days of follow and a recreation, so we have some glorious work coming our means,” Moore stated, by way of ESPN.
Within the Saints’ two preseason matchups, Rattler has accomplished 25 of 35 passes for 252 yards, one landing and one interception, whereas Shough has accomplished 24 of 34 passes for 231 yards, one landing and one interception.
“It is actually, actually shut — numbers, experiences, reps, all the things — it is going all the best way again to the beginning of coaching camp. All the pieces may be very, very shut between this group. We’ll see the way it all performs out,” Moore stated.
Rattler was a fifth-round pick of South Carolina final season, and he accomplished 57% of his passes for 1,317 yards, 4 touchdowns and 5 interceptions in seven video games performed as a rookie. The Saints struggled final season when Derek Carr was not below middle, as Rattler and Jake Haener didn’t register a single win. Granted, each younger quarterbacks didn’t discover themselves in a good state of affairs, because the Saints had been eviscerated by accidents in 2024.
Saints by beginning QB in 2024
W-L | 5-5 | 0-7 |
Factors per recreation | 24.5 | 13.3 |
Factors per recreation differential | +6.3 | -17.6 |
If it wasn’t Shedeur Sanders, Shough was probably the most polarizing quarterback prospect within the 2025 class. Whereas the rookie is about to show 26 years outdated subsequent month, he was praised by evaluators and coaches for his enticing body and arm expertise. In actual fact, one NFL coach apparently believed Shough was the prime quarterback on this previous draft — sure, even higher than No. 1 total choose Cameron Ward.
Shough performed for Oregon and Texas Tech earlier than wrapping up his seven-year collegiate profession at Louisville this previous season. General, he went 21-11 as a university starter, and completed on a excessive notice by throwing for 3,195 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions for the Cardinals in 2024.
