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The New Orleans Saints have an excited player despite trade rumors. Also, the team has a few veterans getting pushed by rookies. And here are the two hottest takes coming out of the Saints’ 2025 minicamp.
Whatever the upcoming season holds for the Saints, things will undoubtedly point back to the retirement of quarterback Derek Carr. It will either be seen as a turning point or a spot where the team went in the wrong direction.
Regardless of how it plays out, the Saints have developed quite a competition at the position.
Head coach Kellen Moore said he’s not concerned right now about the youth at the quarterback position. He said things can work themselves out, according to foxsports.com.
Moore pointed to his time in Dallas, when Dak Prescott took over as a rookie in 2016.
“It’s all about opportunities,” Moore said. “(Prescott) hopped in there and played great. And certainly, there’s a lot of other quarterbacks through the history of this game who’ve done it in a similar fashion. So, we feel like we’ve got some young guys who are ready to roll.”
Shough said he is focusing on getting better and letting the other things fall into place.
“A lot of things you can’t control,” Shough said. “But you can control your preparation, your attitude, your effort — and that’s one thing I’m going to do.”
And Moore said he likes what he’s seen from Shough this far.
“He’s a really, really prepared quarterback,” Moore said. “He can handle NFL volume. He’s handled the playbook tremendously.”
As for Rattler, he needs to show more than he did in 2024. The Saints finished with a record of 5-12, and Rattler didn’t make great strides. But he does have a year of experience under his belt. And that could help in the battle with Shough.
“It helps a lot just with the speed of everything, understanding what you’re going to see week in and week out,” Rattler said. “You can’t put too much pressure on yourself,” Rattler added. “It’s Year 2 — a great opportunity ahead of me.”
Also trying to get in the mix is Jake Haener, a 2023 fourth-round pick.
Questions have arisen about whether the Saints would try to add a veteran to stabilize the young mix. That’s a possibility, according to nfl.com.
“Certainly there’s times where if the opportunity presents itself, you feel like it’s a really good fit, we’d love to do it,” Moore said. “We feel like we have some good guys here that can certainly mentor each other at the same time going through this process.
“I feel like our quarterback room has some experience there in the sense that myself, (offensive coordinator) Doug Nussemeier, (QB coach) Scott Tolzein, we’ve all been around this for a while from a player’s and a coach’s perspective. We do feel like we’ve got a good room there, but obviously we’re...
