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New Orleans Saints have named a starting quarterback.
Main coach Kellen Moore announced on Tuesday that second -year quarterback Spencer Rattler beat Rookie Tyler Shough for the starting job. The saints were the last NFL team that made a starting quarterback.
Rattler, 24, will lead the saints when they take on Arizona Cardinals in week 1.
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New Orleans Saints Quarterback Spencer Rattler warms up before an NFL football match for the forecast against Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, August 17, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Rattler impressed in the forecast and finished 30 of 43 passes in 295 yards with a touchdown and a eavesdropping across three games. He was also a threat in the running, hurried into 41 yards on seven bears and added a two-point conversion.
The former South Carolina star appeared in seven games that started six of them last season. The saints went 0-6 in Rattler’s starter.
Rattler finished 57% of his passports in 1,317 yards with four touchdowns and five interceptions, while also hurried in 146 yards on 18 bears.
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New Orleans Saints Quarterback Spencer Rattler (2) celebrates his two-point conversion to Jacksonville Jaguars with the broad recipient Dante Pettis (17) in the second half of a NFL Preseason football match on Sunday, August 17, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The saints chose Shough with their second round election (No. 40 overall) out of Louisville in April. He became the team’s highest threw quarterback since Archie Manning was taken No. 2 in total in 1971.
Shough, 25, completed 36 of 54 passes in 333 yards with a touchdown and a interception in three trials. He also ran after a touchdown of three carrier in 23 yards.
Shough played seven years of college football. He spent his first three seasons on Oregon before transferring to Texas Tech for three years. He ended his career in Louisville, where he finished 62.7% of his passports in 3,195 yards, 23 touchdowns and six cuts.
New Orleans Saints Quarterback Tyler Shough, Left, passes the ball under pressure from Denver Broncos Linebacker Jordan Turner in the second half of an NFL Preseason Football Fight on Saturday 23 August 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Shough dealt with several injuries throughout his career and played more than eight games in one season only once – last year at Louisville.
The saints went 5-12 last season and Moore hopes Rattler can lead them back to the playoffs for the first time since 2021.
