The New Orleans Saints have a giant downside on their palms proper now.
Their quarterback state of affairs was subpar at greatest, even earlier than Derek Carr abruptly introduced his retirement.
However now that Carr is not within the image, their remaining choices aren’t that encouraging.
With that in thoughts, former NFL star WR Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson took to X to ask the followers how they felt about Spencer Rattler being the starter.
Expensive Saints followers how optimistic do you are feeling about Spencer Rattler as QB1❔
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) August 10, 2025
Rattler was as soon as thought of to be a possible NFL star.
His faculty journey, nevertheless, didn’t go as deliberate, and his draft inventory continued to plummet by the day.
Quick ahead to right now, and he hasn’t performed a lot to silence the critics.
Granted, he hasn’t been within the league for that lengthy, and he’s nonetheless a younger participant, but it surely simply doesn’t really feel like he has it in him.
Rookie QB Tyler Shough outplayed him off the bench within the first preseason sport, and regardless of being a first-year participant with an extended historical past of accidents, even he appears like a safer guess at this level.
The Saints introduced in former QB and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore to take the reins of the venture after years of struggles underneath Dennis Allen’s tutelage.
Shough drew rave evaluations in his ultimate yr in faculty, and he has the arm expertise to do higher than Rattler.
So, despite the fact that the previous Oklahoma quarterback may be penciled in because the starter to start the yr, it wouldn’t be stunning to see him lose his spot sooner relatively than later.
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