Rookie QB Spencer Rattler to start for Saints vs. Buccaneers on Sunday in place of injured Derek Carr

Rattler has not but appeared in an everyday season sport however carried out effectively sufficient in preseason motion (20 of 38, 202 yards, one landing) to get Saints followers speaking quietly about his potential. Now that Carr has suffered an indirect harm that’s anticipated to maintain him out for a number of weeks, New Orleans is deciding to try Rattler, who they’re selecting over backup Jake Haener. When Carr was injured Monday within the Saints’ loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Haener entered the sport, whereas Rattler was the emergency third QB. Now he’ll be QB1.

A former five-star prospect out of Arizona, Rattler started his collegiate profession at Oklahoma earlier than transferring to South Carolina after shedding his beginning job to Caleb Williams. He left Columbia after finishing 67.5% of his passes for six,212 yards, 37 touchdowns and 20 interceptions, however did not appeal to a ton of consideration in a QB-laden 2024 draft class, resulting in his fifth-round choice (one hundred and fiftieth general).

With Drake Maye because of make his first begin for New England on Sunday, Rattler and Maye will change into the fourth and fifth rookie quarterbacks to begin a sport within the 2024 season. Rattler would be the first rookie quarterback chosen exterior of the primary spherical, nonetheless.