He started six games as a rookie instead of the injured Carr but Haener started only one start – the first and only as a pro – last year.
Rattler left 0-6 as a starting team in 2024 for 5-12 Saints team.
His Winless run extended the longest active drought for a club without newcomer QB, according to NFL Research. New Orleans last won a newcomer to the brand champion and started all the way back in week 10. Week of 1981, when Dave Wilson Saints past Saints past the Los Angeles Rams, 21-13.
This was the last of the only five winnings of the Saints with a newcomer QB with the control, per NFL research. It has been the lowest level since at least 1950.
Simply the saints have been starved to succeed in the QB newcomers for the vast majority of history NFL.
Shough must do the job first before he can win a game. He must get from Rattler and Haener, who is dealing with minor diagonal injuries at the moment.
Based on his draft position, the Shough is the big favorite to get the QB1 concert this Offseason.
Should he move on and do so he will make a story by becoming the first New Orleans Week 1 newcomer since he made more than five decades ago.