New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler is attempting to win the backup role behind starter Derek Carr this upcoming season, and it sounds like he has already impressed his new head coach.
During a recent press conference, head coach Dennis Allen gave some high praise to the rookie out of South Carolina, saying that Rattler is “improving every day.”
“I think he’s improving every day,” Allen said of Rattler according to Pro Football Talk. “There’s still some things that he’s doing: Just understanding how to play within the scheme of the offense, how to get through your progressions, knowing how to listen to your feet, when to take your chances down the field, when it’s time to check the ball down — all those things are pretty good learning experiences.
“I wanted to put him in a situation [Monday in practice], fourth-and-five, we’re in a move-the-ball situation see if he could execute and make a play. And he did. He made a hell of a throw on the out route to get the first down in that situation. So I see some of that confidence, which I think is good at the quarterback position, and yet there’s some times where I think we’ve got to pull the reins back just a little bit.”
Rattler is competing with Jake Haener for the No. 2 job behind Carr. We’ll have to see who comes out on top.
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