The New Orleans Saints have selected quarterbacks in each of the last two NFL Drafts, selecting Jake Haener in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft and Spencer Rattler in the fifth round in 2024. And it sounds like the team plans to have both of them compete for the backup quarterback role this season.
While the New Orleans Saints return starter Derek Carr for another season, head coach Dennis Allen made it clear that Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener will compete for the backup role but that battle will likely not be decided until just before the start of the 2024 season.
“That thing is going to battle out all throughout training camp,” Allen said according to Katherine Terrell of ESPN.
“Part of it, out here during this time, and even during training camp, is figuring out what you can do and what you can’t do,” Allen said during OTAs, “And if I never really take a chance, then I never really know what you can or can’t do in our league. And I think you find out here that the windows close a little faster than they do in college.”
We’ll have to see which one of the young quarterbacks emerges and earns the backup role this offseason.
[ESPN]
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