Tyler Shough receives eye-opening warning from Saints teammate ahead of rookie NFL season

The New Orleans Saints are in the middle of the quarterback battle. However, when you draft a quarterback in the earlier rounds, some might assume that is the guy to be at the pole position to become an NFL starter. Apparently, that’s not the case for Tyler Shough, who was drafted in the second round. That’s not the case for one of his teammates.

Foster Moreau has served the Saints as a tight end for the past two years. He got 413 yards and 5 touchdowns last season. Speaking to Sirius XM NFL Radio, “I don’t think this front office is just going to hand him the keys. I think he’s truly going to have to prove it,” Moreau said.

The thing is the Saints also have two other relatively young quarterbacks on their roster. Jake Haener is a fourth-round pick in 2023, and Spencer Rattler a fifth-round pick in 2024. Both took over after Derek Carr’s injury but neither had good results. However, Shough is not precisely the best prospect ever, so this is a wide-open battle.

Spencer Rattler is the most intriguing of them all

Once projected to be a first overall pick, Rattler’s stock and reputation took a turn for the worse in his last few years in college. He had to stay at the collegiate level for a couple more seasons and fell off all the way to a fifth-round pick. However, if you were once touted as a first overall pick, that’s because the raw talent was there.

Spencer Rattler, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints

If there is a version of that Rattler anywhere, that would be the best-case scenario for the Saints. Recovering that player is a big-time problem as Rattler is years removed from being that good of a prospect, but given the team’s expectations this season and their cap space issues, they might as well try to see who their best quarterback is.

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The Saints will most likely be a bottom-barrel team

The Saints have some talent on their roster. Wideout Chris Olave and running back Alvin Kamara are top-tier talents in the league but the Saints need way more than just two talented guys to make enough points to win football games.

Defensively, they gave massive money to defensive end Chase Young who has been failing to live up to his potential. However, if he can recoup, he is an elite talent. Then, they have Demario Davis, Justin Reid and Tyrann Mathieu to go along the way.

They have potential stars and players past their primes, but the team can still be somewhat productive. However, they need to figure out who their quarterback will be.