Overview

• Spencer Rattler has emerged as the frontrunner with a 70% completion rate, vocal leadership and consistent poise in early camp practices
• Second-round pick Tyler Shough has struggled to match Rattler’s accuracy and urgency despite receiving first-team reps
• Jake Haener has returned to full participation and is rotating in with second- and occasional first-team units after recovering from an oblique injury
• The Saints trimmed quarterback depth by releasing undrafted rookie Hunter Dekker and have been linked to a possible Trey Lance trade
• Coach Kellen Moore will use the August 10 preseason opener against the Chargers as a live audition before naming his Week 1 starter in mid-August