Kellen Moore Officially Names Saints' Starting Qb For Remainder Of 2025 Season

On Tuesday, nan Saints announced that backmost Tyler Shough would commencement complete Spencer Rattler successful Week 9 against nan Rams aft a 1–7 commencement to nan season, tied for nan worst grounds successful nan NFL.

New Orleans coach Kellen Moore confirmed nan backmost alteration connected Wednesday and shared that Shough is expected to beryllium nan starter for nan remainder of nan 2025 season. Rattler has officially been benched for nan remainder of nan year, based connected nan Saints' plan.

Despite Shough being a rookie, Moore is excited to spot really nan backmost performs moving forward.

“Really excited astir this opportunity for him,” Moore said. “He’s been preparing each and each week conscionable arsenic he would beryllium if he was nan starter truthful I consciousness for illustration he’s fresh to go. There will beryllium a batch of breathtaking opportunities for him. It will beryllium his first acquisition starting and going done that afloat process. Obviously, there’s an constituent pinch that you gotta kinda navigate arsenic you go.”

Shough said to media connected Wednesday, too, expressing his excitement to gain nan starting role, while besides acknowledging there's a batch of activity near to do.

"It was a awesome feeling, but knowing that there's a batch of activity to beryllium done," Shough said. "I deliberation it's conscionable complimentary of nan activity that I've done down nan scenes. ... It was a bully feeling, but successful nan aforesaid boat, we’ve sewage a batch of activity to do. That's my mindset."

There's ever a chance nan Saints will move up nan backmost business again earlier nan season's over, but for now, Shough will lead nan team.

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