- ABC News
- October 9, 2024
METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints will start rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, coach Dennis Allen said Wednesday. Rattler will start in place of injured Derek Carr, who strained his oblique against the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday. Allen said Carr's return would be a "week-to-week" decision and that Carr would retain his starting job when healthy. "Overall, I think he's doing OK, and yet I think he's disappointed that he can't be out here," Allen said. "He's a guy that hasn't missed a lot of time, doesn't like to miss a lot of time, so I think he's frustrated with that part." The Saints play two games in five days -- Sunday against Tampa Bay and then Oct. 17 against the Denver Broncos on "Thursday Night Football." Rattler, a 2024 fifth-round draft pick out of South Carolina, won the starting job over second-year player Jake Haener, but Allen declined to go into...