The New Orleans Saints have seen better days, but it’s not for lack of trying as seen in the performance of their talented starting quarterback.
Sadly, the signal caller is going to have to sit down for a while due to injury, which begs the question of how the Saints are going to get back on track while he does.
Saints lose Derek Carr for multiple games
On Monday night, the New Orleans Saints dropped to 3-2 in the NFC South following a 26–13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
Sadly the defeat was not the only thing that the Saints lost that night as quarterback Derek Carr suffered what has since been diagnosed as an oblique injury, and it gets worse.
According to rumors, the Saints will now be without a car for at least the next two games. If you’ve been keeping up, that means a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this Sunday and a Thursday Night Football dance with the Denver Broncos on October 17th.
Carr was injured during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game on a fourth-and-8 within Chiefs territory. After taking a hard hit while attempting to throw a deep pass to wide receiver Mason Tipton, it became evident that something was wrong.
With that, the Saints resorted to Jake Haener, a fourth-round pick by New Orleans in 2023, who played the final parts of the game.
Interestingly, Haener is not a lock to replace Carr in the team’s next game, with rumors indicating that the organization may instead go with rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler, who is expected to be a “strong candidate” to start in Week 6.
Rattler, a fifth-round pick by New Orleans in April, impressed when given the opportunity in preseason, throwing for 202 yards and two touchdowns (one passing and one rushing)
in three games. Carr will undoubtedly be missed, as he threw for 989 yards, eight touchdowns, and four interceptions on 90-of-128 passing (100.7 passer rating) in five games.The Saints and Buccaneers will play Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET. Do not miss it.
