New Orleans Saints Show Extreme Confidence In Derek Carr

Derek Carr And The New Orleans Saints’ Future

While the Saints are outwardly saying the right things about their starting quarterback, they made an intriguing move in the 2024 NFL Draft to bring a quarterback that could develop into being their long-term signal caller.

Spencer Rattler fell all the way to the fifth round of the draft, where the Saints happily scooped him up. There are some who believe that Rattler has the best all-around arm talent of any quarterback in the entire 2024 draft class, even above Caleb Williams. He’ll need time to develop, but he adds an interesting element to the New Orleans quarterback room.

During the 2023 season with the Saints, Carr ended up playing in all 17 games. He completed a very solid 68.4 percent of his pass attempts for 3,878 yards, 25 touchdowns, and just eight interceptions. Those numbers certainly aren’t shabby, but they didn’t move the needle much for New Orleans.

When everything was said and done, the Saints finished the season with a 9-8 record and didn’t get into the playoffs.

At 33 years of age, Derek Carr is facing a very important season for his NFL future. If he is unable to make some noise for the Saints this year, they could consider making a change.

It will be interesting to see what the 2024 NFL season has in store for the New Orleans Saints and Carr. They have a lot of talented pieces, but need to put it all together. Head coach Dennis Allen could also be on the hot seat if the Saints don’t have a strong showing.

Expect to see a lot of pressure on Carr’s shoulders. He’s always put up solid numbers, but that hasn’t been enough throughout his entire career. New Orleans needs him to have his best season to date if they want to make some noise and be a true contender in an improving NFC.