Saints Team Notes

[New Orleans Saints]

This Saints quarterback is already hard at work training for 2025

@SpencerRattler @Saints putting in some great work on Wednesday thank you Banner sports medicine for the use of your facility we really appreciate it!! @quarterbackmag pic.twitter.com/tgxvM4s9pG

— Mike Giovando (@Elev8QBacademy) February 20, 2025

Spencer Rattler is back at home in Scottsdale, Ariz. training with Mike Giovando, a personal quarterbacks coach with the Elev8 Quarterback Academy. He was joined by University of Washington quarterback Will Rogers at the Banner Sports Medicine High Performance Center for a day’s work.

Giovando shared a few video clips of the New Orleans Saints quarterback staying sharp as the offseason begins, demonstrating a mixture of footwork drills and throwing sessions.

One thing that was noteworthy is most of the throws were deep outbreaking routes that showcased Rattler’s arm strength.

With new coach Kellen Moore coming to town and Derek Carr’s future unknown, this is an important offseason for Rattler. The young player may have a chance to compete for a starting spot going into his second year.

Even if the Saints cut Carr, it’s unlikely they just gift the reins to Rattler. As much potential as he showed, he still failed to win a game in his starts as a rookie. He could be competing with another mid-round rookie quarterback, or possibly a veteran who would likely be a bridge quarterback.

It’s not as if Rattler was going to spend the offseason on the couch regardless, but the jump from Year 1 to Year 2 is crucial for Rattler.

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Source: https://saintswire.usatoday.com/202...orkout-coach-2025-season-practice-highlights/

 

[New Orleans Saints]

Ashton Jeanty and Saints would be a perfect pair, per this draft expert

If you ask the Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski, the New Orleans Saints and Ashton Jeanty are candidates for a perfect marriage. Jeanty and the Saints have been connected because of Kellen Moore’s Boise State ties, but Sobleski stayed away from that low-hanging fruit to explain why Jeanty could fit the Saints so well.

Taliese Fuaga and Trevor Penning impacted Sobleski’s decision as well. He sees a world where putting Jeanty behind “two young, run-blocking tone-setters at offensive tackle” could be turn Jeanty into the “focal point” for the Saints offense for the future.

Sobleski highlighted Alvin Kamara’s injury history as a reason the Saints may need to add Jeanty. Kamara hasn’t played a full season since his rookie year. Drafting Jeanty would give you the best second option you’ve had since Kamara and Mark Ingram II’s first stint in New Orleans. If the Saints don’t touch Kamara’s contract again, he’ll be set up for retirement at the same time Jeanty is entering the third year of his rookie deal.

Sobleski does admit projecting where Jeanty will be drafted is difficult due to the unsettled nature of positional value. Teams are running the football more, and Moore’s own success with Saquon Barkley will likely keep that trend going. The only thing that would impact is how selecting a running back at ninth overall is perceived. Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs are two first-round running backs who have worked out very well for their teams, and Jeanty just might be better than both of them.

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Source: https://saintswire.usatoday.com/202...a-jahmyr-gibbs-bijan-robinson-nfl-draft-2025/

 

[New Orleans Saints]

Brandon Staley's former All-Pro cornerback celebrates Saints' latest staff hire

my guy! https://t.co/enzHTzfHxS

— Jalen Ramsey (@jalenramsey) February 21, 2025

Miami Dolphins cornerback, Jalen Ramsey, took to social media to celebrate the New Orleans Saints hiring Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator.

Ramsey and Staley crossed paths with the Los Angeles Rams. The cornerback was traded to the Rams in 2019, and Staley became the defensive coordinator the following year

Though the player and coach only spent one season together, they left a lasting impact on each other. Staley highlighted Ramsey as being “one of the biggest reasons” he got his first head coaching job. Staley also added that Ramsey “means so much to me.”

After the season, Ramsey called Staley “the best defensive coordinator that I’ve had for sure in the NFL.”

That praise never tapered off either. Staley was a candidate to be the Dolphins defensive coordinator just last year, and Ramsey recalled working with Staley as, “a good experience.”

Ramsey secured his second first-team All-Pro during that 2020 season, so it makes sense why he’d vouch for Staley. Ramsey has made first-team All-Pro three times with three different coordinators, though. Only Staley received such high praise. That should speak volumes.

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Source: https://saintswire.usatoday.com/202...ction-new-orleans-saints-hire-brandon-staley/

 

[New Orleans Saints]

Daniel Jeremiah says Saints are one of the best fits for top 2025 draft QB

The New Orleans Saints are in an intriguing position this offseason, as despite the salary cap being higher than anticipated, they remain in a tough spot regarding their money situation. The largest contract on the team in 2025 is quarterback Derek Carr, who is going to end up having a $51,458,000 cap hit.

With the hiring of new head coach Kellen Moore, maybe the Saints choose to keep Carr, or maybe they don’t and would rather look to pair Moore with a signal-caller of his own choice. One of the options would be drafting a quarterback, via trade-up or otherwise, and according to NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, the Saints may be a quality fit for top prospect Shedeur Sanders.

“I think he makes more sense when you look at — the Saints make sense to me; the Raiders make sense to me. More so about fit than anything else when it comes to those guys,” Jeremiah said during a conference call this week.

He made it clear as well that in the event of a potential Matthew Stafford trade, the New York Giants would be a team to consider, which would take them out of the running for Sanders, leaving other options to fill in.

As many of us know by now, the Saints have not selected a first-round quarterback since Archie Manning decades ago, and have rather chosen to sign them or draft them later, focusing on trenches and other positions to fill out the roster instead. However, with things shaken up among the coaching staff and roster, maybe they finally shake that trend and select their guy to build around for years to come.

Jeremiah compared Sanders to other top quarterback prospect Cam Ward in the same discussion: “I like Shedeur. I think Shedeur is — when you look at the things he does really well, the accuracy, anticipation, toughness, he just keeps getting up after taking a beating, but some of the other things that Cam has, he doesn’t have, which is just a little bit more twitch in his body. He has a more live arm.”

It will be intriguing to see how things pan out in this first Kellen Moore draft class, as the Saints look to build up a platform for him to work from.

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Source: https://saintswire.usatoday.com/202...saints-raiders-giants-matthew-stafford-trade/