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Spencer Rattler Defended by Exec After 2024 NFL Draft Slide; Saints QB Has 'Matured'
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By - Adam Wells | B/R
Spencer Rattler's fall in the 2024 NFL draft was partly attributed to questions about his character, but some people within the league feel that is a somewhat outdated concern for the quarterback.
One league executive acknowledged to The Athletic's Mike Sando that Rattler's "history doesn't help him," but he "has matured" and is "really coachable."
Rattler was a polarizing prospect throughout the pre-draft process for a variety of reasons. His college production at Oklahoma and South Carolina was often inconsistent.
In his scouting report of Rattler for B/R, Derrik Klassen noted only "a handful of players who throw with his flexibility and arm strength and accuracy," but his reckless style, "diminutive frame and poor athletic testing" left a lot of questions about his NFL potential.
Despite those concerns, Rattler was still B/R's sixth-ranked quarterback and No. 67 overall prospect in the class. ...
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The NFL Draft just wrapped up on Saturday, and despite not seeing any of the guys touch an NFL field yet, it seems like the New Orleans Saints did a pretty good job in this year’s draft.
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Continue reading...Now that the draft is officially over and we know all seven of the Saints picks, let’s go through each one and give them a grade based on how good I think the pick was.
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Continue reading...At pick 150, the Saints selected Spencer Rattler. This pick was considered a head-scratcher, but there are many reasons why the Saints did this. Spencer Rattler was one of the most polarizing prospects throughout the draft process. The topic of character issues clouded any conversation that was based around Rattler. The Saints do not like to draft players with character or...
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It would have cost the Saints more than $13 million in 2025 to exercise Turner’s option, so it’s easy to understand why they declined to do so. Just 18 of the 32 first-round picks in 2021 had those options picked up by their teams, suggesting a hit rate...
Continue reading...It would have cost the Saints more than $13 million in 2025 to exercise Turner’s option, so it’s easy to understand why they declined to do so. Just 18 of the 32 first-round picks in 2021 had those options picked up by their teams, suggesting a hit rate...
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Continue reading...Saints decline Payton Turner’s fifth-year option
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