Saints head coach Kellen Moore introductory press conference, media updates, February 13, 2025

St. Widge said
He's 31 now (likely 32 next offseason) so I don't really see the point in seeing if he's really an NFL starting QB. I'd just rather either go with Carr meaning you are trying to win the Division this year or go with an upside guy like Rattler, Fields, Malik Willis, McKee, etc. And, as you know, my preference is to go with a young guy to find out if you need to draft a QB high in 2026. To me, someone like Rush means you are going to draft a QB high in 2026 because you know he isn't the long term answer and you don't know if Rattler or another young guy is. And I hate the idea of being forced to pick a QB high in 2026 since you just never know if any of the QBs will be worth a high pick, and if they are, you don't know if you will be in range to pick them.

I guess if you bring Rush in as a veteran backup to mentor the young guys I would get it. But, it would have to be a really cheap deal.

Yeah, of course. League minimum to come here and a bit of a raise if he had to play a lot of meaningful snaps. I'm not suggesting that he'd ever be a long term starter or anything. Just that he would be serviceable in a "get right" year if Rattler had a huge setback and couldn't beat him out. Maybe even bring in one of the other guys you mentioned too. But you can't just let Rattler not compete with another guy who hasn't been in the NFL long. Someone like Rush just makes sense as a guy who has started games recently, has played for Kellen Moore before and someone to push the other guys in camp a little.