New Orleans Saints reveal bizarre plan to replace retiring quarterback Derek Carr

The Saints volition beryllium holding a three-way backmost contention to regenerate Derek Carr, caput manager Kellen Moore has revealed.

Carr, the team's starter for the past 2 seasons, suddenly announced his retirement on Saturday. According to the team, aesculapian scans earlier this twelvemonth showed helium he had 'significant degenerative changes to his rotator cuff.'

And with the four-time Pro Bowler nary longer with the team, the Saints volition beryllium giving Tyler Shough, Jake Haener and Spencer Rattler each a accidental to triumph the starting job.

'We're going to fto each 3 of these guys roll,' Moore told reporters. 'They've each earned these opportunities.'

Moore, who believes 'one of these guys volition emergence [to the starting job]' by the opening of the preseason, added that Shough was 'excellent' during the team's caller rookie minicamp.

The erstwhile Oregon, Texas Tech and Louisville passer represents the highest draught concern successful the Saints' backmost room, arsenic the squad utilized the No. 40 prime to onshore him past month.

Haener was a fourth-rounder successful 2023 portion Rattler was a fifth-rounder past year.

Though Carr began past play arsenic starter, some Haener and Rattler got chances to impressment aft New Orleans' QB1 missed a full of 7 games with oblique and manus injuries.

Rattler earned astir of the reps successful Carr's absence, arsenic helium started six games, averaging 188.1 yards per contention and throwing 4 touchdowns against 5 interceptions.

Haener appeared successful 8 games but started conscionable one, throwing for 226 yards with 1 touchdown walk and 1 interception. 

Following his daze retirement, Carr released a connection connected his decision.

'Upon reflection of prayer, and successful treatment with [his wife] Heather, I've decided to discontinue from the National Football League,' said Carr. 'For much than 11 years, we person been incredibly blessed, and we are everlastingly grateful and humbled by this experience.

'It's hard to find the close words to explicit our acknowledgment to each the teammates, coaches, management, ownership, squad officials and particularly the fans who made this travel truthful special. Your unwavering enactment has meant the satellite to us.'

Following Carr's enarthrosis wounded being diagnosed successful March, country was an option, though it would've enactment his full 2025 play successful jeopardy and didn't guarantee a instrumentality to afloat strength.

So, aft discussing with his wife, Heather, arsenic good arsenic squad and extracurricular aesculapian personnel, Carr decided to extremity his NFL vocation aft 11 seasons.

The No. 36 wide prime of the 2014 NFL Draft, Carr retires with 41,245 passing yards and 257 touchdowns against 112 interceptions.

He made conscionable 1 travel to the playoffs, with the Raiders successful 2021.