Is Tyler Shough a shoo-in to start for the Saints?
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Who do you guys expect to start week one in New Orleans, and how would you go about making that decision?
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To me, it's, it's almost has to be Tyler Sch because he's a senior citizen already.
Like, I, I mean, like, let's be real, like, if he's not ready to start week one, then why you draft him?
You have to have some self-awareness if you're the Saints and realize, you know what, we're back.
We, we are one of the three worst teams in the NFL right now.
What, like, just Just be bad.
It's OK to be bad for a year if the end result means in the 2026 draft, you get your quarterback in the future and you're set for the next 10 years.
Let me give Saints fans a beacon of hope here.
Nate Tice, who does great work breaking these things down, and you should check out Football 301.
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Tice made it very clear in the first meeting that Tyler Shuck was the guy that Keller Moore liked.
Just because he went at 40 doesn't mean he was the 40th best.
Player to the Saints.
Like, if Kellen Moore really walked into this draft process saying, Tyler Shuck is our guy, and I'm willing to spend a second round draft pick on him, I'm not willing to say with that information that there's any proof that the Saints don't believe that Tyler Shuck can be their starting quarterback.
What are the odds that the Saints are in April 2026 saying, yeah, we got a top three pick, but we got our quarterback.
Tyler Shuck is our guy.
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We're not drafting.
Arch Manning or or anybody else like I, I think there's I think it's 5% tops that that that happens.
To me, I think the two reasons that I would push back on that one is a year ago I'd be like, these quarterbacks that are drafted, not at the top, a little bit beyond those like first few picks, do we feel like they can succeed?
And then I think Boonne and Michael Pennix Junior showed us.
And then there might be something there.
So I do think that Tyler Shark should be ready to hit close to his ceiling.
The question is just what his ceiling is.
The other thing I'll say is, when you look at Dak Prescott, who was the last 3rd day draft pick who has had multi-year success, who was with him when that was happening?
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Well, his backup quarterback and soon to be Quarterback coach and offensive coordinator was Kellen Moore, and now Kellen Moore is the head coach of the Saints going to be in Tyler S Shack's here.
And I'm not saying that Tyler Shack is going to have Dak's career or even Dak's rookie year, but I do think that if you want to say, do we understand the formula, do we understand the blueprint, you have people who watched it front and center up close with Dak Prescott.
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