NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The previously hapless Saints have won consecutive games for the first time all season and their rookie quarterback is a big reason why.
Tyler Shough, who spent the first eight weeks of the season watching from the sideline, has won three of his first six starts and has done so with no small measure of panache.
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