{"id":871242,"date":"2026-04-21T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871242\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:41:18","slug":"report-saints-spencer-rattler-could-garner-trade-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871242\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Saints\u2019 Spencer Rattler could garner trade interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ross Jackson<\/p>\n

After the New Orleans Saints<\/a> signed free agent quarterback Zach Wilson<\/a> earlier this offseason, many pondered whether the acquisition would impact the future of incumbent passer Spencer Rattler<\/a>. The talk around the possibility subsided after about a week, with indications at this year\u2019s Annual Meeting<\/a> lending themselves toward the likely scenario of Rattler remaining in the Crescent City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, new intrigue has recently surfaced around the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While sharing his notes on recent draft buzz<\/a>, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter named Rattler as one of the players that \u201ccould gain interest\u201d during this year\u2019s NFL Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A team showing interest in Rattler makes sense. The 2026 quarterback draft class isn\u2019t considered a strong one. The Saints just added a veteran with starting experience in free agency and are expected to welcome back former signal caller Hunter Dekkers when the spring season comes to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rattler has starting experience and, despite having just one win on his ledger for now, has shown a lot of promise and capability. A number of evaluators and players have expressed that Rattler deserves a shot at continuing as a starter in the league<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For all those reasons, however, the Saints are likely to want to keep him in their facility. It\u2019s always a positive to have a quarterback with starting experience in your system on standby. That means it seems like it would take quite the offer, relative to Rattler\u2019s fifth-round selection in 2024, to convince New Orleans to move away from the young quarterback.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rattler started eight games in 2025, completing 67.7% of his passes for 1,586 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns and five interceptions with an 86.5 passer rating. He also ran 31 times for 167 rushing yards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ross Jackson After the New Orleans Saints signed free agent quarterback Zach Wilson earlier this offseason, many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-871242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-neworleans","12":"tag-neworleanssaints","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116443222480738073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}