Latest Marquez Valdes-Scantling News

Saints rookie QB Spencer Rattler has frustrating night in shutout loss to Packers

Dec. 24, 2024 00:33 AM EST

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Without many weapons around him, New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler couldn’t capitalize on his opportunity for a nationally televised showcase. One week after leading four straight scoring drives in a 20-19 loss to the Washington...

Packers' secondary missing 3 starters against Spencer Rattler and the Saints

Dec. 23, 2024 19:16 PM EST

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler was set to face a Green Bay Packers secondary missing three starters in the rookie fifth-round pick's fourth career start Monday night. Rattler started in place of Derek Carr, who missed a second straight game...

Packers continue their push toward playoffs as they host the injury-riddled Saints

Dec. 21, 2024 18:23 PM EST

New Orleans (5-9) at Green Bay (10-4) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ABC, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Packers by 13½. Against the spread: Saints 6-8; Packers 8-6. Series record: Packers lead 18-10. Last meeting: Packers won 18-17 at...

Rookie Spencer Rattler shines in relief for Saints after Jake Haener struggles early

Dec. 15, 2024 20:14 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On Spencer Rattler's first play after replacing Jake Haener for the New Orleans Saints’ first series of the third quarter, the rookie threw the ball away just before two unblocked Washington pass rushers hit him. Little else about Rattler's performance bore...

Ex-LSU star Jayden Daniels leads the high-scoring Commanders against the Saints 30th-ranked defense

Dec. 12, 2024 13:32 PM EST

Washington (8-5) at New Orleans (5-8) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL odds: Commanders by 7 1/2. Against the spread: Commanders 8-5; Saints 5-8. Series record: Commanders lead 17-11. Last meeting: Saints beat Commanders...

Giants will try to snap a 7-game losing streak when they host the Saints

Dec. 06, 2024 15:54 PM EST

New Orleans (4-8) at New York Giants (2-10) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 5. Against the spread: Saints 5-7; Giants 3-9. Series record: Giants lead 17-15. Last meeting: Saints beat Giants 24-6 on Dec....

Saints say Taysom Hill 'likely' has a season-ending knee injury

Dec. 02, 2024 21:36 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans tight end Taysom Hill is likely to miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in the Saints' loss to the Los Angeles Rams. “It looks like an ACL tear,” interim coach Darren Rizzi said Monday. “He’ll probably get a second...

Rams finally ran the ball well in New Orleans, and it kept them in the playoff race

Dec. 02, 2024 18:36 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After struggling to run the ball consistently all season, the Los Angeles Rams finally made some progress on the ground in New Orleans. Kyren Williams and rookie Blake Corum carried the Rams (6-6) to a 21-14 win that kept them squarely in the playoff race for...

Saints lose Taysom Hill for the final minutes of a loss to the Rams -- and perhaps longer

Dec. 01, 2024 22:12 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Do-it-all Saints tight end Taysom Hill converted a key fourth down with another physical run on a direct snap — and that was his last play of the afternoon. Coming off a career-best performance against Cleveland in New Orleans' previous game, Hill was carted...

Matthew Stafford and Kyren Williams help the Rams grind out a 21-14 victory over the Saints

Dec. 01, 2024 21:21 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kryen Williams and the Los Angeles Rams strode to the locker room at halftime confident that the zero they had on the scoreboard was no indication of how the final 30 minutes would go. “We knew the second half was going to be ours,” said Williams, who rushed...