Latest Spencer Rattler News

Ladd McConkey's 2 touchdowns propel Chargers to 26-8 victory over Saints

Oct. 27, 2024 22:02 PM EDT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Ladd McConkey was a downfield threat while helping lead the University of Georgia to a pair of College Football Playoff championships. After being used mostly on routes in the middle of the field and third downs during his first seven NFL games, McConkey...

Haener replaces Rattler at QB again, but the struggling New Orleans Saints continue to spiral

Oct. 27, 2024 21:43 PM EDT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With receiver Chris Olave, right guard Cesar Ruiz and do-everything playmaker Taysom Hill all returning from injury absences Sunday, the New Orleans Saints thought they might have enough offensive talent to avoid this team's longest losing streak in 19 years. ...

Struggling Chargers set to host reeling Saints

Oct. 24, 2024 20:12 PM EDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans Saints got off to quick starts this season with wins in their first two games. Both teams have cooled off as they meet on Sunday. The Chargers (3-3) have dropped three of their past four, including a...

Saints searching for remedies as they try to avoid their worst skid since 2005

Oct. 18, 2024 19:17 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades have passed since New Orleans Saints home games were associated with vast expanses of empty seats in a gloomy Superdome, interspersed with humiliated fans wearing brown paper bags over their heads. At the rate things are going, those days could return...

Sean Payton triumphs in return to New Orleans as the Broncos dominate the Saints, 33-10

Oct. 18, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton made a point of getting to the Superdome long before he normally would for a game — six hours before kickoff — so he could ease into his emotional return to a place where he coached on the home sideline for a decade and a half. “I'm glad I was...

As Broncos coach Sean Payton returns to New Orleans, sinking Saints try to stem 4-game skid

Oct. 16, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton became synonymous with New Orleans during his decade and a half as the Saints coach — an era when the club made the playoffs nine times and won its only Super Bowl. The Denver Broncos' second-year coach will experience the Superdome in a new way on...

Saints try to end 4-game skid as ex-coach Sean Payton returns to the Superdome with the Broncos

Oct. 16, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

Denver (3-3) at New Orleans (2-4) Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, Amazon Prime Video. BetMGM NFL odds: Broncos by 2. Series record: Broncos lead 9-3. Against the spread: Broncos 4-2, Saints 2-3-1. Last meeting: Saints beat Broncos...

Spencer Rattler's rough second half dampens an otherwise promising first start for the Saints

Oct. 13, 2024 20:08 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There were moments when rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler had a rollicking Superdome crowd believing that he could guide the New Orleans Saints to their largest comeback victory since 2009. Then he, and the Saints, got shaken, rattled and rolled. ...

Mayfield passes for 4 TDs as the Bucs treat storm-weary fans to a 51-27 win over the Saints

Oct. 13, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — To Baker Mayfield, the way the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weathered a wild second quarter in which they lost a 17-point lead was symbolic of their mindset ever since they traveled to New Orleans on Tuesday to escape the path of Hurricane Milton. Mayfield overcame three...

Saints receiver Chris Olave sidelined against Tampa Bay by an unflagged helmet-to-helmet hit

Oct. 13, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints starting receiver Chris Olave was taken from the field to the locker room to be evaluated for a potential concussion following a helmet-to-helmet hit as he lost a fumble that was returned for a Tampa Bay touchdown on Sunday. Olave was in the...