The struggling New Orleans Saints made a quarterback change in the course of the second half of Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Rookie Spencer Rattler was benched late within the third quarter of Sunday’s recreation at SoFi Stadium. Jake Haener took over with the Saints trailing 16-5.
The Saints had nearly nothing happening offense on the time of Rattler’s benching. He was simply 12-of-24 for 156 yards. New Orleans clearly felt it wanted a spark in the event that they have been to return again on the Chargers, who had an 11-point lead on the time.
Sunday marked Rattler’s third begin for the Saints since he obtained the nod to switch the injured Derek Carr. The group had not received both of his first two begins, and he had solely discovered the top zone as soon as in them.
Saints coach Dennis Allen had indicated that Carr might return for the team’s Week 9 game in opposition to Carolina. That shall be welcome information for the group, which has seen its offense crater as a consequence of Carr and several other different gamers getting damage.