Commanders should see Spencer Rattler at QB for Saints

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The Washington Commanders game against the New Orleans Saints looks a little easier as they should see Spencer Rattler at QB after Derek Carr fractured his left hand Sunday.

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00:00Let's begin in the NFL here out of the bye week

00:04with how things worked out for the commanders.

00:07Because I would say overall that yesterday

00:09was immensely helpful to Washington.

00:12Starting with, first and foremost,

00:15Derek Carr suffering an injury.

00:17So I hope he's okay.

00:19Stinks, part of the game, obviously.

00:21But the starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints,

00:24who's a pro, whatever you think of Derek Carr,

00:26I know he's the butt of a lot of jokes.

00:27He's not in the cool club, right?

00:29People think the guy stinks.

00:30But when he's on the field, they're a better football team.

00:32They are three and one in their last four games

00:35with him having been healthy now with a new coaching staff.

00:39And he's very unlikely to play against Washington.

00:41Looks like a fracture of the hand,

00:44so he is now done and cooked

00:46for the remainder of the season, very likely,

00:48if the reporting's all correct

00:49and the imaging today comes out

00:51the way that it was supposed to.

00:53That means Washington going to New Orleans this Sunday.

00:57The play at the Superdome is going to get,

01:00very likely, Spencer Rattler or maybe Jake Hayner,

01:05one of the number quarterbacks

01:07on the depth chart for the New Orleans Saints.

01:09I would think they'd roll with Rattler

01:11just because you just drafted the kid

01:13and now it's a lost season

01:15and you're playing out the string,

01:16so why not give him a shot?

01:18He's thrown 99 passes this year.

01:20Has a touchdown, two interceptions,

01:22started three games, they lost all three of them.

01:24And he struggled, as you'd expect for a 24-year-old

01:28who was drafted in the fifth round in his rookie season.

01:31Started his college career at Oklahoma,

01:34transferred to South Carolina.

01:37But playing a Saints team

01:38led by a late-round rookie quarterback,

01:41very, very different than if you're going out

01:43and playing against a veteran

01:44who's put some pelts on the wall.

01:45So that was probably the most influential item

01:50on the weekend as far as Washington goes

01:53that that Saints game, which already was a scheduled win,

01:57got a little bit easier.

01:58Now you gotta go play the game, right?

01:59You don't just get to show up and roll the football out.

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