Saints rookie QB Tyler Shough’s age about to come in handy as starter after Derek Carr announcement

Welcome to the NFL, Tyler Shough.

Slightly than have 11-year NFL veteran Derek Carr as a mentor, it could simply be the oddly previous rookie who will get to begin in New Orleans.

The Saints will not rush Shough. They’ve Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener, two different younger QBs who’ve already began video games within the NFL.

However when Shough is prepared, the Saints will depend on him to take them into a brand new period.

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How previous is Tyler Shough?

As of Carr’s retirement, Shough is 25 years previous. He’ll flip 26 on September 28.

Shough spent seven seasons in school soccer.

He started his profession at Oregon so way back, he received to again up the now-established NFL veteran Justin Herbert.

Some knocked Shough for his age throughout the draft course of, however he is received fairly the expertise degree.

He did battle a number of collegiate accidents, so it wasn’t a straight line towards skilled soccer. And he did not begin as many video games as somebody like Browns third-round rookie Dillon Gabriel.

However in the event you may expertise one thing in school soccer, Shough skilled it.

He is really precisely a yr older than Rattler, his second-year teammate.

The Saints might be hoping that Shough’s knowledge comes by means of in a rush. It is gonna need to.

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