Katherine TerrellJul 24, 2025, 04:47 AM
CloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013.
Training camps have kicked off around the NFL, and our team reporters are on the ground each day following all the action. The New Orleans Saints‘ camp is taking place in Metairie, Louisiana and Saints reporter Katherine Terrell has the latest intel on standouts, highlights, position battles, depth chart movement, cut decisions and of course the quarterback room.
What follows is everything we are seeing and hearing at Saints camp. We will update this file often with the latest updates. Who will emerge with the starting quarterback job? Who are the breakouts to watch, especially for fantasy football? And which players on the roster bubble could make the final 53?
Let’s get into it all, and be sure to keep checking back for more information until the first full week of the preseason begins on August 7.
Latest news from Saints campWednesday, July 23
Second-year quarterback Spencer Rattler took the snaps with the first team during the team’s first practice, but expect him to rotate with rookie Tyler Shough.
“Spencer obviously took … all the ones today. Tyler will take them tomorrow and we’ll continue to rotate all these guys,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said on Wednesday.
This is the first true quarterback competition for the Saints since Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston competed in 2021. Moore said he does not feel a rush to define a starter right away.
“Obviously the soon you make a decision, the sooner you can focus in on certain personnel groups and consistencies. But we’ll let the process take as long as it needs to,” he said.
Practice lasted for about an hour as the team ramps up training camp. Moore said this is the shortest practice the team will have and he expects a similar shorter practice on Thursday.
Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau were the only players not participating, as they will begin camp on the physically unable to perform list. Tyrann Mathieu was also not present after announcing his retirement yesterday.