Now, Shough, who’s already 25 years old, has the clearest path to winning the starting quarterback job in New Orleans. Yet, he’s set to join a competition that also features 2023 fourth-round pick Jake Haener and 2024 fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler. Naturally, Shough is the favorite to win the job.

There appears to be some mystery about what happened with former New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr, before he decided to retire from the NFL. The Saints front office and even some players were apparently confused as to why he was dealing with a shoulder injury,

Derek Carr ran out of gas. Carr, 34, announced Saturday that he is retiring from the NFL rather than undergoing shoulder surgery —to repair a labral tear and damage to his rotator cuff — that likely would have ruled him out for the season.