{"id":130623,"date":"2025-12-15T02:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=130623"},"modified":"2025-12-15T02:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:10:12","slug":"%f0%9f%a7%a8-this-changes-everything-the-saints-believe-tyler-shough-is-the-guy-and-whats-happening-behind-the-scenes-suggests-new-orleans-may-have-quietly-solved-its-biggest-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=130623","title":{"rendered":"\ud83e\udde8 THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: The Saints Believe Tyler Shough Is the Guy and What\u2019s Happening Behind the Scenes Suggests New Orleans May Have Quietly Solved Its Biggest Question \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_110177776\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>The New Orleans Saints may not be in playoff contention any longer, but you wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell based on how the team has been playing lately.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans is 4-10 on the season. That record may not sound great, but the Saints now have back-to-back wins over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers. New Orleans faced a seven-point deficit against the Panthers in the fourth quarter of Sunday&#8217;s game, but it didn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Tyler Shough drove down the field with just a few minutes left and knotted the score at 17 behind a touchdown pass to Chris Olave. In fact, Shough actually\u00a0tied Archie Manning\u00a0for the most passing touchdowns in a season by a Saints rookie with six. The play came with just over two minutes to go in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yb_recirc_container_mobile\">\n<div id=\"yb_recirc\">\n<div data-stn-player=\"qar6i8s2\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-placeholder vp-g9uvubq voltax-mp-placeholder-anchored floating\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-container-anchored\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-title-bar titleBar voltax-mp-float-title-bar title-anchor vp-t1e9ebsk vp-tktoaa\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-video-wrapper-in-place\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-controls-wrapper vp-cqdwm5q\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-qualities-container qualitiesContainer vp-q1ynsn28\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_513,w_912,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/6\/b\/6b238f674c97e0777c5eac55e0094374ff382dc4\/01kcfqbnz5g6418xqy6f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-engage-buttons-container vp-etm6bhn\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-engage-button-animation vp-e7dxr9h\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"voltax-mp-engage-button voltax-mp-stay-button vp-e18olq7h\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Tyler Shough Ties Archie Manning Rookie Record In Saints-Panthers<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_110177778\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1765760511071534736=\"true\"><p>Shough to Olave!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Saints<\/a>\u00a0tie it up late<\/p>\n<p>CARvsNO on FOX\/FOX One<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkKw7uXVnt\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkKw7uXVnt\">https:\/\/t.co\/HkKw7uXVnt<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkzQ8FDNkP\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkzQ8FDNkP\">pic.twitter.com\/kkzQ8FDNkP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2000355952810447227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2000355952810447227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_110177779\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<p>The Saints got the ball back and worked their way down the field once again with time winding down. The touchdown pass to tie the game was good, but it wasn&#8217;t Shough&#8217;s best play of the game. The best play of the day from Shough came with 12 seconds left, right around midfield. As the Saints tried to get a bit closer for a field goal, they surprised with a quarterback draw up the middle with Shough. The Panthers had a clear lane at him and he put his body on the line, but got the yardage needed &#8212; plus a flag.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_2\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_2\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CO21osSyvpEDFcCwVgEdq7clJA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_2_0__container__\">\n<div class=\"feedback-button-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, rookie Charlie Smyth took care of the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_110177780\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1765760511071534736=\"true\"><p>CHARLIE SMYTH FOR THE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SAINTS<\/a>\u00a0WIN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLMeZUfKoB\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLMeZUfKoB\">pic.twitter.com\/mLMeZUfKoB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2000362413229756865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2000362413229756865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_110177781\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<p>What a win and what a performance by New Orleans overall. Shough took over back in Week 9 and has done nothing but impress. At the time, the Saints were a 1-7 football team. Since then, they have gone 3-3 with three more winnable matchups coming against the New York Jets, Tennessee Titans, and the Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>Shough found a way to get the Saints where they needed to be, even without his arm in that situation. That was the case last week as well. Against Tampa Bay, he had 55 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, with the passing offense struggling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_3\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_3\" class=\"aditude_div\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overall, Shough went 24-of-32 passing for 272 yards and a touchdown. He also added 32 yards on the ground. A truly gutsy performance. Now, Shough has racked up 239 or more passing yards in four of his six starts in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>If there is still a question in anyone&#8217;s mind, it should be gone. Shough is the guy. He doesn&#8217;t look like a rookie, instead, he looks like a player who can help New Orleans in this division for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Orleans Saints may not be in playoff contention any longer, but you wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell based on how the team has been playing&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83e\udde8 THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: The Saints Believe Tyler Shough Is the Guy and What\u2019s Happening Behind the Scenes Suggests New Orleans May Have Quietly Solved Its Biggest Question \ud83d\udc47 - 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