{"id":138163,"date":"2026-01-11T16:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=138163"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:41:39","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-qb1-signal-sent-new-orleans-saints-are-quietly-laying-the-groundwork-for-tyler-shough-to-be-the-2026-starting-quarterback-a-bold-internal-plan-that-suggests-the-franchise-is-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=138163","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 QB1 SIGNAL SENT: New Orleans Saints Are Quietly Laying the Groundwork for Tyler Shough to Be the 2026 Starting Quarterback\u2014A Bold Internal Plan That Suggests the Franchise Is Ready to Turn the Page and Bet on a New Era Under Center."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_111486373\">\n<p><strong>Saints HC\u00a0Kellen Moore\u00a0said that QB\u00a0Tyler Shough\u00a0has proven enough on the field and has shown significant improvement for the team to be comfortable with him as their starter in 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_954,w_1698,x_80,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/d\/2\/d2459664162251a8c333baa5f08dce24329ba175\/jan-4-2026-atlanta-georgia-usa-new-orleans-saints.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_111486375\">\n<p>\u201cTyler\u2019s done an awesome job through this entire process. He\u2019s gotten a ton better. He\u2019s taken advantage of a bunch of opportunities,\u201d Moore said, via\u00a0ESPN. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have a full offseason to build.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saints GM Mickey Loomis said that while the team has high expectations of Shough entering his second season, they also plan to remain patient as he still doesn\u2019t have a full year of starts under his belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably am overly patient. Sometimes your greatest strengths become a weakness, and so I\u2019m really patient, I feel like, and whether it helps or not, hopefully it does,\u201d Loomis said. \u201cI think it does, but I\u2019ll continue to be that way. Again, we\u2019re excited about Tyler \u2026 but we have to remember that he hasn\u2019t had 17 starts yet, so we\u2019re going to go into next season with these high expectations and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. But we also have to temper that by the fact that \u2026 he\u2019s a second-year quarterback and he\u2019s had less than full season to start. So we\u2019ve got to keep that in mind as we go forward. There are building blocks here and we cannot skip any steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shough, 26, was a four-star recruit ranked as the sixth overall quarterback in the 2018 class out of Chandler, Arizona. He committed to Oregon and enrolled for the 2018 season<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdad1-4.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/615149827_122155468688671618_5102034072666594840_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_eui2=AeHS5t0v1cNWsjiPo4YxARwGgqwzJl4QA1mCrDMmXhADWRS3tB6XeuxbUj4H5PuvnVXo67_9GRQROWR_WnAlXD1n&amp;_nc_ohc=JZaMgrz_WDMQ7kNvwFOKNLA&amp;_nc_oc=Adk1YnlJxDKVubRUGRsMkmze6nOtxeMrYJH8BFQ0qVBVnorYVODaFgKeGQ-eidj_Hh4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdad1-4.fna&amp;_nc_gid=Qq_Da5A04S1XLFtx0ZapHw&amp;oh=00_Afo4T8CKreOtty7CFb4rljCaCq1Um9Qtuzh-ViUlzPYElw&amp;oe=6969BD23\" alt=\"C\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh \u1ea3nh v\u1ec1 b\u00f3ng \u0111\u00e1 v\u00e0 v\u0103n b\u1ea3n cho bi\u1ebft 'BAINTS 66 BREAKING NEWS &quot;yo NEVER KNOW HOW THINGS PLAY OUT. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DREAM SCENARIO? WEARING A TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS JERSEY WOULD BE SPECIAL.&quot;'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shough entered the portal after three years at Oregon and committed to Texas Tech for the 2022 season. He entered the portal for his final year of eligibility in 2024 after three years at Texas Tech and committed to Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints used the No. 40 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft on Shough. He just finished the first year of a four-year, $10,793,226 rookie contract that included a $4,489,22 signing bonus.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Shough appeared in 11 games for the Saints with nine starts and completed 67.6 percent of his pass attempts for 2,384 yards, 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also rushed 45 times for 186 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have more on the Saints and Shough as the news is available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saints HC\u00a0Kellen Moore\u00a0said that QB\u00a0Tyler Shough\u00a0has proven enough on the field and has shown significant improvement for the team to be comfortable with him as their starter&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138163","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>\ud83d\udd25 QB1 SIGNAL SENT: New Orleans Saints Are Quietly Laying the Groundwork for Tyler Shough to Be the 2026 Starting Quarterback\u2014A Bold Internal Plan That Suggests the Franchise Is Ready to Turn the Page and Bet on a New Era Under Center. - 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