Saints' Spencer Rattler Pick Hailed as Steal of NFL Draft by Fans After Slide to R5 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

The wait for Spencer Rattler—and quarterbacks in general—is over at the 2024 NFL draft.

The New Orleans Saints selected the South Carolina quarterback with a fifth-round pick (No. 150 overall) on Saturday, making him the first player at the position selected at this year's draft since Thursday, when Bo Nix was the sixth quarterback off the board at No. 12.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet

At No. 150, the <a href="">#Saints</a> take South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler.<br><br>That's 138 picks from the sixth QB to the seventh.

The response to the Saints adding the potential long-term successor for Derek Carr was largely positive on social media:

Anthony DiBona @DiBonaPFN

I truly believe the Saints just got the steal of the 2024 NFL Draft in Spencer Rattler.

Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerESPN

Spencer Rattler to the <a href="">#Saints</a> at No. 150 overall., ending a 138-pick wait between quarterbacks. <br><br>"Boy can he spin it, now." -an AFC offensive coach. "One of the best pure passers in the draft."

Chris Rosvoglou @RosvoglouReport

The Saints don't have their quarterback of the future on the roster. I'm more than okay with them taking a chance on Spencer Rattler. <br><br>Talent is undeniable. Let him battle with Jake Haener.

Benjamin Solak @BenjaminSolak

I cannot imagine a greater spiritual opposite to Derek Carr at quarterback than Spencer Rattler

Ian Valentino @NFLDraftStudy

Guessing we see Spencer Rattler on the field by the end of 2024. Derek Carr stinks and Rattler's blend of playmaking and arm talent is worth investing in. There's at least a chance he could become a long-term starter

Jake Ciely @allinkid

Even if you don't like Rattler, nothing NOT to like about the Saints taking the chance here

Mike Morgan @MorganOnAir

5th round is not what anyone in Spencer Rattler's camp had hoped for....but the Saints (+ NO scheme) are an ideal situation for him behind an aging Derek Carr <a href="">

Rattler, 23, should have a chance to immediately be Carr's backup, though Jake Haener, Nathan Peterman and Kellen Mond will be gunning for that role too. Carr is 33, so he has a few more years left in the tank and is under contract through 2026. But in theory, Rattler could work his way into a starting job in the next few seasons.

The B/R NFL Scouting Department described the fifth-round pick as "arm talent personified," adding that there are "only a handful of players who throw with his flexibility and arm strength and accuracy. Rattler has the aggressive mindset to be a difference maker, too. He'll just need time to find the balance with his aggression and continue adjusting to pro-style passing concepts."

The Saints have had an interesting draft, addressing needs at offensive tackle by selecting Taliese Fuaga in the first round and cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry in the second. The team didn't make any selections in the third or fourth rounds before ending Rattler's surprising slide.

One of the factors in that drop down the board may have been a reality show he appeared in during his high school days:

Albert Breer @AlbertBreer

It's amazing over the last few years how the Netflix QB1 series ALWAYS came up with NFL people when discussing Spencer Rattler. Legitimately just about every conversation you had about the kid.<br><br>(In his defense, the South Carolina coaches told teams he grew up a lot.) <a href="">

Doug Farrar ✍ @NFL_DougFarrar

That's an embarrassment. If you don't like Rattler's tape, or his personality is a problem now, that's one thing. All this shows is that there are some people out there who are not doing the work. <a href="">

Chase Daniel @ChaseDaniel

6 QB's in the first 12 picks of the 2024 <a href="">#NFLDraft</a> …ZERO have been taken since then!<br><br>Tells you a lot about how these teams view the rest of the QB class. <br><br>Teams are judging Spencer Rattler on a reality show in high school??? Come on…he's matured and he's a damn good player.

Rattler will have the chance to prove that some of the immaturity of his past is in the rearview mirror. He may not see the field in 2024, but with a strong summer, he'll at worst earn the backup gig behind Carr, and at best put serious pressure on the incumbent.

He has the talent to eventually win the job outright. For the Saints, taking him in the fifth round was an incredibly low-risk bet on that possibility.