New Orleans Saints vs Los Angeles Rams Prediction, Odds and Picks for Sunday, 11/02/25

The Tyler Shough era is officially upon us in New Orleans, as the Saints will give the rookie quarterback the reins here for the first time against the Los Angeles Rams. Spencer Rattler is hitting the bench, and while Rattler wasn’t exactly putting up All-Pro numbers, I’m skeptical this will help New Orleans’ offense in the short term. This is clearly a long term play to see what the second-round pick has got, and to see whether the Saints need to draft another quarterback next April.

But there’s no reason to believe that Shough is ready to come in and look like an NFL starter from Game 1 based on what we saw in the preseason and training camp, when he was very much up and down. Say what you want about Rattler but he’s actually been competent and has protected the ball well this year, and I think this is a big downgrade at least for the time being. Shough is being thrown out on the road against a tough Rams team that just had a bye week to heal up and prepare for this one. Los Angeles won back to back games entering the bye by a combined score of 52-10.

The Saints on the other hand are 1-7, most recently getting drubbed 23-3 at home to a beat up Bucs team. Their only win of the season came at home against the lowly Giants right at the beginning of Jaxon Dart’s time as the starter. 4 of their last 5 defeats have been by at least 12 points, so I don’t worry too much here about laying the large spread with the Rams, who have certainly shown their capable of running up the score. In their most recent game against the Jags in London, they won by 28 as Matthew Stafford threw for 5 touchdowns.

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The Tyler Shough era is officially upon us in New Orleans, as the Saints will give the rookie quarterback the reins here for the first time against the Los Angeles Rams. Spencer Rattler is hitting the bench, and while Rattler wasn’t exactly putting up All-Pro numbers, I’m skeptical this will help New Orleans’ offense in the short term. This is clearly a long term play to see what the second-round pick has got, and to see whether the Saints need to draft another quarterback next April.

But there’s no reason to believe that Shough is ready to come in and look like an NFL starter from Game 1 based on what we saw in the preseason and training camp, when he was very much up and down. Say what you want about Rattler but he’s actually been competent and has protected the ball well this year, and I think this is a big downgrade at least for the time being. Shough is being thrown out on the road against a tough Rams team that just had a bye week to heal up and prepare for this one. Los Angeles won back to back games entering the bye by a combined score of 52-10. The Saints on the other hand are 1-7, most recently getting drubbed 23-3 at home to a beat up Bucs team.

Their only win of the season came at home against the lowly Giants right at the beginning of Jaxon Dart’s time as the starter. 4 of their last 5 defeats have been by at least 12 points, so I don’t worry too much here about laying the large spread with the Rams, who have certainly shown their capable of running up the score. In their most recent game against the Jags in London, they won by 28 as Matthew Stafford threw for 5 touchdowns.

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