2024 NFL season: Saints’ top rookie sleeper to have an effect.
In the 2024 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected seven players. Taliese Fuaga of Oregon State was selected as an offensive tackle in the first round, and Josiah Ezirim of Eastern Kentucky was selected at the same position in the seventh round. Between, primarily in the fifth and sixth rounds, New Orleans selected a number of intriguing players. Former Pittsburgh wide receiver Bub Means is the one man who stands the best potential of emerging as the Saints rookie sleeper in 2024.
Prior to discussing Means, it is important to note that former South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler, taken in the fifth round, is a possible sleeper as a round-picked prospect. It is challenging to classify any quarterbacks as sleepers, though, particularly those who were featured on a high school Netflix reality program.
Rattler doesn’t meet the criteria for sleepers, who must appear somewhat out of nowhere. Everyone will be watching him closely to see how he appears, particularly in light of veteran starter Derek Carr.
Ultimately, Rattler might develop into a competent NFL quarterback and eventually replace Carr, perhaps as late as 2024. And when he does, be careful when he passes the ball to rookie sleeper Bub means of the Saints.
