New Orleans Saints 2025 second-round pick Tyler Shough got plenty of work in NOLA’s preseason matchup vs. the Los Angeles Chargers, playing the most out of the three quarterbacks who saw the field on Sunday.
Shough finished the matchup 15-of-22 passing for 165 yards, a touchdown and an interception, along with two sacks taken. He also threw a pick-6 to undrafted free-agent defensive back Eric Rogers on opposite sides of a ‘welcome to the NFL’ moment.
In all, it was a mixed-but-promising bag for the Louisville product. Head coach Kellen Moore seemed pretty pleased with Shough’s performance, he said after the game.
‘Great two-minute drive right before the half, I thought he did some really good things there, he felt under control,’ Moore said postgame. ‘I thought he was under control, I thought he managed the situations really, really well.’
Moore seemed pretty pleased with Shough’s ability to bounce back from the pick-6, throwing a long touchdown to Mason Tipton soon after.
‘You throw a pick, you gotta respond,’ Moore said. ‘Obviously, no one wants to throw an interception. The way he responded was really, really good. For him to come back and handle that from an emotional standpoint really well, I thought that was awesome.’
The Chargers downed the Saints, 27-13, in the matchup, and Shough’s performance might offer him a small lead in New Orleans’ wide-open quarterback competition that features Shough, Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener.
Shough finished the matchup with an 86.2 passer rating, pacing his QB room counterparts.
Tyler Shough stats vs. Chargers
Shough had a presentable performance vs. the Jim Harbaugh-coached Chargers in Week 1 of the NFL preseason. Here’s how he finished:
Completions/Attempts: 15/22
Passing yards: 165
Passing touchdowns: 1
Sacks: 2
Interceptions: 1 (pick-6)
Fumbles (lost): 0
Passer rating: 86.2
Rushing yards (attempts): 3 (1)