Saints could be barreling toward Arch Manning derby after Derek Carr retirement shocker

The Derek Carr-less Saints mightiness beryllium barreling toward an awkward backmost determination betwixt a loyal boy of their metropolis and a loyal boy of 1 of their coaches.

Carr’s astonishment retirement Saturday leaves nan Saints pinch 3 young quarterbacks — rookie Tyler Shough, second-year pro Spencer Rattler and third-year pro Jake Haener – battling to start.

Rattler and Haener are a mixed 0-7 arsenic starters.

It’s imaginable that Shough – a 25-year-old second-round prime who reportedly was nan apical backmost connected immoderate NFL teams’ boards during nan 2025 draught — finds contiguous occurrence for illustration rookies Jayden Daniels (Commanders) and C.J. Stroud (Texans) person successful caller years.

It’s besides imaginable that Shough struggles and nan Saints go beardown contenders for nan No. 1 prime successful nan 2026 draft.

And that would beryllium very absorbing because it could lead to a prime betwixt quarterbacks Arch Manning of Texas and Garrett Nussmeier of LSU.

Manning is nan grandson of Saints fable Archie Manning, a New Orleans autochthonal and a postgraduate of nan city’s famed Isidore Newman School that besides produced his uncles, Peyton and Eli Manning.

Archie remains nan past first-round backmost drafted by nan Saints (1971). 

The thought successful shot circles is that — for illustration Peyton and Eli — Arch will walk astatine slightest 4 years successful college, which would put him successful nan 2027 draught people alternatively of 2026.

After all, NIL opportunities equilibrium financial-earning opportunities and Arch still only has 2 profession starts nether his belt.

But nan allure of playing for nan hometown Saints mightiness beryllium difficult for nan family to defy if everything lined up perfectly connected some ends. 

Then again, Saints violative coordinator Doug Nussmeier figures to person a opportunity successful nan backmost of nan future.

And Nussmeier would fig to beryllium partial to his boy Garrett, who besides is simply a communal top-10 prime successful way-too-early mock drafts.

Nussmeier could person entered nan 2025 draught aft starring nan SEC successful completions and attempts while passing for 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions successful his first twelvemonth starting successful spot of Daniels.

But he chose to return to LSU and solidify his draught standing.

Asked by The Post during Super Bowl week astir nan anticipation of coaching pinch aliases against his boy successful nan NFL, Doug Nussmeier said that his mind had not gone location yet but that he would “always beryllium a resource” for his son.

Doug highlighted responding to adversity arsenic 1 of Garrett’s biggest strengths.

“That’s a large portion of being successful astatine nan position,” he said. “The higher you go, nan harder it is. Every time is not going to beryllium great. You person to enactment neutral. You person to recognize that erstwhile you deliberation you are connected top, you are going to get brought down really quick. When you deliberation you are connected nan bottom, put your chemoreceptor down and conflict your measurement and you’ll beryllium conscionable fine.”

Carr, 34, retired alternatively than undergoing enarthrosis room to repair a labrum tear and harm to his rotator cuff that apt would person sidelined him for nan afloat play and near his profession successful uncertainty anyway.