A report on Monday indicated that Saints quarterback Derek Carr is more likely to miss the remainder of the season after injuring his left hand in Sunday’s 14-11 win over the Giants, however Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi gave a extra optimistic replace on Carr’s situation throughout his press convention.
Carr left the sport after touchdown on his left hand whereas being hit on the finish of a nine-yard run within the fourth quarter and Rizzi stated after the sport that he was additionally being evaluated for a concussion. On Monday, Rizzi confirmed that Carr is now within the concussion protocol whereas saying the hand harm shouldn’t be one thing that may lead the Saints to rule him out for a number of weeks right now.
“Derek’s coping with a non-throwing hand harm,” Rizzi stated. “As it stands at this second, I don’t imagine it’s going to be an IR scenario, I feel it’s going to be a week-to-week scenario. We’re gonna kinda take this day-to-day this week. We’ll see how this week performs out. He is within the concussion protocol additionally so he’s gotta full step one of that tomorrow.”
The 5-8 Saints are nonetheless on the fringes of the NFC South race and their potential to remain there might influence any selections about whether or not Carr will come again this season. A win over Washington in Week 15 can be a giant a part of any late run for the division and Rizzi declined to say if Jake Haener or Spencer Rattler would get the nod at quarterback if Carr is dominated out.
