Saints QBs take freezer reps before Lambeau visit

METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints had an different measurement of preparing rookie backmost Spencer Rattler for Monday night's crippled against the Green Bay Packers successful Wisconsin, wherever temperatures of 30 degrees aliases little and imaginable snowfall are expected astatine Lambeau Field.

Quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko took Rattler and the remainder of the Saints' quarterbacks into the walk-in freezer successful the team's cafeteria Saturday to tally done plays.

"This morning, Janocko took america successful the cafeteria freezer, wherever it was for illustration 10 degrees, and we're conscionable going done the full book successful there, and truthful conscionable doing that, that helped a lot," Rattler said. "So hopefully it's not 10 degrees, but we'll beryllium ready."

Janocko joked that he sewage the thought aft watching "Cool Runnings." In the movie, a characteristic sits successful an crystal pick motortruck to hole for the conditions he'll look arsenic an Olympic bobsledder.

But Janocko besides said he had a batch of ideas to hole for acold upwind aft coaching successful the NFC North from 2015 to 2023.

"I deliberation there's thing we said astir conscionable preparing for [the cold], truthful you're not shocked and it's not thing surprising," he said. "It's thing that you woody pinch arsenic acold arsenic you hole for the force and hole for the venue. So I conscionable thought it was bully to do thing a small different. At this clip of the year, it's nosy to do different stuff. It's a agelong play and sometimes different than conscionable sitting successful a gathering time aft time aft day, conscionable doing thing different, changing up the scene. Guys thought it was hilarious. The cafeteria workers deliberation I'm retired of my mind."

Rattler will commencement his first crippled astatine Lambeau successful spot of an injured Derek Carr (hand), who was ruled retired Saturday. Alvin Kamara (groin) besides was ruled out. Both players missed believe each week.

Rattler started the 2nd half of a 20-19 nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders past play aft the Saints benched Jake Haener aft 1 half.

This will beryllium Rattler's 4th commencement this year. The rookie started 3 games earlier successful the play erstwhile Carr was retired pinch an oblique strain.

Rizzi said that Carr had not progressed capable successful his rehab this week to return to practice. Earlier successful the week, Rizzi besides suggested Kamara would beryllium doubtful to play aft tests showed his groin wounded was worse than initially expected.

"Last mates of days person decidedly been encouraging," Rizzi said. "He's starting to get immoderate of the grip spot backmost and each that. I conscionable felt like, successful talking pinch him and the aesculapian staff, we're surely inching closer, but pinch wherever he is correct now, I conscionable didn't consciousness for illustration he had capable clip connected task to get retired location and execute wherever he wanted to perform. I conscionable consciousness amended pinch the measurement it is correct now, but he has improved."

Receiver Chris Olave practiced successful a constricted capacity this week aft returning from a agelong injured reserve stint aft sustaining 2 concussions but is not fresh to play a game.

"He's been thing but smiles for these past fewer days and that's conscionable a awesome story," Rizzi said. "... A feline that didn't really cognize wherever he was going to beryllium six aliases 7 weeks ago, what was going to hap to him, his career. Just moving guardant to spot him get back, smile, spot him moving around, laughing pinch the guys successful the locker room. All that is heartwarming for maine because location was immoderate mobility location ... of what was going to happen. ... He's moving astir for illustration the Chris Olave I know, truthful that's a positive. "