NEW ORLEANS — Saints coach Kellen Moore will have to decide soon whether rookie Tyler Shough or second-year pro Spencer Rattler should be New Orleans' starting quarterback in Week 1 of the regular season.

As the preseason wrapped up with a 28-19 loss to Denver on Saturday, the choice was anything but clear.

“I have to make a decision and it's a challenging one because these guys have put everything into this,” Moore said. “They've been very, very close.”

Shough scored the Saints' only touchdown against Denver on an 11-yard read-option run around the left end. He was 12 of 20 for 102 yards and led two scoring drives, the first ending with one of three field goals that Blake Grupe hit from beyond 47 yards for the Saints (0-2-1).

Shough “used his feet pretty well,” Moore said.

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