Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to get into the potential that Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler has shown in his brief NFL career, how his teammates and coaches are responding, and what it all means for Rattler’s future — especially when the wins start coming.
I’ve always believed that the quarterback win is the dumbest statistic in football, and it’s right up there in any sport. The alleged metric does nothing to drill down and truly reflect the quarterback’s performance, and while winning is obviously the end goal at all times, calling a quarterback a “winner” or a “loser” with no additional analysis is