The moment of truth has arrived for Tyler Shough .

All the years of dreaming and scheming, playing and praying have delivered him to this point.

It’s time to see if he has what it takes to be a starting NFL quarterback.

This is the situation he has planned and prepared for since he was a kid, wearing a Brett Favre jersey and slinging the ball around his yard in the Phoenix suburbs.

“You can call it a dream, I guess,” Shough said. “I’ve always believed it (might happen).”

Shough will earn the first start of his nascent NFL career against the Rams on Sunday in Los Angeles. In so doing, he will join exclusive company. Only six other rookie quarterbacks have started for the New Orleans Saints in their 59-year history. The last one to be drafted as highly as Shough, a second round select

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