Dennis Allen’s former and current teams will see changes at quarterback in Week Six of the NFL season.
Allen’s New Orleans Saints will go with fifth-round pick Spencer Rattler against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Rattler was once the top recruit at QB in the nation and wound up at Oklahoma before transferring to South Carolina.
He gets the call over Jake Haener, who replaced Derek Carr on Monday against the Chiefs when the veteran suffered an oblique injury that will sideline him for several weeks.
Meanwhile, the team Allen used to coach the Raiders, now of Las Vegas, will bench Gardner Minshew and start Aidan O’Connell when they play the Pittsburgh Steelers.
O’Connell went 5-5 as a starter last season as a rookie. On the season, he passed for 2,218 yards with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 appearances.