As the New Orleans Saints navigated this year’s trade deadline, general manager Mickey Loomis said the main discussion inside team headquarters centered on the development of their young quarterbacks.

The Saints, after all, recently had turned to rookie Tyler Shough after starting second-year signal-caller Spencer Rattler the first eight games.

Although the Saints are 1-8, a record that warrants a sell-off for future assets, Loomis indicated the franchise had to be conscious of making deals that would “hinder” their quarterbacks' growth — or the coaching staff’s chance to fully evaluate them.

“So our assessment at the end was, look, the value of what we’re doing is greater than any risk of hurting our chances to improve and develop,” Loomis told The Times-Picayune.

Ultimately, the Sa

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