J.T. Barrett did not hear his name called during last week’s draft, but at least one team believes highly in his potential. The Saints have signed the former Ohio State quarterback to a three-year deal, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter). 
The deal comes with no guarantee, according to Nick Underhill of The Advocate (on Twitter), so the Saints can drop him between now and the fall without fiscal penalty. Before signing with New Orleans, Barrett also had an invite to try out for the Colts and had interest from other clubs, so there was a decent market for three-time First Team All-Big Ten player.
Barrett may have a real chance at making the Saints’ final cut given that Tom Savage and Taysom Hill are the only other QBs behind starter Drew Brees. Savage, a former fourth-round pick out of Pittsburgh, began the 2017 season as the Texans’ starter but quickly lost the job to Deshaun Watson. He regained the starting job when Watson went down, but, unfortunately, his most memorable moment of the year came when he was allowed to continue playing in a game after a scary concussion that left him shaking on the ground. He finished the year with 1,412 yards and five touchdowns against six interceptions.
Barrett completed 63.5% of his passes over four years at Ohio State with 104 touchdowns against 30 picks.
Good spot for him. Learn from Brees and Sean Payton. QB friendly offense. Indoors. And New Orleans beats the heck outta Ohio.
Nearly no chance at being a good NFL QB. He might as well take the Terrell Pryor route.
he can’t, his knee is too messed up.
but i think he can make it as a starter. the one thing that transfers over from college the most, in my opinion, is winning and he did that in Ohio State
I’ve been to New Orleans. Reminded me of a sewer.
Fun sewer.
We do like to make people feel at home.
Pretty sure that he is better than Tom Savage and Taysom Hill. Carries a clipboard for a season or two. Could be dangerous!
Michael Thomas’ QB for 2 years, friend of Latimore and V Bell. He could make the team, but doubt he’d develop.
Only chance of sticking in the league is if he goes the Terrell Pryor route and becomes a WR. There’s a reason no one drafted him as a QB.
He’s not fast enough to b a Pryor or Miller. He’s strictly a career back up. But he could b a solid career backup.
Take the Chase Daniel route. Be a career backup, only play preseason games and make millions.
It’s a dream job