Saints place Taysom Hill on reserve/COVID-19 list; Ian Book being prepared to start, per report – CBS Sports

HomeCovid-19Saints place Taysom Hill on reserve/COVID-19 list; Ian Book being prepared to start, per report – CBS Sports
December 24, 2021

The New Orleans Saints are looking down the barrel of possibly starting their fourth different quarterback this season. According to the NFL Network, the team is placing starter Taysom Hill on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday. Hill now joins backup signal-caller Trevor Siemian, who was placed on the COVID list earlier this week. With those two now on the shelf, for the time being, New Orleans is preparing to start rookie Ian Book against the Dolphins on Monday night.

The vaccination status of both Hill and Siemian is unclear at the moment. If either one is vaccinated, there is a path towards testing out of protocols in time for this game on Monday under the NFL and NFLPA's updated policy. If either is unvaccinated and have produced a positive test, that means they'll be forced into a 10-day quarantine, which would result in them missing Week 16.

This comes at a critical point in New Orleans' season as they are in the midst of a playoff push at 7-7. They'd likely need to win out to give themselves a shot to get into the postseason, so not having its preferred starter comes at a less than ideal time.

Since assuming the starting role back in Week 13, Hill and the Saints have gone 2-1 and were coming off a shutout win over the Buccaneers in Week 15. Over that stretch, Hill has completed 52.8% of his passes, averaged 197.7 yards passing and 69 yards per game on the ground. he also has four total touchdowns and four interceptions.

As for Ian Book, he was drafted by New Orleans in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame. He finished his collegiate career as the Fighting Irish's winningest quarterback in the school's history, but has yet to throw an NFL pass. During his final season at Notre Dame, Book completed 64.6% of his throws and averaged 8 yards per attempt. He also rushed 116 times in 2020 on a 4.2 yards per carry clip.

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