Saints' Rattler preps for Lambeau with reps in walk-in freezer - ESPN

METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints had an unusual way of preparing rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler for Monday night's game against the Green Bay Packers in Wisconsin, where temperatures of 30 degrees or less and potential snow are expected at Lambeau Field.

Quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko took Rattler and the rest of the Saints' quarterbacks into the walk-in freezer in the team's cafeteria Saturday to run through plays.

«This morning, Janocko took us in the cafeteria freezer, where it was like 10 degrees, and we're just going through the whole script in there, and so just doing that, that helped a lot,» Rattler said. «So hopefully it's not 10 degrees, but we'll be ready.»

Janocko joked that he got the idea after watching «Cool Runnings.» In the movie, a character sits in an ice cream truck to prepare for the conditions he'll face as an Olympic bobsledder.

But Janocko also said he had a lot of ideas to prepare for cold weather after coaching in the NFC North from 2015 to 2023.

«I think there's something we said about just preparing for [the cold], so you're not shocked and it's not something surprising,» he said. «It's something that you deal with as far as you prepare for the opponent and prepare for the venue. So I just thought it was good to do something a little different. At this time of the year, it's fun to do different stuff. It's a long season and sometimes other than just sitting in a meeting day after day after day, just doing something different, changing up the scene. Guys thought it was hilarious. The cafeteria workers think I'm out of my mind.»

Rattler will start his first game at Lambeau in place of an injured Derek Carr (hand), who was ruled out Saturday. Alvin Kamara (groin) also was ruled out.