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          Saints' Derek Carr hits Marquez Valdes-Scantling with 40-yard score

          • Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterNov 10, 2024, 02:09 PM ET
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              Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_Terrell
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          NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr threw his first touchdown pass in the Caesars Superdome in more than a month on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.

          Carr no longer has his No. 1 or No. 2 receivers with both Rashid Shaheed and Chris Olave on injured reserve. His last touchdown pass in the Dome was to Olave in the fourth quarter of a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 22.

          So he found another option in Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who signed with the Saints on Oct. 21. Carr stepped up in the pocket and found Valdes-Scantling with a step on three different Falcons defenders converging on him. The ball landed in his arms, giving Valdes-Scantling his first touchdown as a Saint. The 40-yard score put the Saints up 10-0 with 10:57 remaining in the second quarter.

          Valdes-Scantling became just the third receiver to catch a pass from Carr in the Superdome this season behind Olave and Rashid.

          The two hooked up with 3:47 left in the half on a 2-yard score as the Saints led 16-7.