The New Orleans Saints have borrowed a move from the Jamaican bobsleigh team’s playbook.
Spencer Rattler is set to take on a talented Green Bay Packers defense on Monday Night Football.
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Temperatures may drop below 30 and Lambeau Field could be drenched in snow.
Quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko decided to mix things up a bit in preparation, taking inspiration from the classic Disney film Cool Runnings.
“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, where the coach played by John Candy has one of his athletes sit in an ice cream truck to prepare for the Canadian winter.
Formerly of the Minnesota Vikings, the New Orleans QB whisperer is no stranger to the frigid NFC North.
“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 is set to start his fourth game of the season after Derek Carr was ruled out with a hand injury.
“Last couple of days have definitely been encouraging,” interim head coach Darren Rizzi said of Carr’s recovery.
“[Carr] is starting to get some of the grip strength back and all that.
“I just felt like, in talking with him and the medical staff, we’re certainly inching closer, but with where he is right now, I just didn’t feel like he had enough time on task to get out there and perform where he wanted to perform.
“I just feel better with the way it is right now, but he has improved.”
Running back Alvin Kamara is also out with a groin injury and star wideout Chris Olave will not suit up despite logging limited practices as he recovers from a concussion he suffered in November.
“He’s been nothing but smiles for these past few days and that’s just a great story,” Rizzi said.
“A guy that didn’t really know where he was going to be six or seven weeks ago, what was going to happen to him, his career.
“Just moving forward to see him get back, smile, see him running around, laughing with the guys in the locker room.
“All that is heartwarming for me because there was some question there of what was going to happen.
“He’s moving around like the Chris Olave I know, so that’s a positive.”
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