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The New Orleans Saints have closed out their 2024 season with a 5-12 record and are already looking ahead to the future by already starting their head coaching search this week.

Several big names are being interviewed like Aaron Glenn, Kliff Kingsbury and Joe Brady but this is just the first week of many interviews.

Also, earlier this week, we asked our readers whether they thought the Saints were headed in the right direction and just 11% said they think that the Saints are.

The results are not surprise given so much uncertainty around the team. But once they lock up a head coach and...

The Houston Texans host the Los Angeles Chargers in the first of two Wild Card playoff games today. Houston enters this game having won a bad AFC South, but they have struggled down the stretch, while Los Angeles played their starters in the final week and jumped up to the fifth seed with their win. This matchup could provide a great start to start the 2025 NFL Playoffs!

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Will the New Orleans Saints hire Joe Brady as their next head coach? That’s unknown — NFL rules won’t allow him to even speak with Mickey Loomis over a teleconference until Wednesday or Thursday next week — but he’s in the mix just like other respected coaches around the league.

And the Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator is in high demand. The work he’s done to help Josh Allen step up is impressive. But the MVP candidate quarterback offered a deadpan response when asked just what Brady’s presence has meant this season.

“Nothing,” Allen grinned wryly, repeating, “Nothing. He hasn’t done...

An old clip of New Orleans Saints coaching candidate, Aaron Glenn, on The Pivot Podcast has resurfaced as Glenn has become one of the hottest coaching candidates on the market. In the clip, Glenn explains to the Pivot crew his coaching philosophy.

“Coaches over here and players over there. That’s not what we are,” Glenn said, reflecting on his interactions with different players and realized most teams aren’t operated with this mentality.

Glenn told a story of inviting former Detroit Lions defensive back Tracy Walker over to his house to watch film. Walker told Glenn he’d never been able...

It’s taken longer than many LSU Tigers fans may have expected back in 2019, but Joe Brady is in consideration for multiple NFL head coach openings this winter. The play caller for the Tigers’ national title-winning squad flamed out quickly in his first stint as an NFL offensive coordinator, but the fallout from his Carolina Panthers tenure hasn’t trailed him very far.

Now he’s got the Buffalo Bills in the thick of the AFC playoff picture with Josh Allen putting together a performance worthy of MVP votes. And while teams like the New Orleans Saints have requested head coach interviews with...

There’s been a lot of consternation about the New Orleans Saints’ search for a new head coach — not helped by media analysts who rank the team’s opening among the worst in the NFL this offseason. Just why is it taking so long to find a full-time replacement for Dennis Allen? Is it because nobody wants the job?

Patience is a virtue. We’ve already seen the Saints interview half of the candidates they’ve requested meetings with, having spoken with Anthony Weaver, Mike Kafka, and Aaron Glenn in NFL-mandated virtual interviews. Those same NFL rules are slowing down the search.

Coaches who are...

The New Orleans Saints don’t have an inspiring option at quarterback for next season, and they could look to make a move for a different, cheaper option under center than Derek Carr. If nothing else Spencer Rattler could use more competition to back him up than we saw from Jake Haener this season.

Anthony Palacios of LastWordOnSports recently listed the Saints as a top landing spot for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields this offseason, putting them within the top five destinations.

Here is what Palacios laid out to make the case for Fields-to-New Orleans:

Even looking past...

The New Orleans Saints have a long offseason ahead of them with plenty of questions to be answered.

They are not only looking for a new head coach, but any sort of direction for the future. That likely means a rebuild is on the way and now could be the time to move on from a couple of veterans.

Pro Football Focus’ Bradley Locker recently put together a list of 15 trade candidates for this offseason and three Saints players made the cut. Locker listed quarterback Derek Carr, offensive tackle Trevor Penning and safety Tyrann Mathieu.

Carr could be a hard sell (especially given his...

The New Orleans Saints aren’t seen as the most desirable vacancy this year (depending on where you look, they could have the worst head coach opening in the NFL), but Sports Illustrated’s Connor Orr laid out what could attract coaches to join the black and gold:

Orr doesn’t mention young talent like Chris Olave, Taliese Fuaga, Rashid Shaheed, Bryan Bresee or Erik McCoy in his pros. That either means he generally doesn’t view the Saints’ young players as a plus, or it just ranks low on the list.

There is probably no greater upside to coming to New Orleans than the weak state of the NFC...

Sports Illustrated’s Connor Orr shared his pros and cons for every NFL head coach vacancy, including the New Orleans Saints. While the pros were feel-good things, such as the fan base and job security, the negative was built on more concrete points.

Orr wrapped up his article by calling New Orleans, “the most difficult avenue to (win) right away.” Quarterback and monetary issues have molded this opinion for Orr.

Derek Carr doesn’t seem like the solution. He’s an option that can help you stay afloat, but he isn’t going to take you far. Spencer Rattler is still young. The opinion on him...

The New Orleans Saints offseason has arrived early with them failing to make the postseason yet again. They finished with a 5-12 record and have little direction for the immediate future of the franchise.

This offseason, they will be dealing with the potential culmination of their cap space woes and won’t be able to compete to add much talent to the roster in free agency because of that. That could limit them in the search for a new head coach, with them looking like a bottom open job in the NFL.

Already, the Saints are in last place for 2025 cap space at more than $50 million. Only four teams overall are in the red, emphasizing how much an issue money is right now for New Orleans.

The Saints have

There are six vacancies in the 2025 NFL offseason’s coaching carousel, and Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport argues the New Orleans Saints are the worst head coach opening of the bunch.

When looking at the Saints’ roster, Davenport sees “a veteran-laden roster, with defensive stalwarts like edge-rusher Cameron Jordan and linebacker Demario Davis nearing the end of the line.”

Derek Carr leads the charge at quarterback, and has a less than favorable contract. Spencer Rattler still has developmental potential, but the quarterback position doesn’t inspire ultimate confidence.

Chris Olave and...

Recently, I was reading an article from CBS Sports where the writer made an interesting observation on the New Orleans Saints’ position in the 2025 NFL draft. Will Brinson wrote that, “the Saints won enough games this year where they don’t really have a great draft pick (No. 9 overall.)”

While that is an accurate description of the situation the Saints find themselves in, the phrasing caught my attention. Saying the Saints won enough games to hurt their draft position didn’t feel right when New Orleans only won five times.

So, I took a look at the past three years to see where winning...

The 2025 NFL playoffs begin on Saturday afternoon and the New Orleans Saints will not be competing. But a surprising number their former players will be, however.

When thinking former Saints in the playoffs, all fans immediately think of the Denver Broncos. Sean Payton ended their drought with Bo Nix having a breakout rookie campaign. There are eight previously New Orleans players, unsurprisingly the largest number in the league. The Broncos start their postseason run on Sunday morning against the Buffalo Bills.

The Saints also traded away Marshon Lattimore to the Washington Commanders earlier this season and that trade could be crucial as he is set to return from injury. New Orleans fans can watch Lattimore take the field on Sunday night in a high-stakes reunion with Mike Evans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

There are 22 former Saints players that are currently with teams that made the playoffs. That includes injured, active roster and practice squad guys. Here they all are: