John sigler- the only real critic of the saints-Doug Pederson pass

Pederson or McDaniel were my preferences, and I’d prefer an offensive minded coach in any instance, but unless something credible confirms that Pederson wanted the job - and I don’t know why he would - we can only speculate that he’s the one that got away. He’s already been fired once so I’m not sure what would have been attractive about taking over a team with big questions at QB and a challenging cap situation.

Maybe Loomis could and should have done more to attract him. It’s possible he screwed this up. But it’s also possible that there were coaching candidates who didn’t see New Orleans set up for success in the short term and didn’t want to jeopardize their career track on a risky stop.

We may never find out but it would be informative to know, for certain, how realistic Pederson joining the Saints ever really was. Would have been great to have him.