The next head coach is inheriting a mess

All of this means you probably won't get to pick from the lot and get a sexy hire like Ben Johnson. But there will be plenty of hungry up and coming assistants and coordinators out there that will be ecstatic to get an opportunity to be head coach of an NFL team. They just have to pick the right one.

One POTENTIAL advantage we may have with Ben Johnson is in fact because their staff has so much Saints influence.

We have no reason to believe Dan Campbell, Aaron Glenn, etc. would have reason to badmouth us should Johnson go to them for intel on our operation.

QB Coach and Saints Super Bowl Champion Mark Brunell may also be a dark horse candidate for us from their organization.