A surprising candidate just emerged in the Saints head coach search



Now this is a welcome surprise. NFL Network’s Jane Slater reports that the New Orleans Saints are planning to interview David Shaw in their search for a new head coach. Shaw had a great run at Stanford coaching college football before he joined the Denver Broncos as a senior personnel executive, teaming up with one of his longtime admirers Sean Payton.

Shaw went 96-54 at Stanford, where he coached up future NFL stars like Andrew Luck and Christian McCaffrey. But he has plenty of pro experience as an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles, then-Oakland Raiders, and Baltimore Ravens earlier...

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