Underhill: Saints are interviewing probably 12 coaches [Tracker: 8 confirmed interviews]
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-plus-providing-the-best-candidates-for-each/
Saints fans deserve better than being the least desirable spot on this list, but I'm not sure there's a case to be made otherwise given the cap situation, the roster and the lack of success here for anyone other than Sean Payton.
The Good: The Saints have dumped recent early picks into their offensive line to make up for aging and attrition and for a hot minute this year, that was a really good unit that helped the Saints leap out to a hot start under new OC Klint Kubiak. I guess there's something there at quarterback with
Derek Carr and maybe
Spencer Rattler, but that feels like a pretty massive reach. When healthy,
Chris Olave and
Rashid Shaheed give this team a pair of truly dynamic weapons. There's a couple decent defensive pieces to build around but
Cameron Jordan and
Tyrann Mathieu are up there in age. Speaking of, so is
Alvin Kamara, although he was pretty resurgent this year when healthy, so it's a matter of what he has left in the tank.
The Bad: The Saints won enough games this year where they don't really have a great draft pick (No. 9 overall), so getting a true franchise quarterback in place is going to probably take some time or some luck. Their cap space is a disaster, because it is every year, with the Saints looking to be around $-66 million on the 2025 cap. That's probably going to take some pretty creative finagling. Time is a flat circle, I suppose. Mickey Loomis is still the GM and there haven't been any real rumblings about change on that front, but his comments in the wake of Dennis Allen being fired at least raised my eyebrows about the situation.
The Best Option(s): Aaron Glenn, (Lions DC)
Glenn was with the Saints in his final year as a player, was with the Saints as a coach, and was reportedly the runner-up to Allen when he got the nod previously. He's done an outstanding job with the Lions defense in his time with Detroit. The connections and the resume make this one make a lot of sense.