Brandon Staley is Defensive Coordinator (74 Viewers)

[St. Widge]

I was reading on Twitter that Will Harris (DB coach), was leaving college for an NFL job. Wonder if it's for us? There was an overlap with Staley / Moore.

Good catch, he was on Staley's staff with the Chargers. Where is he the DB coach right now?

Edit: Nevermind, he's the DB coach at Florida. He replaced Corey Raymond.

 

[Saintstigerking]

Sounds like Joey Bosa is getting released. Maybe he’ll follow Staley here?

 

[greatshow25]

I was reading on Twitter that Will Harris (DB coach), was leaving college for an NFL job. Wonder if it's for us? There was an overlap with Staley / Moore.

Ross Jackson mention his today as a possibility.

 

[jasonsw]

Kellen Moore right now:

Bet this scenario doesn't happen often. Even stranger that KM worked for Staley not even 2 years ago

 

[rlemieux]

We all knew this was coming. Oldest coach was 37 years old prior to him being hired Gotta balance it out!

Nuss is 53 or 54

 

[Darth Deuce]

This is exciting. Getting a new coach and staff is kind of like when we got Payton. We just don't know what to expect. I know it's a different situation, but we truly do not know what will happen. One thing we do know is there will be change which everyone has been seeming to want.

 

[Brandon13]

You never know how it'll all work out... and Moore is the wildcard.. but on paper, this is all pretty good I think.

 

[meily]

We do not know what kind of defense he is going to run.

Restoring the Saints' homefield advantage must be a priority for Kellen Moore

Restoring the Saints’ homefield advantage must be a priority for Kellen Moore. Just seven teams have won fewer games in front of their home crowd since 2021:

saintswire.usatoday.com

 

[texasjefe]

Always first with it, thanks SoN

I 1000% agree and I remember when SoN was a rookie threadstarter, but this @SonOfNOLA thread title is only a meager 5 words.

 

[Joodas Avila]

What current players fit Staley’s defensive philosophy and which do not?

I think our DL, especially the EDGE rushers across the board are borderline fits at best. Foskey & Granderson could be rush LBs, & Cam & Turner could possibly bulk up & be 5T/DEs in the odd front. Bresee could fit at both DE & DT. I think Saunders, Shepard & Boyd are serviceable DTs, but the position will hopefully be addressed in either FA, the draft or Both. Yeah…the Dline needs a major overhaul.

But the dude who i believe best fits Staley’s system is Alontae Taylor in the slot. Taylor has legit All Pro potential as a NB/Slot SAF. The dude is an average CB. I never really understood the hype about him playing outside. I mean, Adebo out played him the year they were competing to start opposite Lattimore, & last year went to doodoo for Alontae when Lattimore got dealt. But before that, Taylor was best guy we had on D.

Im pretty certain, at least i hope, Staley will recognize how disruptive & gamebreaking Alontae was in the slot. Alontae fits that Jalen Ramsey, Taylor Rapp, Derwin James role where he’s basically a Safetybacker, or STAR, where he’s both the extra man in coverage, & the extra force player vs the run. Super excited to see how they use Alontae next season, cause that dude has some elite traits for Staley to build around.

 

[GeneHansen]

below is the coaching staff, for 2023 BS's last year. I wonder if any of the defensive coaches will accompany him :

Derrick Ansley	Defensive Coordinator
Ryan Ficken	Special Teams Coordinator
Kellen Moore	Offensive Coordinator
Tom Arth	Passing Game Specialist
Chris Beatty	Wide Receivers
Tom Donatell	Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Secondary
Derrick Foster	Running Backs
Chris Gould	Assistant Special Teams
Will Harris	Assistant Secondary
Mike Hiestand	Front Seven Specialist
Jeff Howard	Linebackers
Kevin Koger	Tight Ends
Robert Muschamp	Defensive Quality Control
Brendan Nugent	Offensive Line
Doug Nussmeier	Quarterbacks
Jay Rodgers	Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line
Shaun Sarrett	Assistant Offensive Line
Phil Serchia	Offensive Assistant
Giff Smith	Outside Linebackers
John Timu	Assistant Defensive Line

DL Coach Jay Rogers is available. The Falcons let him go after the season.

There are rumors that Safeties Coach Walt Harris, who just took a job at U. of Miami, may be jumping back to the NFL.

A guy like Robert Muschamp (nephew of Will Muschamp), Defensive Quality Control, can’t be blocked from interviewing for a job as a position coach.

 

[DSnfla]

Not too excited, hard to look bad when you have Donald, Von Miller and Ramsey on that 2020 Rams defense.

Von Miller was not on the Rams when Staley was DC . All Staley had was Donald, Ramsey and Floyd.And it was Staley that pretty much turned Ramsey into the star he became

 

[ilvdsnts]

I’m curious how we got him from the 9ers. Wasn’t he their DC/ Asst HC, isn’t that a lateral move if not demotion? Did they fire him?

 

[TribuneUK]

I’m curious how we got him from the 9ers. Wasn’t he their DC/ Asst HC, isn’t that a lateral move if not demotion? Did they fire him?

He did not hold the DC post in 2024. He was AHC Defense. And Saleh is coming in anyway, so he's surplus to requirements.

 

[webster]

I think our DL, especially the EDGE rushers across the board are borderline fits at best. Foskey & Granderson could be rush LBs, & Cam & Turner could possibly bulk up & be 5T/DEs in the odd front. Bresee could fit at both DE & DT. I think Saunders, Shepard & Boyd are serviceable DTs, but the position will hopefully be addressed in either FA, the draft or Both. Yeah…the Dline needs a major overhaul.

But the dude who i believe best fits Staley’s system is Alontae Taylor in the slot. Taylor has legit All Pro potential as a NB/Slot SAF. The dude is an average CB. I never really understood the hype about him playing outside. I mean, Adebo out played him the year they were competing to start opposite Lattimore, & last year went to doodoo for Alontae when Lattimore got dealt. But before that, Taylor was best guy we had on D.

Im pretty certain, at least i hope, Staley will recognize how disruptive & gamebreaking Alontae was in the slot. Alontae fits that Jalen Ramsey, Taylor Rapp, Derwin James role where he’s basically a Safetybacker, or STAR, where he’s both the extra man in coverage, & the extra force player vs the run. Super excited to see how they use Alontae next season, cause that dude has some elite traits for Staley to build around.

Thanks for your insight. What about our current linebackers? Good fits?