ATHENS - Todd Grantham met with the New Orleans Saints on Thursday, but by Friday night he'd turned them down.
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February 07, 2013
My name is Andrew Doyle, and I am a die-hard Saints fan. I am unlike most other Saints fans that I know personally in the fact that I keep up with everything related to the Saints. I keep up with team needs, who should get drafted and or signed, and when I can, I keep up with stats and team rankings. A couple thoughts from this past season:
1. The defense. Enough said. I...
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February 09, 2013
Sean Payton is back as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints following a year long suspension. His first order of business after a dismal 7-9 season where the defense failed more times than they prevailed was to fire Steve Spagnuola has the defensive coordinator. That move was made immediately upon Payton’s return. His next order of business was to hire a new DC with extensive...
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February 07, 2013
It looks like there's a third potential candidate for the New Orleans Saints' vacant defensive coordinator position.
Last night we learned Sean Payton and staff will be interviewing Rob Ryan tomorrow and Georgia's Todd Grantham today for their vacant defensive coordinator position.
But it looks like there's another potential candidate the team will consider...
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February 08, 2013
In only one day after interviewing with the New Orleans Saints, Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham has withdrawn his name from the Saints' vacant defensive coordinator search.
That would seemingly leave Rob Ryan as the guy taking the job, who conveniently interviewed today for the job. Grantham must have been told he's not getting the job, and decided to prempt...
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February 07, 2013
Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham has notified the school that he's interviewing with the New Orleans Saints.
Athletic director Greg McGarity made the announcement Thursday.
As part of his contract, Grantham must let Georgia know when he plans to interview for an NFL job. He made the request Wednesday night, just hours after taking part in a ceremony for national...
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February 09, 2013
The Saints have hired Rob Ryan as their new defensive coordinator and added Stan Kwan as an assistant special teams coach.
Saints coach Sean Payton, who announced the additions to his staff on Saturday, says the Saints found Ryan's defenses challenging when they played his previous teams. In 2010, Ryan was Cleveland's defensive coordinator when the Browns beat the Saints...
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February 09, 2013
For the last week it was a reported lock that the Saints were signing Rob Ryan as their defensive coordinator and going through the motions of the interview process before that. Today it's now been made official. It's a really strange turn of events after Rob Ryan was signed earlier this offseason to take over the Rams' defense, replacing Gregg Williams, before ultimately...
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February 09, 2013
Rob Ryan has been hired by the New Orleans Saints. In New Orleans he will be tasked with turning around the last ranked defense in the NFL.
Ryan spent the last two seasons in Dallas but was let go at the end of the season. Ryan quipped that he would be out of work for five minutes and reports circulated that he was set to coach the Rams defensive unit in 2013. Hours later the Rams...
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February 08, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Former Dallas Cowboys assistant Rob Ryan has interviewed with the New Orleans Saints for their vacant defensive coordinator job.
The team said Ryan met with coach Sean Payton on Friday.
Payton interviewed University of Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham on Thursday.
Payton fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and announced he wanted to switch...
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February 09, 2013
The New Orleans Saints have hired former Cowboys coordinator Rob Ryan as their new defensive coordinator to implement the Saints' new 3-4 scheme and to replace the fired Steve Spagnuolo.
Ryan has been a defensive coordinator for three teams in the last nine seasons -- Dallas, Cleveland and Oakland. In a bit of a surprise move, the Cowboys fired Ryan after in early January...
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February 08, 2013
Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham has withdrawn his name from consideration for the New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator position, Grantham said in a statement Friday night. Saints Coach Sean Payton interviewed Grantham for the open spot on his staff Thursday.
He was the first of two candidates Payton interviewed for the job this week as Payton interviewed former...
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February 09, 2013
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Saints coach Sean Payton has chosen Rob Ryan as his new defensive coordinator, hoping New Orleans can overhaul a unit that was historically bad last season.
Ryan, the brother of New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, spent the past two seasons as Dallas' defensive coordinator. He was fired after last season, when his defense ranked 19th.
"We have experience...
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February 07, 2013
Former New Orleans Saints secondary coach Ken Flajole landed on his feet fairly quickly after Saints Coach Sean Payton fired Flajole in late January. The Cleveland Browns announced Thursday that Flajole will be the new inside linebackers coach.
Former defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo brought Flajole with him to New Orleans after both were fired in St. Louis after the 2011...
ATHENS - Todd Grantham was contacted by the New Orleans Saints, he told Greg McGarity Wednesday night.
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