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What Saints News and Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By John Hendrix | Last updated Feb 15, 2025 10:59 AM ET

A lot has happened this week with the New Orleans Saints.

Obviously, the biggest news item was the team hiring Kellen Moore as their new head coach. He became the 19th one in franchise history and 12th full-time one they've hired on.

The Saints news will only grow from here, as Moore has to fill out his coaching staff and hopefully has it in place before the Scouting Combine. However, New Orleans doesn't have a definitive deadline to get this done. Here's some things you might have seen and might have missed this week with the black and gold.

Saints Coaching News

Kellen Moore's introductory press conference gave us a little bit of information, and here's my biggest takeaways from it. One of the biggest items is that it feels like he's pretty non-committal on Derek Carr as his quarterback, but we'll see. If you haven't seen it, they were one-time adversaries in college.

Hires for Moore's staff include Brendan Nugent and Chase Haslett. The team is also retaining wide receivers coach Keith Williams. Brandon Staley is considered a frontrunner for the defensive coordinator spot. There are some options to consider in Philly that could join him too.

Skip Bayless had an opinion on the Saints hiring Kellen Moore, which is just that.

Falcons' Kevin Koger declined an interview with the Saints for their defensive coordinator spot. Meanwhile, Darren Rizzi is headed to the Denver Broncos to reunite with Sean Payton.

The Saints put in a request to interview Vikings' Daronte Jones for their defensive coordinator position. He was with LSU as well.

Rick Dennison could be headed to the Seattle Seahawks, as they put in a request to interview him and it was granted by the Saints. He'd join up with Klint Kubiak, Andrew Janocko and John Benton. New Orleans will be traveling up there to play them this year.

Saints Stories and News

Bob Rose looked at one possible free agent that could come to the Saints from the Eagles, and it's not Meckhi Becton.

I went back and looked through Kellen Moore's offenses from the past two seasons and broke down how they performed against 11 of the 14 Saints opponents for 2025.

The first official roster move under Moore was the Saints re-signing running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire.

Among the most important decisions for Kellen Moore to make include what he'll do at the quarterback position and how he fills out his coaching staff.

A first look at Kellen Moore in the Saints building was refreshing and here's what his first words were. We also looked at his career.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that it was hard to imagine seeing Taysom Hill back with the Saints.

On Monday, I looked at 10 different mock drafts and not one of them was the same. Here were my thoughts on the picks.

The Saints have the worst Super Bowl odds in the NFC South, which isn't surprising when you think about it.

The tight end position needs a major upgrade in the offseason and here's why.

NFL Network said that the Saints are expected to make a decision on Derek Carr soon. There's plenty of financial reasons why.

For some odd reason, Vegas likes Aaron Rodgers going to the Saints. His release from the Jets makes it a little more bit of a possibility, but it's highly unlikely.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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