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Saints fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and DBs coach Ken Flajole.
It was hard to not see this coming after head coach Sean Payton's quotes earlier in the day, saying that there was a "painful" meeting on the agenda for Thursday afternoon. Payton has probably been waiting for this day after sitting at home watching his embarrassing defense set a single-season NFL record in yards allowed. "Philosophically we are changing our defense to a 3-4 alignment and right now is the best time to accomplish this transition," said Payton. DE Cameron Jordan is a solid building block for the new scheme change, coming off an eight-sack season. The Saints are bone-dry on pass rushers, so look for them to target some on the free agent market and/or in the draft.
It was hard to not see this coming after head coach Sean Payton's quotes earlier in the day, saying that there was a "painful" meeting on the agenda for Thursday afternoon. Payton has probably been waiting for this day after sitting at home watching his embarrassing defense set a single-season NFL record in yards allowed. "Philosophically we are changing our defense to a 3-4 alignment and right now is the best time to accomplish this transition," said Payton. DE Cameron Jordan is a solid building block for the new scheme change, coming off an eight-sack season. The Saints are bone-dry on pass rushers, so look for them to target some on the free agent market and/or in the draft.