New Orleans Saints Fire Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan
Multiple sources are reporting that the New Orleans Saints are firing defensive coordinator Rob Ryan.
UPDATE: Sean Payton has confirmed on his WWL coaches show that Rob Ryan has been fired, and Dennis Allen will take over as defensive coordinator.
The Saints’ pass defense has been abysmal this season. Yesterday, Kirk Cousins torched the Saints for four touchdowns with no interceptions. Last week it was Marcus Mariota throwing four touchdowns and no interceptions in New Orleans. A week earlier, Eli Manning had six touchdowns and no interceptions against the Saints.
For those keeping score at home, that's an NFL record. The NFL record that Ryan's defense holds? The worst pass defense in NFL history.
This doesn't mean things are automatically "fixed" in New Orleans when it comes to the problems the Saints have been faced with this season, but as the old saying goes: The first step is admitting you have a problem, and the Saints had a HUGE one.
The black and gold are currently on pace to allow 45 touchdown passes in the 2015 regular season; the NFL record is 40.
We haven't seen or heard from Ryan yet, but we have a feeling it may go a little something like this.