Drew Brees, the New Orleans Saints legend, has spoken. On Monday morning, the Saints Hall of Fame quarterback spoke exclusively to The Times-Picayune about the team's head coaching search in addition to Super Bowl LIX coming to his adoptive home of New Orleans.
Not much has remained consistent for the New Orleans Saints since the end of the Drew Brees and Sean Payton era, but the dominance of Alvin Kamara has. Kamara finished this season with 228 carries for 950 yards and six touchdowns.
Alvin Kamara just cast his vote for the next head coach of the New Orleans Saints. He believes Darren Rizzi has earned the opportunity to lead this team:
Alvin Kamara appeared to signal an endorsement for a very specific Saints head coach candidate while the winter storm of the century was underway.
Rizzi has been with the Saints since 2019, starting out as the special teams coordinator, then adding the assistant head coach title in 2022. He was named interim head coach on November 4 after the team fired Dennis Allen. New Orleans went 3-5 over the team's final eight games to finish the season 5-12.
When Rizzi took over after Dennis Allen got fired, Rizzi implemented some immediate changes for the Saints. One of those included making Alvin Kamara a captain, saying that he should have been one all year. Clearly, that spoke volumes.
The New Orleans Saints running back took to social media on Tuesday to weigh in on the process, writing that he'd like to see interim coach Darren Rizzi keep the job. Rizzi has interviewed once for the position, but also could be in demand around the league as a special teams coordinator if he's not retained.
New Orleans Saints star running back Alvin Kamara has now weighed in on who he wants to be the next head coach of the franchise.
Despite nearly breaking the mark for the most rushing yards in a single season in college football history, Boise State's Ashton Jeanty has dropped in the latest 2025 NFL Draft projection.
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara has submitted his pick for the team’s next head coach. Kamara posted on social media Tuesday that his vote for head coach rhymes with “Fizzi,” which makes it quite obvious.
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara seemingly threw his support behind Darren Rizzi to be named the team's next head coach this week. In a
Head man Mike Macdonald said he was going to give the new play caller the latitude to bring his own offensive assistants.