The Saints didn’t hold any sort of offseason program (not even a virtual session), and the club doesn’t plan to get together again until training camp. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, defensive coordinator Dennis Allen said New Orleans coaches will continue to work from home and won’t convene until training camp begins, according to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. The NFL is now allowing teams to have coaches inside facilities, but the Saints won’t take advantage of that league decision.
Here’s more on the Saints:
- Second-year New Orleans safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson will spend a “good amount of time” covering the slot in 2020, as Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn tells Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football (Twitter link). A fourth-round pick out of Florida, Gardner-Johnson played 807 snaps during his rookie campaign, with 290 of those reps coming in the slot. Those slot snaps were second on the club to only cornerback P.J. Williams, who remains on the roster but could potentially see a reduced role. Pro Football Focus graded Gardner-Johnson as the No. 37 safety among 99 qualifiers in 2020.
- Including the postseason, veteran cornerback Janoris Jenkins played in only 3 games with the Saints in 2019 after being acquired off waivers from the Giants. But that was enough time for New Orleans to decide to retain him. “Certainly there’s an overall body of work that you utilize to try to form opinions about what a guy can do or can’t do,” Allen tells Luke Johnson of NOLA.com. “But there’s nothing like the experience of having a guy in your building. I can tell you just from my experience with him in that brief period of time.” In March, Jenkins agreed to an extension that will keep him with the Saints through 2022.
- In case you missed it, the Saints had interest in signing Tom Brady had Drew Brees opted to retire.
Obviously the saints are in win now mode and this is probably the last season of them being a serious threat with Drew Brees going to retire.
Why wouldn’t they make the most of what they can this offseason. No virtual sessions no nothing at all..
goodluck with that approach, meanwhile the Niners just got stronger this offseason, the Chiefs got stronger and so on
Actually makes a lot of sense in some ways. The Saints are a veteran team, and do what they do. Vets will pick up the playback. A few weeks off legs, fewer hits, etc may mean fresher legs later in the year. I can see where that has some valid merit.
Funny; I didn’t think virtual sessions were physically taxing on the human body. I don’t think it would hurt to at least discuss tactics with some of the younger players on the team
Virtual sessions are workouts moron
I dunno. The biggest thing holding them back is Dennis Allen, not their players. He’s just not very good at utilizing players.