The New Orleans Saints had another eventful, but positive week.
Kellen Moore's coaching staff is coming together more, as the Saints have three coordinators now and a fairly full offensive staff. The NFL Scouting Combine is next week, and New Orleans should have some strong representation there.
Let's get you caught up on everything from last Saturday until today.
Saints News and Storylines (Feb. 16-22)
The Saints have themselves a new defensive coordinator in Brandon Staley. We also profiled him a little bit more. It'll be fascinating to see how the staff comes together on that side of the ball, as most of the offense has been filled out. Bob Rose looked at some potential assistants that could join Staley in New Orleans.
Here's why T.J. Paganetti is an underrated hire for the Saints.
Mock draft season is in full swing, and we looked at the recent Daniel Jeremiah mock. That selection of Marshall's Mike Green was mixed, to say the least. Another mock saw the Saints come away with Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan, which was a lot more popular. Here's how some other outlets picked for New Orleans.
If you didn't see the offensive staff additions, Kellen Moore hired Doug Nussmeier as his offensive coordinator, who was the favorite all along. Here's more information on him.
Ted Rath became the new director of sports science. The Saints went in-house and promoted Phil Galiano to be their new special teams coordinator.
We looked a little closer at Scott Tolzien, who is the team's new quarterbacks coach. Joel Thomas became the second former coach to return to New Orleans, as he'll oversee the running back group.
I looked at the offensive tackle outlook for New Orleans and wrote about why they have to get better depth.
The Saints got some relatively good news for the salary cap, as it's much higher than anticipated. New Orleans benefits, but so does every other team. They still have work to do.
There's a lot of opinions on what the Saints should do with Derek Carr, and one local analyst says it's time to move on.
Here's some important dates for Kellen Moore to remember.
