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Barry Werner

New Orleans Saints fire head coach Dennis Allen

A loss to the Carolina Panthers was the final straw for Dennis Allen as New Orleans Saints head coach.

The team parted ways with Allen on Monday after the 23-22 loss to Carolina.

The Saints’ season started with so much promise. They won two games in rousing fashion.

What followed was a stunning collapse. New Orleans has lost seven games in a row and sits last in the NFC South via tiebreakers.

Allen was 18-25 in 43 games as Saints head coach.

Previously, he was 8-28 as Raiders head coach from 2012 part of the 2014 season.

The interim coach will be Darren Rizzi, the special teams coaches and one of the new kickoff’s architects.

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