I'm told the #Ravens already conducted a zoom interview with #Saints secondary coach Kris Richard "yesterday," for their vacant DC position, per league source. My understanding is Baltimore will wrap up their search within a week, or so.
— IG: JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) January 25, 2022
Sean Payton might not be the only one leaving the New Orleans Saints coaching staff this offseason. Secondary coach Kris Richard is drawing attention too, having received an interview request for the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator job — and USA Today’s Josina Anderson reports that he’s also already spoken with the Baltimore Ravens for the same opportunity.
Of course that Ravens interview was held virtually over Zoom, so it’s possible that Baltimore circles back for an in-person meeting to discuss it further. It’s unclear when he’ll interview with Pittsburgh.
But the Saints could very well hold onto Richard by promoting him to defensive coordinator if Dennis Allen ends up the next head coach. And that’s a very real possibility in the wake of Payton stepping away. There are a lot of moving parts involved here and plenty of time to sort it all out, so all fans can do now is watch and wait. Whatever comes next, hopefully the team is better for it.
