The New Orleans Saints are truly clearing house from their 2024 coaching staff, as has been evident by many of their coaches leaving for new positions in recent weeks. With a new head coach coming in (Kellen Moore or otherwise), the Saints will look to build from the ground up, restarting from scratch. The most recent coach to leave is defensive coordinator Joe Woods, who is joining the Las Vegas Raiders, as reported by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
Woods will be joining them with a lower-scale role, as he will be the defensive pass-game coordinator on Pete Carroll’s new staff. Woods had a tough year with the Saints as the DC, and when it comes down to it, it made sense for them to let him walk in favor of a new coordinator. The Saints now have all three major positions as head coach and both coordinator spots are now open, which allows them flexibility when it comes to building under whomever they wish to add as a head coach. This is somewhat the opposite of the Dennis Allen hiring, where most of the staff remained intact for a period of time.
