The New Orleans Saints have reportedly already made a decision on head coach Dennis Allen for the 2024 season.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the expectation is that the Saints will bring back Dennis Allen in 2024. The 51-year-old went 7-10 in his first year with New Orleans, and they enter Sunday’s must-win game against the Atlanta Falcons with an 8-8 record:
“The Saints have assembled a team they feel is strong enough to win the NFC South, and signs point to coach Dennis Allen being safe, according to a source.
But if they don’t win the division Sunday, then the organization’s decision-makers will sit down to mull how they can get this team to where they believe it belongs.”
The Saints need a victory and a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss over the Carolina Panthers to clinch the NFC South. A New Orleans win and losses by the Seattle Seahawks (at Arizona Cardinals) and the Green Bay Packers (vs. Chicago Bears) would clinch the Saints a wild card berth as well.
Allen was the Saints’ defensive coordinator under Sean Payton from 2015 to 2021. After Payton resigned two years ago, the Saints promoted Allen to their head coaching role.
The Saints are looking to avoid missing the playoffs for the third straight year, something they last endured seven year ago (2014 to 2016).
