The New Orleans Saints appear to have found their new man and are expected to sign former Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Joe Woods.
Woods has spent the past three seasons as a Browns DC but was fired at the end of the regular season.
The New Orleans #Saints are expected to name Joe Woods as their defensive coordinator, according to sources. Woods, the 2020-22 Cleveland Browns DC, reunites with Dennis Allen from his Oakland Raiders days.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) February 6, 2023
Woods will meet an old friend in Dennis Allen, where Woods was a defensive assistant on Allen’s staff in 2014 with the Oakland Raiders.
Woods interviewed for the job last week after the Saints dumped co-defensive coordinators Ryan Nielsen and Kris Richard, and has been the best choice all along to be his successor.
He was fired by Cleveland after a three-year streak that included the Browns defense ranking 20th, 13th and 21st in points allowed, and 14th, 5th and 17th in yards allowed.
The Saints have several young defensive backs that Woods could help develop, such as Paulson Adebo and Alontae Taylor.
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