Look, the New Orleans Saints at least made a pretense of considering other options back when Sean Payton left the team and opened a vacancy at head coach. They interviewed well-qualified candidates like Doug Pederson and Brian Flores before ultimately going with what they saw as a safe choice in promoting Dennis Allen — and now Pederson and Flores have both claimed head-to-head wins against him.
So what about the other head coach candidates the Saints passed on in favor of Allen? Where are they now? Let’s run through the list: