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Report: Saints coach Aaron Glenn being considered for Giants DC

New Orleans Saints secondary coach Aaron Glenn is reportedly being considered for New York Giants defensive coordinator under Joe Judge.

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The New Orleans Saints have already lost one important defensive assistant when the Dallas Cowboys hired away linebackers coach Mike Nolan, and New Orleans could risk losing another big part of their success in defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn.

Per a report from the New York Post’s Paul Schwartz, the New York Giants are considered Glenn for their open defensive coordinator position beneath first-year head coach Joe Judge. The Giants have already requested an interview with Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, so Glenn would be their second option.

Glenn’s role with the Saints has centered around helping scout and develop young defensive backs like Marshon Lattimore, Marcus Williams, Eli Apple, J.T. Gray, and Justin Hardee, much like Nolan did with the linebackers. Under Glenn’s tutelage, the Saints went on to field one of the league’s better secondaries in 2019, with Williams ranking among NFL leaders with four interceptions. His loss would be big, to say the least.

And other teams have tried to lure him away before. Last offseason, the Cincinnati Bengals requested an interview with Glenn, which the Saints blocked. No official request from the Giants has been filed just yet, but it’s very possible the Saints lose more assistants in the coming weeks as coaching staffs are built around the league.

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New York Giants request interview with Dolphins defensive coordinator

So much for that offseason of stability for the Miami Dolphins’ coaching staff. When the Miami Dolphins walked off the field at Gillette Stadium to end their 2019 season, the team seemed poised for an opportunity to run everything back for another …

So much for that offseason of stability for the Miami Dolphins’ coaching staff. When the Miami Dolphins walked off the field at Gillette Stadium to end their 2019 season, the team seemed poised for an opportunity to run everything back for another go in 2020 — but with a more talented roster. The football gods may well have other plans for Miami.

The Dolphins overachieved, but none of their coaches had their units performing so well that Miami should have expected someone to come knocking and poach their coaching staff of hires this offseason. But Brian Flores brought the first major change on his own accord, relieving offensive coordinator Chad O’Shea after the end of the season in a surprising decision.

And now, defensive coordinator Patrick Graham may be aligning to be elsewhere in 2020 as well.

The New York Giants surprised with their decision to hire Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge to their vacant head coaching position — yet another Patriots coach to get a head gig elsewhere. But that means Judge, like Flores, has familiarity with all former Patriots assistants. The Giants are running interference on Patrick Graham specifically and have requested to interview him for the vacant defensive coordinator position. That’s according to a report last night from the NFL Network.

It would be quite the surprise for Miami to exit a season and 5-11 in the first year under a new head coach and ultimately have both of their coordinator positions under new management the following season. Should it concern the Dolphins? Not particularly. Here’s why: continuity only matters when all the variables are stable. The Dolphins are going to have at least half of their roster in 2020 be brand new, newly acquired players. They’ll be getting coached by Miami and learning the Dolphins’ style for the first time anyway. So having a change at a key coaching position isn’t really going to be impactful because so many of the players are going to be fresh to the system no matter what.

And Brian Flores is still here — he’s the central piece that brought this team together the way that they did over the final 9 games of the season. So if Graham interviews in New York and decides it is a better fit, more power to him. The change won’t uproot Miami’s reclamation one bit.

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Giants seek to interview Patrick Graham for defensive coordinator position

The New York Giants have requested permission to interview Patrick Graham (Miami Dolphins) for their defensive coordinator position.

With Joe Judge now in place as the new head coach of the New York Giants, he’s looking to put together his staff for the 2020 season.

As a part of Judge’s upcoming staff, Thomas McGaughey will likely remain as the special teams coordinator. And now one name has emerged as the potential defensive coordinator, as the Giants have put in a request to interview Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Patrick Graham.

With the Giants looking to speak to potential candidates for coordinator jobs, it’s more than likely that James Bettcher will not be retained as the team’s defensive coordinator.

Graham is the current defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins under Brian Flores. But before he was running the defense in Miami, he was also a former Giants assistant.

Graham was the defensive line coach for the Giants under Ben McAdoo from 2016-2017, but wasn’t retained once the Giants went with Pat Shurmur as their next head coach.

Judge and Graham were also assistants together when they were with the New England Patriots — Judge joined the Patriots staff in 2012, whereas Graham had been on Bill Belichick’s staff since 2009.

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