It's no surprise that one of the Saints' top candidates this head coaching cycle is Payton's former assistant coach and current Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.Glenn brings familiarity to the Saints not only because he was a defensive backs coach from 2016 until 2020,

Aaron Glenn and Joe Brady have spent time on the New Orleans Saints’ staff, but their connections to the organization are drastically different:

Mike McCarthy resides in the unique position of being under contract for a team at season’s end but not tied to that club for the ensuing season. The Cowboys constructed his deal to expire Jan.