Dennis Allen – Jon Gruden visited to assist Saints with Derek Carr

METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen stated {that a} go to with former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden would not foreshadow any main overhaul of the workforce’s offense.

Gruden attended a number of practices final week and visited with the Saints offensive coaches and quarterbacks as they went by their first full week of offseason practices. Allen stated that the primary objective of the go to was to select Gruden’s mind about new Saints quarterback Derek Carr, who performed below Gruden from 2018 till Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders in 2021.

“Clearly, Jon’s a man that has loads of expertise with Derek and Derek has had his most success below Jon Gruden,” Allen stated on the conclusion of the Saints follow session on Tuesday.

“And so, we felt like bringing him in, having an opportunity to sit down down and go to with him as an offensive employees, with the quarterbacks and simply getting some new ideas and concepts of issues we’d be capable of implement. I’d say this, I’d say, offensively for a very long time that I have been right here, we have been fairly efficient. So, I do not see us placing in an entire new offense or doing one thing dramatic. But when there’s just a few concepts that we may take from that, we felt like that may be helpful.”

Gruden has been out of the league since he resigned in 2021 following a report that emails he wrote over a 10-year interval included racist, misogynistic and anti-gay language.

Carr spoke to the media shortly after Gruden resigned and stated that it was a day that included feelings of anger and frustration.

“It was quite a bit to deal with, I will say it that means,” Carr said at the time. “You all know me, man. I do not condone that form of speak. I do not speak that means. My youngsters positive as heck won’t ever speak that means and it is exhausting as a result of I like the person a lot.”

Allen stated that he did not have issues about any backlash surrounding Gruden’s go to and stated it was one thing they’ve executed with a number of coaches through the years. He stated everybody concerned got here away with a optimistic expertise.

“No, look, you ask all people that was concerned they usually thought it was actually helpful for our soccer workforce,” Allen stated. “And look, we’ll take a look at any avenue that we are able to to attempt to enhance. In order that was one space we thought, simply bringing him in and having the chance to sit down down and go to with him, would assist us.”