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Originally a fourth round draft pick of the Saints out of Towson in 2007, after an understudy role his first two seasons with New Orleans, Bushrod distinguished himself as a starter and Super Bowl Champion for the Saints (2007-12, 2018), Bears (2013-15) and the Dolphins (2016-17). For his career, he started 128-of-145 games and possessed the versatility to cover multiple positions along the offensive line. Bushrod was selected to two Pro Bowls at left tackle as a Saint and anchored the offensive line on some of the team’s most prolific offenses.

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STEVE GLEASON AND TIM SHAW TO SERVE AS HONORARY CAPTAINS

While mapping out their respective seasons once the NFL schedule was finalized in May, New Orleans Saints Head Coach Dennis Allen and Tennessee Titans Head Coach Mike Vrabel quickly agreed on the importance of honoring two legends who played for their respective teams, both excelling on special teams. Both legends are currently in a very challenging fight against the same enemy, ALS. It was easy for Allen and Vrabel to decide that their Week One captains would each have a special guest with them at midfield. Serving as today's honorary captains for the coin toss are Saints Legend, Steve Gleason, and Titans Legend, Tim Shaw.

A former Washington State standout, Steve Gleason joined the Saints active roster in the final third of the season after initially joining their practice squad. For many undrafted players, carving out a role on an NFL roster depends on being a weapon for the special teams unit. Gleason was exactly that. Initially signed following the 2000 NFL Draft by Indianapolis, he went on to play seven seasons for the Saints. In 2002, despite missing two games, he led the Black and Gold in special teams tackles with 27 coverage stops, and blocked a punt in a win at Carolina. It was the Saints’ first blocked punt since 1997 and Gleason was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. In 2003, he again led the team with 21 stops on special teams. Throughout the course of his career, Gleason

notched 98 tackles on special teams to go along with four blocked punts. His defining play and one of the biggest moments in Saints history was in the first game back in the Louisiana Superdome after Hurricane Katrina, a 23-3 win over the Atlanta Falcons, when on the fourth play of the game, Gleason blocked a punt that was recovered for a touchdown. It was one of the most electrifying, memorable plays in the history of the Superdome and one that Saints fans will never forget.

Despite his contributions on the field, his legacy will be remembered even more for what he has done off of it. In January 2011, Gleason was diagnosed with ALS. It is his mission to inspire those with the terminal disease to not only live, but to thrive. His perseverance and determination is evident in his Team Gleason foundation’s motto: No White Flags. Steve and his wife, Michel, have brought national attention to ALS like never before. Besides supporting efforts to find a cure for the disease, a key point of emphasis for Gleason has been helping promote assistive technology. In 2015, he urged Microsoft to create technology that would allow those with ALS and similar disabilities to move their wheelchairs using their eyes. Once Microsoft had created the technology, Gleason went to lawmakers with the goal of making it available for many. Shortly after, in 2015, Congress passed “The Steve Gleason Act,” which went into effect as “The Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act” in 2018. One of his greatest honors came in 2020, when he was granted the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for his work as an advocate of ALS.

After a successful four years at Penn State, Tim Shaw was drafted in the fifth round (164th overall) by the Carolina Panthers in the 2007 NFL draft. Shaw played for Carolina, Jacksonville and Chicago before being claimed off waivers by the Titans on September 5, 2010. Like Gleason, Shaw was an ace on special teams. In three seasons with Tennessee, he played all 48 games and twice led the team in special teams tackles (2010, 2012) while tying for the team-high once (2011). He recorded two block punts, both coming against Pittsburgh. In addition, he contributed 51 defensive stops at linebacker for Tennessee. Shaw’s leadership

on the field and in the locker room was quickly recognized, as he was voted a captain for the Titans by his teammates for both the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Shortly after his playing career ended, Tim Shaw was diagnosed with ALS in 2014. Like Steve Gleason, Shaw continues to live life to the fullest despite his disease. Since signing as “Titan for Life” in 2016, he remains involved with the organization as a special teams consultant and inspirational leader, while also having a permanent stall in the locker room of the team’s practice facility.

Since his diagnosis, he has aimed to fundraise for and bring awareness to ALS. His high school football field has been renamed Shaw Stadium. He served as a motivational speaker and honorary captain for his alma mater for a contest vs. Nebraska, and wrote a book titled "Blitz Your Life" in 2017. In March of 2022, Shaw received the Muscular Dystrophy Association's inaugural Tribute Award for his support for those affected by neuromuscular diseases.

Today, both Gleason and Shaw continue inspiring others to not give up despite challenging circumstances. They share common goals of providing hope, continuing to raise money and bring awareness, promoting accessible innovative assistive technology for those with paralysis, and one day finding a cure for ALS.

Gayle Benson provides leadership for the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. She succeeds her late husband, Tom Benson, who passed away on March 15, 2018, after serving as Owner of the Saints since 1985 and the Pelicans since 2012. The New Orleans native is an accomplished business professional and philanthropist with strong ties to the local community and is dedicated to contributing to the growth and enhancement of the Gulf South region.

Mr. and Mrs. Benson worked together to build championship-level NFL and NBA organizations, housed in state-of-the-art facilities at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center, Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center, while making a positive impact in the community away from the football field and basketball court as well.

With the Saints franchise under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Benson, the team has reached new heights since 2006, when they entrusted Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis to set the direction for the organization, responding by making important coaching hires and continually supplementing and upgrading the roster through the draft, free agency and trades. Since then, the franchise has reached its highest point of success, posting a 175-116 record from 2006-22, featuring 10 winning seasons, nine playoff berths, seven division titles, three NFC Championship appearances and the Super Bowl XLIV title.

Off the field, the Caesars Superdome is more than halfway through a five-year, multiple-phase enhancement, in addition to periodic renovations at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center to retain its status as one of the most cutting-edge practice facilities in the NFL. The Caesars Superdome has been sold out on a season-ticket basis for every campaign since 2006, with a waiting list of over

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73,000 and 172 consecutive sellouts for contests played at the facility through 2022. The facility is currently undergoing a $475 million transformation, which will allow it to retain its standing as one of the world’s iconic multipurpose facilities. The club has also positioned itself as a leader in the community, assisting with the recovery from several natural disasters as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, while also working to enhance the region as a whole.

In Mrs. Benson’s first five seasons of ownership, New Orleans has posted four consecutive winning seasons (2018-21) and three consecutive NFC South division titles (2018-20), reaching the NFC Championship game in the 2018 campaign. No NFC team has matched the Saints’ 29 regular season road victories since 2018. Their 56 wins (regular season and postseason combined) are tied for first in the NFC during the five-season period. 14 Saints have received 30 Pro Bowl selections and eight players over the past four seasons have received Associated Press All-Pro honors.

Mr. Benson played a significant role in the city of New Orleans hosting five Super Bowls during his ownership and wielded extensive influence and respect among fellow NFL owners with a 25-year tenure as Chairman of the Finance Committee. Following in the footsteps of her late husband, Mrs. Benson has become instrumental with her influence and leadership in important league issues, serving on the Audit, Business Ventures and Hall of Fame committees and the Social Justice Working Group.

She helped the city land Super Bowl LIX to be played in February, 2025, which will mark the 11th time Louisiana and the Crescent City will serve as a host, tying with Miami for the most Super Bowls by a host city. The economic impact of Super Bowl XLVII, played in 2013, which Mr. Benson successfully campaigned for, was $480 million. Added to this is the value of the exposure and charitable contributions that the National Football League makes during Super Bowl week that extends for generations. Mrs. Benson is committed to continuing to bring Super Bowls to New Orleans.

Immediately upon Mr. and Mrs. Benson’s purchase of the former Hornets franchise from the NBA in 2012, construction began on a state-of-theart basketball practice facility to house the entire organization together. The franchise was rebranded as the Pelicans. Through agreements with the State of Louisiana upon the purchase of the Pelicans in

2012, the Smoothie King Center has undergone a complete renovation, featuring a new center-hung HD scoreboard, which debuted in 2015, along with several additional fan upgrades. Through this commitment, NBA All-Star Weekend was awarded to New Orleans in 2014 and 2017, making the city one of just seven current NBA markets to host the midseason event at least three times. Active in league affairs, Mrs. Benson serves as a member of the NBA’s Labor Relations Committee and was named to the NBA Foundation Board of Directors in 2020. As a board member, she is constantly an advocate for the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Since her 2020 addition, every distribution by the foundation has benefited New Orleans nonprofits.

On the court, she oversaw a significant overhaul of the Pelicans in 2019 when she hired Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin and committed to significant upgrades to the Ochsner Sports Performance Center’s basketball facilities. Through the support of these organizational improvements by Mrs. Benson, combined with the 2019 acquisition/2020 resigning of forward Brandon Ingram, a 2020 NBA All-Star and winner of the league’s Most Improved Player award, a trade for guard C.J. McCollum and the hiring of Head Coach Willie Green, the Pelicans have established a solid foundation.

Community investment and giving back have been hallmarks of Mr. and Mrs. Benson’s ownership of the Saints and Pelicans. This tradition continues under Mrs. Benson’s stewardship, sharing her late husband’s vision and passion for helping others. She has further enriched the New Orleans community through her support to causes in the health and wellness, cancer care, education, arts and faith-based sectors.

As dedicated corporate citizens, the Saints and Pelicans annually put millions of dollars back into the community in financial support, in-kind donations, charitable appearances and donations of goods and services. Mrs. Benson’s philanthropic leadership has been recognized far and wide since becoming Owner.

Mrs. Benson has always quickly responded and taken action to address conditions that adversely affect the local community. With the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ida providing multiple challenges to the New Orleans area and its citizens since 2020, Mrs. Benson has donated

over $2 million, partnering with the Greater New Orleans Foundation to assist local organizations and individuals in need to help the region and its residents recover from these circumstances. In 2020, utilizing the platform of the Saints and Pelicans to harness the unifying power of sport to advance race relations across both the Gulf South and the country, she formed the Social Justice Leadership Alliance. The alliance, with key front office executives and players from both franchises in leadership positions, advocates for issues of change in minority communities.

In 2014, Mrs. Benson was honored by the New Orleans Council for Community and Justice with its Weiss Award, recognizing achievement for exceptional civic and humanitarian contributions. In 2015, the couple was honored by the regional chapter of the Anti-Defamation League with the A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award. In 2018, she and Mr. Benson (posthumously) were honored by two of the city’s leading higher education institutions. They received a Dermot McGlinchey Lifetime Achievement Award from Tulane University, honoring those who have demonstrated service, volunteer involvement and commitment to Tulane and their hometown communities, and were inducted into the University of New Orleans’ Hall of Distinction.

In 2019, Mrs. Benson received several important honors. She was honored by Xavier University of Louisiana with the Sister Maris Stella “Women of Faith” Award and was recognized by the United Negro College Fund with the group’s MASKED Award for her support of educational opportunities for all. Mrs. Benson was honored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame with its Distinguished American Award. The National World War II Museum selected her as an American Spirit Medallion recipient. The Greater New Orleans Foundation honored Mrs. Benson with the organization’s Spark Plug Award, given to an individual whose philanthropy in the greater New Orleans community has been exemplary.

In 2021, Mrs. Benson was presented by the University of Holy Cross with its Spes Unica Award, the educational institution’s highest honor, based on her support of the university’s mission to educate both the mind and heart. She was the Times-Picayune’s 2021 Loving Cup award winner, an honor which has been presented since 1901 to men and women who have performed exemplary service to the community without expecting material recognition. Mrs. Benson was recognized by the local charity, Clover, as a co-recipient of the 2022 Reverend Beverley Warner Ward, for her extensive work with the non-profit whose mission is to educate children, strengthen families and build community. Mrs. Benson was honored by the American Cancer Society’s Louisiana Chapter with their 2022

Heart & Soul Award for her constant support in the fight against cancer through the services provided to cancer patients, families and caregivers at Ochsner’s Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center. She was recognized by the Southeast Louisiana Council, Boy Scouts of America with their 2022 “Distinguished Citizen” Award. In April, 2023, Mrs. Benson was honored as a “Louisiana Legend” by Louisiana Public Broadcasting for distinguishing herself in the sports field and through her philanthropy.

In addition to serving on the boards of several local educational institutions and the New Orleans Museum of Art, Mrs. Benson also is a member of the Audubon Commission, which oversees the Audubon Nature Institute.

Mrs. Benson has been a long-time trusted and valued member of the local Catholic community, reflecting her deep religious faith. She has worked tirelessly with the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Catholic Charities organization and its umbrella agencies that feature almost 50 programs and three affiliated ministries. These organizations deliver health and human services to the poor and vulnerable in the eight Southeast Louisiana parishes which the Archdiocese serves, as well as food and nutrition services throughout the state. Mrs. Benson has worked closely with St. Louis Cathedral’s Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) program.

Her support of the Catholic Church has been recognized numerous times. In 2002, she received the Medal of the Order of St. Louis Award for dedication to the Catholic Church. In 2010, she became an Honorary Oblate of Mary Immaculate. In recognition of longstanding support of Catholic education, Mr. and Mrs. Benson received the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Awa rd from the National Catholic Educational Association. In 2012, Mr. and Mrs. Benson received from Pope Benedict XVI the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award, the highest Papal award granted to a lay person, for outstanding service to the Church and the Pontiff. She holds a leadership role after being inducted as Dame Commander with Star in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and is a member of the Order of St. Lazarus, a confraternity of Christian faithful who profess their commitment to Jesus Christ.

Mrs. Benson began her professional career in 1968 as a manager for a noted New York-based jeweler. She was responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operation of over 40 sales associates. She then branched out into real estate development, which allowed her to successfully integrate her passion for interior design with property management. Her first real estate transaction occurred in 1978 when she purchased a home in New Orleans’ Irish Channel and sold the property eight months later after extensive restoration. She would go on to purchase, manage and eventually sell numerous properties, primarily in the city’s Uptown district.

In 1975, Mrs. Benson began a 30-year design industry career and achieved tremendous success.

Throughout the course of her interior design career she was recognized with numerous professional awards and served as an inaugural member on the Louisiana State Board of Licensing for Interior Designers for four years. She directed numerous major design efforts with her clients, including the Caesars Superdome (formerly Louisiana and Mercedes-Benz Superdome), several of the city’s most prestigious hotels, local supermarket chains, automobile dealerships, yachts and many others.

In 2000, Mrs. Benson worked with the Superdome on renovations to the iconic New Orleans landmark’s third and fourth level public spaces, in addition to renovations on select suites. She also owned and developed a commercial real estate building on the corner of Laura and Octavia streets, a women’s clothing private enterprise called “Toujours la Ligne” and a designer’s showroom called “Designers Resource” which served as a wholesale location for designers and architects seeking to purchase fabric, wall coverings and accessories. The Men of Fashion Committee recognized Mrs. Benson as one of the “Ten Best Dressed Women in New Orleans” in 1983.

In addition to her ownership of the Saints and the Pelicans, Mrs. Benson established GMB Racing Stables in 2014 with an initial purchase of seven colts and the hiring of three veteran trainers, all with Louisiana ties. In 2016, two of the thoroughbreds, Mo Tom and Tom’s Ready, participated in the Kentucky Derby. Her Lone Sailor horse ran in the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. She owns Benson Farm in Paris, Ky., a 1,000-acre farm with nearly 50 horses. As part of her passion for horse racing, she is a member of the Jockey Club of New York. Mrs. Benson also serves as Owner of four automotive dealerships (Best Chevrolet, Cadillac of New Orleans, Mercedes-Benz of New Orleans and Mercedes-Benz Van Center); Benson Tower; Benson Capital Partners; Made By The Water; and Corporate Realty. She also owns the Hyatt Regency New Orleans as part of a partnership.

Mrs. Benson was born in New Orleans and grew up in Old Algiers. She began her education in Catholic schools and in 1966 graduated from Martin Behrman High School in Algiers. She received a Doctorate of Letters from Notre Dame Seminary in 2014.

Serving as keynote speaker at their respective commencement ceremonies, Mrs. Benson has been awarded honorary degrees from University of Holy Cross (2015), Southern University of New Orleans (2021), and Delgado Community College (2022). She also received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Loyola University New Orleans (2019).

Mr. and Mrs. Benson married on October 29, 2004, at the Immaculate Conception Memorial Chapel. Mr. Benson died on March 15, 2018.

Dennis Allen enters his second season as head coach of the New Orleans Saints in 2023 after being named the 17th head coach in franchise history on Feb. 8, 2022.

Now in his 28th year in coaching, 22nd in the NFL, including 13 with the Saints, Allen has played for, coached with and learned from some of the best coaches in all of football. He originally was recruited to play at Texas A&M by R.C. Slocum, where he also started his coaching career. In the NFL, he honed his skills serving on the staff of Super Bowl XLIV champion head coach Sean Payton for 12 seasons and for Super Bowl participants John Fox and Dan Reeves.

During his 22 years of coaching in the NFL, Allen has worked with ten players who have combined for 23 Pro Bowl selections and he has also coached two Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year winners and three members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Allen’s defenses have consistently been among the most productive in the NFL in a number of categories, including scoring defense, total yards allowed and sacks. The team’s defensive play-caller since the middle of the 2015 season, the Saints are the only team in the National Football League to rank in the top three in both opponent rushing yards per game and sacks cumulatively over the six-season period since 2017. Allen’s defenses have ranked in the top ten in yards per game and opponent points per game each of the past two seasons.

In his first year as head coach of the Saints, Allen guided New Orleans through the challenge of significant injuries at virtually every position to win three of their last four games after a Week 14 bye and gave up 20 or fewer points in the final eight contests of the season, ten points apiece in each of the final three contests.

Under Allen’s supervision, New Orleans ranked second in the National Football League in pass defense (184.4 ypg.) fifth in total defense (314.8

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PLAYING CAREER: Texas A&M, 1992-95.

COACHING CAREER: Texas A&M, 1996-1999; Tulsa, 2000-01; Atlanta Falcons, 200205; New Orleans Saints, 2006-10, Denver Broncos, 2011, Oakland Raiders (Head Coach), 2012-14, New Orleans Saints 2015- (Head Coach since 2022).

ypg.), tied for fifth in sacks (48), ranked sixth in opponent red zone touchdown percentage (50.0) and ninth in scoring defense (20.3 ppg.). New Orleans posted shutouts in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1991-92 campaigns. Linebacker Demario Davis and defensive end Cameron Jordan, who became the franchise’s all-time leader in sacks, were each named to the Pro Bowl while Davis earned AP (second-team) honors.

Offensively, New Orleans improved nine or more spots in league rankings in net yards per game and net passing yards per game. The team’s top draft selection, wide receiver Chris Olave, earned PFWA All-Rookie recognition, as he led the team in receiving with 72 receptions for 1,042 yards. Running back Alvin Kamara became the only player to currently have six consecutive seasons of at least 1,300 total yards from scrimmage. Taysom Hill ranked second on the team in rushing with a career-high 575 yards and team-leading seven rushing touchdowns, adding two receiving scores for a club-best nine total touchdowns, while adding two scoring throws. Tight end Juwan Johnson tied for third at the position in the league with a club-best seven touchdown grabs on 42 receptions for 508 yards.

In 2021, his final season as defensive coordinator, Allen’s unit boasted two Pro Bowl selections (Jordan and cornerback Marshon Lattimore) and one AP All-Pro selection (Davis), ranked first in the NFL in opponent red zone touchdown percentage (43.5), second in opponent first downs (304) and opponent rushing first downs (84), fourth in scoring defense (19.7 ppg.), opponent net yards per play (5.08) and run defense (93.5 ypg.), seventh in total defense (318.2 ypg.) and eighth in sacks (46). New Orleans’ streak of 22 regular season/postseason contests without allowing a 100-yard rusher at the end of the season was the longest in the NFL. With 25 takeaways and a plus-seven turnover ratio, Allen’s defense was instrumental in leading the Saints to their fifth consecutive winning season. Allen handled

Sean Payton’s head coaching duties in a December 19 9-0 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as Payton was sidelined due to COVID-19 protocols.

In 2020, the Saints defense boasted one of the league’s top units, finishing tied for first in interceptions (18), ranked fourth in opponent net yards per game (310.9) and opponent rushing yards per game (91.3), fifth in opponent net passing yards per game (217.0) and opponent points per game (21.1) and eighth in sacks (45). The 139 road points given up on the road by New Orleans were the fewest in the NFL and the third-lowest total by the club since the start of a 16-game regular season schedule in 1978. New Orleans did not allow a 100-yard rusher until Week 14 of the season, marking an NFL record of 55 games (regular season/postseason combined) of not giving up 100 yards to an individual.

The 2019 Saints ranked third in the league in sacks, recording 51 takedowns and finished fourth in run defense at 91.3 yards rushing per game. The sack total was the highest for the Saints since 2001. New Orleans also ranked sixth on third down (34.8 percent) and 11th in total defense (333.1 ypg.).

With two Pro Bowl starter selections on defense –Jordan and Lattimore and one AP first-team All-Pro – Davis – the Saints had two contests where they did not surrender a defensive touchdown for the first time since 2000. Jordan finished with a career-high 15.5 sacks, ranked third in the NFL and tied for the fourth-highest total in franchise history, also earning All-Pro honors. Davis filled up the stat sheet with a team-high 111 tackles, four sacks, one interception and a career-high 12 passes defensed.

In 2018, the Saints boasted the second-best run defense in the NFL, allowing just 80.2 rushing yards per game and 3.6 yards per carry. His defense also collared 49 sacks, which tied for fifth in the league. The New Orleans defense held its opponents to 20 points or less in ten games in 2018 and had a six-game streak of keeping opponents under 20 for the first time since 2000. Jordan was selected to the

Pro Bowl as an AP All-Pro in a season where he posted 12 sacks. On the interior, defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins posted eight sacks in a breakout campaign, the most takedowns by a Saints interior defender since 2000. Davis, in his first season with the club, became only the fourth player in Saints history to record 110 tackles and five sacks in a season. Lattimore led the team with five regular season takeaways and added two more in the club’s postseason win over Philadelphia.

In 2017, Allen coordinated a Saints defense that finished third in the league in interceptions (20), tied for seventh in sacks (42) and ranked tenth in opponent points per game (20.4 ppg.) after ranking 31st in 2016. Away from home, New Orleans surrendered only 18.3 points per game, tied for sixth in the NFL, with their 146 road points given up tied for the fifth-lowest total by the club since the start of a 16-game schedule in 1978. Allen oversaw a defense that featured first-team All-Pro Jordan who posted 13 sacks and Lattimore, who led rookies with five interceptions and garnered AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors, as both defenders earned Pro Bowl trips. Lattimore was the second rookie under Allen’s tutelage to capture league Rookie of the Year honors. Rookie safety Marcus Williams, the club’s second round draft pick, joined Lattimore as a PFWA All-Rookie selection, tying for second among league rookies with four picks.

In 2016, a young Saints defensive unit took several strides in the right direction, surrendering only 90.6 rushing yards per game over the final 13 weeks of the season, ranked sixth in the NFL over that period. In fact, New Orleans allowed under 100 yards rushing in eight games on the season, the fewest in a single season since they gave up seven in 2013. Jordan led the team with 7.5 sacks. Linebacker Craig Robertson started all 15 games he appeared in and filled up the stat sheet with a team-high and career-high 131 tackles, one sack, one interception, five passes defensed and two recoveries.

After starting the 2015 season as the club’s senior defensive assistant, Allen assumed coordinator duties in Week 11. As New Orleans rallied to win three of their final four contests, Allen’s unit contributed to finishing strong as the defense surrendered 35.1 total net yards per game below the overall season average, including 25.1 fewer yards per game in stopping the run. New Orleans also held opponents to a season-low 17 points in two of the final four contests. Jordan was selected to his second Pro Bowl, as he recorded double-digit sacks (10) for the second time in his career.

Allen served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2012-14. In his second season, he guided a team that made significant improvement in several areas. Offensively, the Raiders ranked 12th in the NFL in rushing, improving 16 spots in league rankings from 2012 and sixth in yards per

rush (4.6), improving 21 places in league rankings despite starting an NFL-high eight offensive line combinations due to injury. The defense replaced nine starters, yet improved in several categories. The defense recorded 38 sacks, 13 more than 2012, and tied for second in the NFL with 15 different players getting to the quarterback. The rush defense improved five spots from 18th in the NFL in 2012 to 13th in 2013, as they limited opposing offenses to just five runs of 20-or-more yards, tied for the fewest in the league, and kept opponents to less than two yards per carry three times. On special teams, the Raiders moved from the NFL’s bottomthird to first overall in opponent gross punting (41.7), ranked third in opponent net punting (37.0) and fourth in opponent kickoff returns (20.4).

Allen coached the first four games of the 2014 season for the Raiders, during which he helped usher in a pair of rookies that went on to enjoy impressive first-year campaigns in quarterback Derek Carr, signed by New Orleans this offseason, and linebacker Khalil Mack. The club’s pass defense ranked fourth in the NFL.

In 2011, Allen served as defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos. He led a defense that helped the Broncos win the AFC West division crown and advance to the AFC Divisional round with an AFC Wild Card game victory. The Broncos improved 12 spots over the previous year in overall defensive ranking and bettered their points allowed eight spots. The defense produced four Pro Bowl selections as rookie linebacker Von Miller joined cornerback Champ Bailey, safety Brian Dawkins and defensive end Elvis Dumervil on the AFC squad. Miller set what was the team’s rookie record with 11.5 sacks en route to AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and Dumervil also thrived under Allen, rebounding from injury to register 9.5 takedowns. The Broncos’ 41 sacks as a team marked the unit’s most since 2000.

During Allen’s previous five-year tenure in New Orleans, he first served as assistant defensive line coach (2006-07) before being promoted to secondary coach (2008-10).

He was a part of a defensive coaching staff that engineered significant improvement from 200910, when the club went 24-8 in the regular season, qualified for the playoffs both times and captured Super Bowl XLIV. Under Allen’s direction in 2010, the Saints allowed an NFL-low 13 touchdown passes, while New Orleans ranked fourth in both opponent net yards per game (306.3) and pass defense (193.9 ypg.) and fifth in opponent third down efficiency (34.5 percent). Safety Roman Harper was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl, posting 100 tackles and three sacks, and cornerback Jabari Greer recorded two interceptions with one brought back for a touchdown.

In 2009, Allen tutored a secondary that played

a key role in helping the Saints to the club’s first Super Bowl victory. A revamped unit accounted for an NFLhigh five interception returns for touchdowns and totaled 21 picks with two of the four starters being selected to the Pro Bowl. Opposing quarterbacks managed a meager 68.6 passer rating against the Saints, ranked third in the NFL. Greer returned one pick for a touchdown. Harper led the unit with a career-high 127 tackles and added 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles while being selected to his first Pro Bowl. Cornerback Tracy Porter picked off quarterback Brett Favre and Peyton Manning in the fourth quarter in consecutive postseason contests, with his famous Super Bowl XLIV interception being brought back for a touchdown.

While serving as assistant defensive line coach from 2006-07, Allen helped develop a unit that ranked as one of the defense’s strengths. During that stretch, the front four combined for 49.5 sacks, 10 forced fumbles and 10 recoveries. Defensive end Will Smith was voted to his first Pro Bowl in 2006, posting a club-best 10.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

Allen joined the Saints after a four-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons, where he spent his final two years as defensive assistant/quality control with an emphasis on working with the defensive line. Over the previous two seasons, he was in charge of defensive quality control while helping tutor the secondary.

Over his last two years in Atlanta, the Falcons’ defense was paced by the play of the front four. In 2004, Atlanta led the NFL for the first time in club history with 48 sacks and the unit sent defensive end Patrick Kerney to the Pro Bowl. In 2005 defensive tackle Rod Coleman represented the club in the Pro Bowl and the Falcons notched 37 sacks.

In 2002, Allen’s first year with the Falcons, he assisted in coaching the defensive backfield. Atlanta improved to 16th against the pass after ranking 30th the year before, and tied for third in the NFL with 24 interceptions.

Allen worked as the secondary coach for the University of Tulsa (2000-01) before heading to the NFL. Prior to his stint at Tulsa, Allen was on the coaching staff for four years (1996-99) at his alma mater, Texas A&M, as a graduate assistant working primarily with the school’s secondary under Slocum.

A native of Hurst, Texas, Allen earned four letters for Texas A&M as a safety from 1992-95 and started the final 21 games of his career. A highlight was his fourthquarter interception that clinched an 18-9 victory over Texas in 1993, sending the Aggies to their third-straight Cotton Bowl. He collected Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after intercepting two passes in a 36-14 win over Oklahoma in 1994.

Allen was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buffalo Bills and competed in their training camp in 1996. Allen’s late father, Grady, played at Texas A&M and was a linebacker for the Falcons from 1968-72. Allen and his wife Alisson have a daughter, Layla and a son, Garrison.

DENNIS LAUSCHA - PRESIDENT

Dennis Lauscha, a native New Orleanian, has been a fan of the Saints since he was a young boy. He attended Jesuit High School and received degrees in Business, first from the University of Alabama, followed by an M.B.A. from Loyola University. Starting out his career as a C.P.A,, Lauscha worked for a major global financial services firm before his decades-long career with the Saints. He first joined the Saints in 1998 as Treasurer, and as a result of his hard work, loyalty and business acumen, Lauscha rose through the executive ranks to serve as Vice President, Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President before reaching his now esteemed post as President since 2012. In his role, he oversees the club’s financial operations, government affairs, marketing, ticket and suite sales, legal, stadium, community affairs, human resources, business intelligence and information technology. He also serves as president of the Pelicans franchise and represents both clubs at National Football League and National Basketball Association Owners meetings.

In addition to his duties with the Saints and Pelicans, the New Orleans native maintains multiple roles within other holdings of Mrs. Benson, maintaining a role in the management of her four local automotive dealerships (Best Chevrolet, Cadillac of New Orleans, Mercedes-Benz of New Orleans and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter), Corporate Realty and other real estate holdings, GMB Racing, Benson Capital Partners, Made By The Water and other investments.

Lauscha’s collaborative style, financial acumen and long-term

view has played a key role as a member of a contingent that has negotiated agreements for both the Saints and Pelicans with the state of Louisiana. These have resulted in long-term lease agreements, continuous improvements to their playing and practice facilities, revitalization of the areas around them and generation of revenue for the state without any new taxes for citizens.

Lauscha’s dealings with the Saints and Pelicans, state officials and local organizations have provided an opportunity for community involvement. His professional and charitable work was recognized by New Orleans CityBusiness, when he was selected as one of the 40 Most Influential Members of the Community. The honor is bestowed on those who are laying the groundwork for a better city. In 2010, he was named the Alumnus of the Year by Loyola’s College of Business and was named to the 2010 Class of Role Models by the Young Leadership Council. He was honored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame with its 2014 Distinguished American Award. In 2015, Lauscha gave the commencement address to the graduates of the University of New Orleans. In 2016, he was inducted into the Order of West Range for the Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation. He was honored as a 2019 Laureate of Junior Achievement’s Greater New Orleans chapter. Lauscha has also completed the National Football League Managers Program at Stanford University's Executive Education Graduate School of Business. Most recently, he was named Jesuit’s 2022-23 Alumnus of the Year.

MICKEY LOOMIS - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER

Responsible for the club’s entire football operations, Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis enters his 22nd season in his current position and 24th with the Saints. He is a veteran of 37 years in the NFL and during his time in New Orleans has been honored with the most prestigious awards presented to a league executive. Yet the most satisfying achievement of Loomis’ career has come in helping mold a roster that has produced many of the franchise’s finest moments over the last 17 seasons, including the Super Bowl XLIV championship.

In 2006, after being the key figure in the hiring of Head Coach Sean Payton, the signing of QB Drew Brees and essentially rebuilding a team that would advance to the NFC Championship – Loomis was voted the NFL Executive of the Year by Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers of America. He was also honored by The Sporting News as the George Young Executive of the Year, an award voted on annually by NFL front-office executives and owners.

Loomis has continued to build on the success of 2006, highlighted by 10 winning seasons, nine postseason appearances, seven division titles, three NFC Championship game berths and

the Super Bowl victory. Over the past 17 years, he’s brought aboard a group of players who have played a key role in New Orleans posting a 175-116 overall record through a combination of the draft, free agency and trades. He’s also presided over the club’s ability to retain their core players, re-signing significant contributors to long-term contracts. In 2022, Loomis conducted an extensive coaching search on behalf of the organization to lead the Saints into the future. Following the search, Dennis Allen was promoted from defensive coordinator and hired as the Saints’ 17th head coach in franchise history.

Prior to arriving in New Orleans, Loomis spent 15 years with the Seattle Seahawks, including as executive vice president from 1992-98. He joined the Seahawks in October, 1983, was promoted to vice president/finance in 1990 and to Executive Vice President in 1992.A native of Eugene, Ore., Loomis has a degree in accounting from the University of Oregon and a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Wichita State University.

Married to Melanie, Loomis has four children: Alex, Katherine, Sam and Lucy.

Greg Rouchell Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Ben Hales

Senior Vice President of Marketing & Operations

Ed Lang Senior Vice President of Finance / Chief Financial Officer

Vicky Neumeyer Senior Vice President/ General Counsel

Greg Bensel

Senior VP of Communications, Broadcast, Community Relations & Governmental Relations

Michael Stanfield

Senior Vice President of Sales

Clancy Barone enters his first season as tight ends coach of the New Orleans Saints. Barone has 34 years of coaching experience, his first 17 at the collegiate level and his last 17 in the NFL. New Orleans is the sixth NFL stop for Barone, who most recently served as tight ends coach for the Chicago Bears from 2020-21.

Prior to his Bears tenure, Barone coached either tight ends or offensive line with the Falcons (2004-06), Chargers (2007-08), Broncos (2009-16), and Vikings (2017-18). As a tight ends coach, Barone has had four players voted to the Pro Bowl with four different teams: the Falcons’ Alge Crumpler, the Chargers’ Antonio Gates, the Broncos’ Julius Thomas and the Vikings’ Kyle Rudolph.

In Chicago, Barone oversaw high-level performances from veterans, as well as developing younger players. In 2021, Cole Kmet posted a career-high 60 receptions for a career-best 612 yards in his second

Bicknell enters his second season as a senior offensive assistant in New Orleans. He has 13 years of National Football League experience in the coaching ranks and 28 years of college and professional experience overall. The Holliston, Mass., native possesses extensive coaching experience on both the offensive line and at the skill positions.

Bicknell has coached several positions in the NFL, including coaching the Cincinnati Bengals wide receivers from 2018-2020, helping develop Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins. He coached receivers for Baylor University in 2017, the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013-15 and the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. He coached tight ends for the Buffalo Bills in 2010-11 and wide receivers in 2012. He got his NFL start in 2007 with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was an assistant offensive line coach in 2007 and took over as the offensive line coach in 2008.

Prior to the NFL ranks, Bicknell coached the offensive line at

KODI BURNS - WIDE RECEIVERS

Burns enters his second season as New Orleans’ wide receivers coach after originally joining the team in 2022, coaching at the collegiate level for 10 seasons prior to joining the Black and Gold. In 2022, Burns played a role in developing rookie wide receiver Chris Olave, who became only the third rookie in franchise history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards.

Burns coached wide receivers at the University of Tennessee in 2021 after spending six seasons coaching at Auburn, where he started out as a graduate assistant with the Tigers in 2013 before coaching running backs at Samford in 2014 and wide receivers at Middle Tennessee in 2015. When he returned to Auburn, he served as co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach from 2016-20 and added the role of passing game coordinator in

Carberry enters his first season as the Saints’ assistant offensive line coach. He brings to New Orleans six years of experience in the NFL coaching ranks, with 14 years of experience at the college and professional levels.

During his six years coaching in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams, Carberry tutored multiple Pro Bowlers and the Rams 2021 Super Bowl Championship team, who finished tied for sixth in the NFL with least amount of sacks allowed (31). He guided the Washington offensive line that protected the third-ranked offense and allowed the fourth least amount of sacks in the NFL (23). In his first pro coaching gig in 2014-15 with the Cowboys, Carberry assisted Bill Callahan with the offensive line in 2014 when the team finished second in the NFL in rushing and RB DeMarco Murray led the league in rushing while setting a franchise record with 1,845 yards.

Carberry also has extensive experience at the collegiate coaching ranks,

season. In 2020, the Bears returned to the postseason after a oneyear absence as Jimmy Graham led the team with eight touchdown catches, the second-most among NFC tight ends and his most since 2017-on 50 receptions, adding one more scoring grab in the playoffs. Barone played on the offensive line at the University of Nevada and Sacramento State University, and holds a place in the Hornets Athletics Hall of Fame.

PLAYING CAREER: Nevada, 1983-84; Sacramento State, 1985-86. COACHING CAREER: American River College, 1983-84; Sacramento State, 1991-92; Texas A&M, 1993; Eastern Illinois, 1994-96; University of Wyoming, 1997-99; University of Houston, 2000-02; Texas State, 2003; Atlanta Falcons, 2004-06; San Diego Chargers, 2007-08; Denver Broncos, 2009-16; Minnesota Vikings, 2017-18; Chicago Bears, 2020-21; New Orleans Saints 2023–.

Temple in 2006 and spent eight seasons in NFL Europe. He began his coaching career at Boston University, coaching safeties, running backs and linebackers from 1993-97.

Bicknell played tight end for three seasons at Boston College from 1989-91. Bicknell’s father, Jack Sr., coached at BC and spent 13 seasons as a head coach in NFL Europe. Meanwhile, Bicknell’s brother, Jack Jr., is currently offensive line coach at the University of North Carolina.

PLAYING CAREER: Boston College, 1989-91.

COACHING CAREER: Boston University, 1993-97; Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe), 1998-99; Berlin Thunder (NFLE), 2000-03; Cologne Centurions (NFLE), 2004-05; Temple, 2006; Kansas City Chiefs, 2007-09; Buffalo Bills, 2010-12; Philadelphia Eagles, 2013-15; San Francisco 49ers, 2016; Baylor, 2017; Cincinnati Bengals, 2018-20; New Orleans Saints, 2022–.

2019-20. Over his time at Auburn, nine offensive players were drafted to the NFL, including two receivers in 2021: Anthony Schwartz (third round by the Browns) and Seth Williams (sixth round by the Broncos).

Burns played four seasons at Auburn from 2007-10. He began as a quarterback his first two seasons, becoming the first Tiger to start as a true freshman since 1998. He shifted to receiver as a junior, tallying 2,300 receiving yards and 22 career touchdowns. He won a National Championship in 2010 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2011.

PLAYING CAREER: Auburn 2007-10. COACHING CAREER: Arkansas State, 2012; Auburn, 2013, Auburn, 2016-20; Samford, 2014; Middle Tennessee, 2015; Tennessee, 2021; New Orleans Saints, 2022–.

as a graduate assistant at Kansas from 2009-11, defensive ends coach at Stephen F. Austin (2012-13) and run game coordinator/offensive line coach at Stanford (2018-20). Prior to coaching at the collegiate level, he was a four-year letterman at Ohio before spending his rookie season on the practice squad of the Detroit Lions (2005). He later played for the Berlin Thunder (NFL Europe - 2006), New York Dragons (Arena Football League2007) and Philadelphia Soul (AFL - 2008).

PLAYING CAREER: Ohio University, 2002-05; Detroit Lions, 2006; Berlin Thunder (NFL Europe), 2006; New York Dragons (Arena Football League), 2007; Philadelphia Soul (AFL), 2008. COACHING CAREER: St. Rita High School (Chicago), 2006; St. Ignatius (Chicago) College Prep, 2007-08; Kansas, 2009-11; Stephen F. Austin, 2012-13; Dallas Cowboys, 2014-15; Washington Commanders, 2016-17; Stanford, 2018-20; Los Angeles Rams, 2021-22; New Orleans Saints, 2023–.

CLANCY BARONE - TIGHT ENDS COACH

KEVIN CARBERRY - ASSISTANT OFFENSIVE LINE

BOB BICKNELL - SENIOR OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

STAFF - COACHING

Carmichael’s in his 15th season as New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator after tutoring quarterbacks his first three years with the club. He has been a key figure in the planning and preparations of an offensive attack that has been ranked first in the NFL in yardage in six seasons and in the top 10 each campaign from 2006-19. During Carmichael’s tenure on the Saints coaching staff, the club’s 14-year streak of finishing in the top 10 in offense was the third-longest since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Retired quarterback Drew Brees, who retired following the 2020 season, was named to the Pro Bowl 12 times while becoming the league’s all-time leader in completions and passing yardage.

Despite limitations to the New Orleans offense due to injuries at multiple positions, New Orleans improved from being ranked 32nd in the NFL in 2021 to 16th in 2022 in net passing yards per game, while developing rookie wide receiver tandem Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed to step in for veterans Michael Thomas and Jarvis Landry. Olave, the 11th overall selection in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Ohio State, became only the second Saints rookie to lead the team in receptions (72), receiving yardage (1,042) and yards per catch (14.5)

Ronald Curry, who is in his 18th season overall in the National Football League and his seventh as an assistant coach with the Saints, is one of the top offensive minds on New Orleans’ coaching staff. After working primarily with the wide receivers his first five seasons with the club, the former college signal-caller will serve as quarterbacks coach for the third season, while adding the role of passing game coordinator in 2022.

In 2022, under Curry’s collaboration with Offensive Coordinator Pete Carmichael and the offensive staff, the Saints improved from 32nd in the NFL to 16th in net passing yards per game, while he tutored Andy Dalton and Jameis Winston. Winston led the team to a dramatic season-opening, come-from-behind victory at Atlanta, while Dalton set a career-high in completion percentage (66.7%), as he

a training camp intern in 2022, Evans begins his fulltime coaching career in 2023 as an offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints.

Evans was drafted by the Saints in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft and spent the first 11 seasons of his 12-year playing career with the Saints. He was a six time Pro Bowl selection, five time AP All-Pro and was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2010’S All-Decade Team, as New Orleans finished in the Top Ten in total offense each of the 11 seasons he lined up for the Saints, while the 196 sacks surrendered by the offensive line over that period

Galiano enters his fifth season with the New Orleans Saints as assistant special teams coach. Galiano is a veteran in the coaching ranks with 23 years of experience, including seven seasons in the NFL.

Over his Saints career, Galiano’s work with special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi has made the kicking an integral part of New Orleans’ success. On coverage units, J.T. Gray’s 84 tackles rank second in the NFL. Galiano helped guide K Wil Lutz into second place on the club’s all-time list for scoring (781), field goals (165) and PATs (286). The punting game produced the top three seasons in club history for inside-20s. Since 2019, the Saints have excelled in the return game. Over the four-season period, the team has been ranked sixth in the NFL in both punt return average (9.6) and kickoff return average

while becoming only the third Saint in franchise history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in a rookie campaign. Third-year tight end Juwan Johnson had career-highs in all major receiving categories, as he caught 42 passes for 508 yards with a team-leading seven touchdowns, tied for third in the position in the league. Taysom Hill contributed to the running game with a career-high 575 rushing yards and seven touchdowns, and the passing game, where he caught two scores for a team-high nine total touchdowns and threw for two more. Running back Alvin Kamara had his sixth consecutive season with 1,300 total yards from scrimmage (team-high 1,387) despite missing two games with injuries.

Born Oct. 6, 1971 in Framingham, Mass., Carmichael attended Medway High School where he played football and baseball. He was a four-year letterman in baseball at Boston College, where he graduated with a degree in mathematics in 1984.

COACHING CAREER: New Hampshire, 1994; Louisiana Tech, 1995-99; Cleveland Browns, 2000; Washington, 2001; San Diego Chargers, 2002-05; New Orleans Saints, 2006–.

completed 252-of-378 passes for 2,870 yards with 18 touchdowns, only nine interceptions and a 95.2 passer rating.

Curry was originally selected in the seventh round (235th overall) by the Oakland Raiders out of North Carolina in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played in 76 career games with 32 starts and registered 193 receptions for 2,347 yards and 13 touchdowns from 2002-08. The Hampton, Va., native was an All-American in football and basketball in high school and played both quarterback and point guard for the Tar Heels.

PLAYING CAREER: North Carolina, 1998-2001; Oakland Raiders, 200208. COACHING CAREER: Mooresville Christian Academy (Head Coach), 2010-12; San Francisco 49ers, 2013-15; New Orleans Saints, 2016–.

were lowest in the NFC and second-lowest in the NFL. He has been inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame (2020), Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (2022) and was a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023.

Prior to being selected in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by New Orleans, Evans was a three-year starter at Bloomsburg, anchoring the left tackle position. He was a finalist for the Division II Gene Upshaw Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005.

PLAYING CAREER: Bloomsburg, 2001-05; New Orleans Saints, 2006-16; Green Bay Packers, 2017. COACHING CAREER: New Orleans Saints, 2023–.

(23.5). In 2022, Galiano helped develop rookie WR/RS Rashid Shaheed, as he averaged 9.7 yards on 20 punt returns.

A three-year starter at safety for Shippensburg, Galiano served as a tri-captain as a senior, helping lead the Raiders to three consecutive winning seasons from 1997-99. The Norristown, Pennsylvania native graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

PLAYING CAREER: Shippensburg, 1996-99. COACHING CAREER: Dickinson College, 2000; New Haven, 2001; Villanova, 2002; Rutgers 2003-06; Florida International, 2007-09; Rutgers, 2010-11; Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2012-13; Rutgers, 2014-15; Miami Dolphins, 2016l Penn State, 2017-18; New Orleans Saints, 2019–.

PHIL GALIANO - ASSISTANT SPECIAL TEAMS COACH

After serving as

JAHRI EVANS - OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

RONALD CURRY - PASSING GAME COORDINATOR/QUARTERBACKS COACH

PETE CARMICHAEL - OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

STAFF - COACHING

MATT GIORDANO - DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT

Matt Giordano, a nine-year NFL veteran safety in the playing ranks and Super Bowl champion, enters his first season as a defensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints. This will be his second stint in New Orleans after contributing on defense and special teams in 2010.

The Fresno, Calif., native was a fourth-round draft pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2005 and enjoyed a nine-year NFL career with the Colts (2005-08), Green Bay Packers (2009), Saints (2010), Oakland Raiders (2011-12) and St. Louis Rams (2013), starting 30-of-116 career games, while accumulating 202 tackles, one sack, 11 interceptions (including two returned for touchdowns), 16 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, 52 special teams tackles and one coverage fumble recovery. He also appeared in seven postseason games for the Colts and Packers, and was a member of Indianapolis’ Super Bowl XLI championship team.

Following his playing career, Giordano served as head coach at

Peter Giunta (pronounced GEN-ta) enters his eighth season as a Saints senior defensive assistant in 2022. He’s a 44-year coaching veteran, including 32 years of experience in the NFL with three Super Bowl Championships.

In 2022, Giunta worked with a Saints secondary that contributed to the New Orleans defense being ranked fifth in the NFL in net yards per game, with a stingy back end responsible for being ranked second in the league in opponent net passing yards per game and being tied for giving up the third-fewest touchdown passes (17) in the league. Giunta worked with veterans, such as S Tyrann Mathieu, while overseeing the development of second-round pick CB Alontae

Todd Grantham, a 33-year coaching veteran is in his first season as the Saints’ defensive line coach. Grantham, who has extensive college and NFL experience along the front seven and as a coordinator, spent the 2022 season as an analyst at the University of Alabama after serving as a defensive coordinator in the college ranks from 2010-2021.

From 2018-21, Grantham served as defensive coordinator at the University of Florida. From 2018-20, the Gators defense registered 65 takeaways, tied for 11th-most in the nation over that span. With a turnover margin of plus-12 in 2018 and plus-five in 2019, UF also finished with a turnover margin of at least plus-five in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2014 and 2015. The Gators also ranked in the topten in the nation in sacks in both 2019 (49-fifth) and 2020 (35-tied for seventh), leading the Southeastern Conference each season.

Grantham came to Gainesville after serving in the same position at Mississippi State in 2017 and at Louisville from 2014-16, where he tu-

his high school alma mater, Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., where he amassed a record of 51-16.

Giordano played two years at the University of California after transferring from Fresno City College. He started 14-of-25 games at safety for Cal and posted 111 career tackles, four stops for a loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, six passes defensed and two interceptions. He was an honorable-mention All-America selection and first-team All-Pac-10 honoree in 2004, when he totaled 61 tackles, 1.5 stops for loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, six passes defensed and one interception. Giordano was inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.

PLAYING CAREER: Fresno City College, 2001-02; California, 2003-04; Indianapolis Colts, 2005-08; Green Bay Packers, 2009; New Orleans Saints, 2010, Oakland Raiders, 2011-12; St. Louis Rams, 2013.

COACHING CAREER: Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.) High School (Head Coach), 2016-21; New Orleans Saints, 2023-

Taylor. Mathieu started every game, posted a career-high 91 tackles and led the Black and Gold with four takeaways. Taylor played in 13 games with nine starts and led the Saints with 11 passes defensed, fourth among National Football League rookies.

The Salem, Mass., native had a four-year playing career as a defensive back and running back at Northeastern (1974-44).

PLAYING CAREER: Northeastern, 1974-77. COACHING CAREER: Swampscott (Mass.) High School, 1978-80; Penn State, 1981-83; Brown, 1984-87; Lehigh, 1988-90; Philadelphia Eagles, 1991-94; New York Jets, 1995-96; St. Louis Rams, 1997-2000; Kansas City Chiefs, 2001-05; New York Giants, 2006-14; New Orleans Saints, 2016–.

tored former Saints first round pick Sheldon Rankins. He first entered the college coordinator ranks in 2010 at the University of Georgia, where he enjoyed a four-year stint, first as defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach from 2010-11, and adding the title of associate head coach from 2012-13.

Grantham played guard and tackle for Virginia Tech from 1984-88, where he also started his coaching career (1990-95). He earned secondteam All-South and honorable mention All-America honors as a senior, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in sports management in 1989.

Grantham and his wife, Paige, have a son, Corbin, and a daughter, Olivia. PLAYING CAREER: Virginia Tech, 1984-88. COACHING CAREER: ; Virginia Tech, 1990-95; Michigan State, 1996-98; Indianapolis Colts, 1999-2001; Houston Texans, 2002-04; Cleveland Browns, 2005-07; Dallas Cowboys, 2008-09; Georgia, 2010-13; Louisville, 2014-16; Mississippi State, 2017; Florida, 2018-21; Alabama, 2022; New Orleans Saints, 2023-.

Adam Gristick enters his first NFL season as a defensive assistant with the Saints. He brings to New Orleans seven years of experience coaching at the college ranks.

Prior to joining the Saints, Gristick served on the coaching staff at Eastern Illinois University from 2018-22. During his tenure in Charleston, he coached linebackers, adding the title of defensive game run coordinator in 2020 and defensive coordinator in 2022. He went to Eastern Illinois from Syracuse, where he served three seasons as an assistant after start-

ing his coaching career in quality control at Missouri State in 2015. The Orefield, Pa., native played linebacker at Eastern Illinois from 2010-14, where as a three-year starter from 2013-14, he helped EIU capture back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference championships and FCS playoff appearances from 2012-13.

PLAYING CAREER: Eastern Illinois, 2010-14. COACHING CAREER: Missouri State, 2015; Syracuse, 2016-17; Eastern Illinois, 2018-22; New Orleans Saints, 2023-.

ADAM GRISTICK - DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT

TODD GRANTHAM - DEFENSIVE LINE COACH

PETER GIUNTA - SENIOR DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT

STAFF - COACHING

The Saints hired Hodges in 2017 to serve as a defensive assistant. He was promoted to assistant linebackers coach in 2019 and enters his fourth season in the position.

Under Hodges’ guidance in 2022, Demario Davis was again one of the Saints’ most productive defensive players, leading the team for the fifth consecutive season in tackles. He also set a career-high with 6.5 sacks, leading all inside linebackers in the NFL, earning AP second-team All-Pro and a selection to his first Pro Bowl Games. Pete Werner finished with 79 tackles and two forced fumbles. Hodges

also supervised fourth-year linebacker Kaden Elliss through his breakthrough campaign, posting 74 tackles to go with seven sacks, to lead the position group and rank second on the team, along with two forced fumbles.

Hodges played linebacker at Texas A&M where he earned second team All-Big 12 honors as a senior when he led the Aggies in tackles and honorable mention as a junior after beginning his career as a walk-on.

PLAYING CAREER: Texas A&M, 2008-11. COACHING CAREER: Fresno State, 2013-13; Eastern Illinois, 2014-16; New Orleans Saints 2017-.

Now in his second coaching stint with the Saints, Doug Marrone returned to New Orleans in 2022 after originally spending three seasons on the club’s coaching staff from 2006-08 as offensive coordinator/offensive line.

Marrone possesses 31 years of coaching experience, including 10 as a head coach, six in the NFL. This will be his 17th season coaching in the NFL.

In his first season back with the Saints in 2022, Marrone navigated an offensive line group that featured nine different starting combinations throughout the season and still produced three 100yard rushing performances by Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara. Kamara led the team in rushing with 897 yards, while Hill ran for a careerhigh 575 yards and a team-best seven touchdowns. With the Saints offensive line group having only one lineup change over the first eight weeks of the season, New Orleans was fifth in the NFL in total offense (394.4 ypg.) and eighth in rushing yards per game (141.3).

Marrone returned to New Orleans after serving as the offensive line coach at the University of Alabama in 2021. Marrone joined Alabama after four-plus seasons as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars (2016-20). He guided the Jaguars to the 2017 AFC Championship game after finishing with a 10-6 regular season

TO THE HEAD COACH

Mike Martinez enters his first campaign on the New Orleans Saints coaching staff as assistant to the head coach after serving as a football operations/scouting assistant from 2020-22. In his role, he is responsible for assisting Head Coach Dennis Allen in organizing the club’s football operations. Martinez is responsible for coordinating the Saints’ meeting and practice schedules, the team’s daily football calendar and orchestration of team and staff events, as well as providing administrative assistance to the coaching and operations staff.

Kevin Petry enters his seventh season as a member of the New Orleans Saints coaching staff.

In his fifth season as an offensive assistant, Petry will continue to assist offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael and the rest of the Saints offensive staff. After working with the quarterbacks in 2022, Petry will tutor the Saints' wideouts with Wide Receivers Coach Kodi Burns in 2023.

Petry was responsible for coordinating the Saints’ meeting and practice schedules, daily football calendar and orchestration of team and staff events, as well as providing administrative assis -

record in his first full season as head coach after going 1-1 in interim duties in 2016. His 2017 team was tied for the NFL’s biggest win/ loss improvement (plus-seven) among first-year head coaches and earned him AFC Coach of the Year recognition from the prestigious Kansas City Committee of 101. He also spent time as head coach for the Buffalo Bills (2013-14) and Syracuse (2009-12).

Marrone’s first seven NFL seasons as an assistant coach (2002-08) culminated with his hiring at Syracuse based on his success in New Orleans from 2006-08. During Marrone’s first Saints tenure, the Saints led the NFL in total offense twice (391.5 avg. in 2006; 410.7 avg. in 2008) and passing yards per game two times (281.4 avg. in 2006; 311.1 in 2008).

PLAYING CAREER: Syracuse, 1982-85; Miami Dolphins, 1987; New Orleans Saints, 1989; London Monarchs (NFL Europe), 1991-92. COACHING CAREER: Cortland (N.Y.) State, 1992; U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1993; Northeastern, 1994; Georgia Tech, 1995-99; Georgia, 2000; Tennessee, 2001; New York Jets, 2002-05; New Orleans Saints, 2006-08; Syracuse (Head Coach), 2009-12; Buffalo Bills (Head Coach), 2013-14; Jacksonville Jaguars (interim head coach last two games of 2016 and head coach 2017-20), 2015-20; Alabama, 2021; New Orleans Saints, 2022-.

tance to the coaching and operations staff from 2017-22.

This will be Petry’s 11th year as a member of the Saints organization. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, he served as a video assistant. From 2012-14, Petry was a member of the team’s equipment staff.

The Covington, La., native who prepped at St. Paul’s High School, graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in sports administration in 2013. Petry and his wife, Kelsey, have one son, Louis Michael.

COACHING CAREER: New Orleans Saints, 2017-.

KEVIN PETRY - OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

DOUG MARRONE - OFFENSIVE LINE

The Boise, Idaho, native played basketball at Dordt (Sioux Center, Iowa) University and graduated with degrees in communication and sports management.

COACHING CAREER: New Orleans Saints, 2023-.

MIKE MARTINEZ - ASSISTANT

MICHAEL HODGES - LINEBACKERS

STAFF - COACHING

DARREN RIZZI - ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR

Rizzi brings 30 years of coaching experience to his fifth year with the New Orleans Saints, including a ten-season stint with the Miami Dolphins from 2009-18. In 2022, Rizzi added Assistant Head Coach duties.

Since entering the NFL in 2009, he has coached six special teams players who have been named to seven Pro Bowls. He has also coached six players to the NFL All-Rookie team in the past nine years.

Rizzi’s units have served in the top half of NFL writer Rick Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings in 11 of the 12 years he has served as a coordinator, including first in 2019 and fifth in both 2020 and 2021. In 2022, the Saints special team units delivered another pro -

MARCUS ROBERTSON - SECONDARY COACH

Marcus Robertson, a 15-year NFL coaching veteran, is in his first year as the New Orleans Saints’ secondary coach. He spent the previous four years as the Arizona Cardinals’ defensive backs coach. In total, Robertson has spent the last 32 seasons in the NFL as a player, coach and administrator, and has coached defensive backs with Tennessee (2007-11), Detroit (2012-13), Oakland (2014-16), Denver (2017-18) and Arizona (2019-22).

Under Robertson’s tutelage in Arizona, Budda Baker has been the only safety in the NFL named to the Pro Bowl each of the last four seasons. Robertson also developed S Jalen Thompson, who in 2021 was one of just five NFL players with 100+ tackles (club-best 120), 3+ interceptions and 5+

Joel Thomas enters his ninth season as the Saints running backs coach after 16 years of coaching in the college ranks. Since arriving in 2015, the club has led the National Football League with 148 rushing touchdowns. In total, Thomas’ running backs have registered 25 individual 100-yard performances since 2015. Under Thomas’ tutelage, Alvin Kamara has earned five Pro Bowl selections as the only player in the NFL to have at least 1,300 total yards from scrimmage in each of the last six seasons. In his eighth season in New Orleans, Thomas tutored Kamara to his sixth straight season with at least 1,300 yards from scrimmage (1,387). He became the first Saint to lead the team in rushing five consecutive seasons, carrying 223 times for 897 yards, while ranking second on the team in receiving with 57 grabs for 490 yards. Kamara moved into a tie for first place in club record books in total touchdowns (72) and rushing touch-

Jordan Traylor enters his fifth season with the Saints, his third on the coaching staff. After two seasons as a defensive assistant, Traylor will work on the offensive side of the ball in 2023. During his first two seasons with the Saints, Traylor served as a scouting assistant.

Prior to coming to New Orleans, he served as an offensive analyst, working with quarterbacks at the University of Arkansas in 2018 until first joining the Saints prior to 2019 training camp. In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, he served as an offensive graduate assistant working with quarterbacks and receivers at the University of Texas.

ductive season. Rookie WR/RS Rashid Shaheed finished with a 9.7 punt return average. Despite missing three contests, DB J.T. Gray led the Saints with 12 coverage stops.

The Hillsdale, N.J. native played tight end at the University of Rhode Island. He went on to tally 160 receptions for 2,426 yards (15.2 avg.) and 15 touchdowns in his collegiate career and was a consensus All-American in 1992.

PLAYING CAREER: Rhode Island, 1989-92. COACHING CAREER: Colgate, 1993; New Haven, 1994-97; Northeastern, 1998; New Haven (head coach), 1991-2001; Rutgers, 2002-07; Rhode Island (head coach), 2008; Miami Dolphins, 2009-18; New Orleans Saints, 2019-.

D.J. Williams, a former college quarterback, enters his fifth season with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive assistant, after helping the coaching staff during 2017 training camp and both the club’s coaches and football operations in 2018. Williams graduated from Grambling State in 2015, where he played quarterback for the Tigers from 20112014, starting contests all four seasons and earning tryouts with several NFL teams following the conclusion of his college career.

D.J. Williams is the son of Washington Commanders executive Doug

passes defensed. In 2022, Thompson finished second on the team with 109 stops and added two takeaways and a club-best eight passes defensed.

Prior to beginning his coaching career, Robertson played four seasons at Iowa State and 12 years in the NFL for the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans (1991-00) and the Seattle Seahawks (2001-02) after being drafted by Houston as a fourth-round selection (102nd overall) in the 1991 NFL Draft.

PLAYING CAREER: Iowa State, 1987-90; Houston Oilers/Tennessee, 1991-2000; Seattle Seahawks, 2001-02. COACHING CAREER: Tennessee Titans, 2007-11; Detroit Lions, 2012-13; Oakland Raiders, 2014-16; Denver Broncos, 201718; Arizona Cardinals, 2019-22; New Orleans Saints, 2023-.

downs (49). Kamara also moved into second place in club record books in total yards from scrimmage (8,888), third place with 5,135 career rushing yards and fifth place with 430 receptions. Mark Ingram II added to his totals as the franchise’s all-time rushing leader (6,500) and is only the third player in club records with 8,300 yards from scrimmage (8,304).

Thomas lettered at Idaho from 1993-98, where he was a two-time, first-team All-Big West selection, including Conference Player of the Year as a senior. He holds Vandals career records with 3,929 rushing yards and 51 rushing touchdowns. He was inducted into the University of Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 and earned his degree in public communications in 1998.

PLAYING CAREER: Idaho, 1993-98. COACHING CAREER: Purdue, 2000-01; Louisville, 2002-03; Idaho, 2004-05; Purdue, 2006-08; Washington, 200912; Arkansas, 2013-14; New Orleans Saints, 2015-.

The Gilmer, Texas, native, who played quarterback and wide receiver in high school, started his collegiate playing career at Mississippi College from 2012-13, before transferring to play quarterback at Texas A&M from 2014-15, where he was a Southeastern Conference All-Academic selection. Traylor is the son of UTSA Head Coach Jeff Traylor.

PLAYING CAREER: Mississippi College, 2012-13; Texas A&M, 2014-15.

COACHING CAREER: Texas, 2016-17; Arkansas, 2018; New Orleans Saints, 2021-.

Williams, who won Super Bowl XXII as their starting quarterback, the pinnacle of his 12-year storied pro playing career, followed by a long tenure in NFL front offices.

From 2019-21 and in 2023, Williams has participated in the NFL/Black College Football Hall of Fame Quarterback Coaching Summit. He served as the National Team quarterbacks coach at the 2023 Senior Bowl.

PLAYING CAREER: Grambling State, 2011-14. COACHING CAREER: New Orleans Saints, 2019-.

JORDAN TRAYLOR - OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

JOEL THOMAS - RUNNING BACKS

D.J. WILLIAMS - OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

STAFF - COACHING

Joe Woods is in his first season as the Saints’ defensive coordinator. A 31-year coaching veteran, including the last 19 in the NFL, Woods will enter his sixth season as a defensive coordinator after spending the last three coordinating the Cleveland Browns defense.

In 2022, Woods led a Browns defense that had an evolving cast of personnel due to injuries. Despite the changes, the Browns tied for fourth in the NFL in passes defensed, ranked fifth in pass defense and helped Cleveland with four of its last seven games after a 3-7 start, surrendering 17 points or fewer in five of the contests. In 2020, Woods helped the Browns reach the playoffs for the first time since 2002, as they led the NFL with six red zone takeaways and tied for second in the league with 17 forced fumbles. Over his 19-year career among the

YOUNG - PASS RUSH SPECIALIST

Brian Young enters his eighth season as the club’s pass rush specialist. In his 15th season as a valued member of the New Orleans Saints coaching staff, Young has worked with all of the club’s front seven position groups after breaking into the ranks as a coaching assistant from 2009-11 following the conclusion of a nine-year playing career and 124 games along the defensive line in the National Football League.

Since 2017, New Orleans’ 281 sacks rank first in the NFC and second in the league, nine different defensive linemen have produced multi-sack games and the New Orleans defense went an NFL-record 55 regular season and postseason games without allowing a 100-yard rusher between the 2017-20 campaigns. The Saints have ranked in the top ten in sacks five of the last six seasons and have finished in the top five in run defense in four of the last five campaigns. During the 2022

NFL coaching ranks, Woods has tutored 15 Pro Bowl selections and two members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Before the start of his coaching career, Woods lettered four years as a cornerback and safety at Illinois State, where he served as a team captain during his senior year in 1991 and went on to earn first-team All-Gateway Conference following his final season.

PLAYING CAREER: Illinois State, 1988-91. COACHING CAREER: Muskigum College, 1992; Eastern Michigan, 1993; Northwestern State, 1994; Grand Valley State, 1994-96; Kent State, 1997; Hofstra, 1998-2000; Western Michigan, 2001-03; Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2004-05; Minnesota Vikings, 2006-13; Oakland Raiders, 2014; Denver Broncos, 2015-18; San Francisco 49ers, 2019; Cleveland Browns, 2020-22; New Orleans Saints, 2023-.

season, Young helped the Saints produce 48 sacks to finish the year tied for fifth in the NFL. He also coached defensive end Cameron Jordan to a season where he led the team with 8.5 sacks and reached his seventh consecutive Pro Bowl and eighth overall, becoming the franchise’s alltime takedown leader.

Young first joined the Saints coaching staff in 2009, after concluding a nine-year NFL playing career, during which he posted 22.5 sacks and eight fumble recoveries. From 2004-08, he served as a valuable member of the Saints interior defensive line rotation, starting 58-of-64 contests. Young played at Texas-El Paso from 1996-99 and is a member of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame and the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame.

PLAYING CAREER: Texas El-Paso, 1996-99; St. Louis Rams, 2000-03; New Orleans Saints, 2004-08. COACHING CAREER: New Orleans Saints, 2009-.

BRIAN

JOE WOODS - DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

OWNERSHIP

Khai Harley Assistant General Manager / Vice President of Football Operations

Scott Kuhn Director of Football Administration

Jeff Ireland Vice President/Assistant GM-College Personnel

Michael Parenton Director of Pro Personnel

Mike Baugh National Scout

Terry Wooden National Scout

Cody Rager Assistant College Scouting Director

Casey Talley Area Scout

Joey Vitt Jr. Area Scout

Mike DiJulio Area Scout

Jon Sandusky Area Scout

Paul Zimmer Area Scout

Will Martinez Combine Scout

Zach Stuart Director of Analytics

C.J. Leak Area Scout

Scott Campbell Senior College Scouting Analyst

Ziad Qubti College Scouting Coordinator

Matt Phillips Area Scout

Harry Piper Scouting Assistant

Debbie Gallagher Executive Asst. to the EVP/GM

Ryan Powell Pro Scout

Justin Matthews Pro Scout Tosan Eyetsemitan Pro Scout

Rishi Desai Scouting Assistant

EXECUTIVE

Gayle Benson Owner & Chief Executive Officer

Melissa Manwaring Senior Executive Assistant to the Owner

Melissa Hoang Executive Personal Assistant to the Owner

Eldric Washington Personal Assistant to the Owner

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

Mickey Loomis Executive Vice President/General Manager

Khai Harley Assistant General Manager/Vice President of Football Operations

Scott Kuhn Director of Football Administration

Derek Stamnos Director of Operations

Grant Matthews Manager of Team Operations

Debbie Gallagher Executive Asst. to EVP/General Manager

Zach Stuart Director of Analytics

PLAYER PERSONNEL

Jeff Ireland Vice President/Assistant General Manager-College Personnel

Michael Parenton Director of Pro Personnel

Ryan Powell Pro Scout

Justin Matthews Pro Scout

Tosan Eyetsemitan Pro Scout

Cody Rager Assistant College Scouting Director

Mike Baugh National Scout

Terry Wooden National Scout

Mike DiJulio Area Scout

Jon Sandusky Area Scout

Casey Talley Area Scout

Joey Vitt Jr. Area Scout

Paul Zimmer Area Scout

C.J. Leak Area Scout

Scott Campbell Senior College Scouting Analyst

Matt Phillips Combine Scout

Ryan Herman Football Research & Strategy

Will Martinez Scouting Coordinator

Ziad Qubti College Scouting Coordinator

Chad Vincent Director of Football Applications

Ben Autin Senior Software Developer

Abby Wingo Software Developer

Alex Santana Associate Software Developer

Harry Piper Scouting Assistant

Rishi Desai Scouting Assistant

COACHING

Dennis Allen Head Coach

Clancy Barone Tight Ends

Bob Bicknell Senior Offensive Assistant

Kodi Burns Wide Receivers

Pete Carmichael Offensive Coordinator

Kevin Carberry Assistant Offensive Line

Ronald Curry Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Phil Galiano Assistant Special Teams

Matt Giordano Defensive Assistant

Peter Giunta Senior Defensive Assistant

Adam Gistrick Defensive Assistant

Michael Hodges Linebackers

Doug Marrone Offensive Line

Mike Martinez Assistant to the Head Coach

Todd Grantham Defensive Line

Kevin Petry Offensive Assistant

Marcus Robertson Secondary

Darren Rizzi Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator

Joel Thomas Running Backs

Jordan Traylor Offensive Assistant

D.J. WIlliams Offensive Assistant

Joe Woods Defensive Coordinator

Brian Young Pass Rush Specialist

EQUIPMENT

John Baumgartner Head Equipment Manager

Corey Gaudet Assistant Equipment Manager

Richard Killian Assistant Equipment Manager

Ben Steib Equipment Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS

Doug Miller Executive Director of Football Communications

Justin Macione Director of Football Communications

Sam Shannon Corporate Communications Manager

Davis Friend Football Communications Coordinator

Dan Simmons Alumni/Legends Development Coordinator

Grant Segar Communications and Government Relations Associate

PLAYER ENGAGEMENT

Fred McAfee Vice President of Player Engagement

Danny Lawless Director of Security

Evan Meyers Assistant Player Engagement/Legends & Alumni Manager

ATHLETIC TRAINING

Ben Stollberg Director of Sports Medicine

Shone Gipson Head Athletic Trainer

Jonathan Gress Director of Rehabilitation

Kevin Mangum Assistant Athletic Trainer

Bobby Feeback Assistant Athletic Trainer

Jamie Meeks Director of Sports Nutrition

MEDICAL STAFF

Dr. John Amoss Chief of Internal Medicine

Dr. Karim Meijer Team Orthopedist

Dr. W. Stephen Choate Team Orthopedist

Dr. Hazem Eissa Team Physician

SPORTS SCIENCE/STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

Matt Rhea Director of Sports Science

Matt Clapp Strength & Conditioning

Charles Byrd Strength & Conditioning

Rob Wenning Strength & Conditioning

VIDEO

Dave Desposito Video

Joe Alley

Tim Youngblood

Chris McNeice

ADMINISTRATION

Director

Video Assistant

Video Assistant

Dennis Lauscha President

Greg Bensel Senior Vice President of Communications, Broadcast, Community and Governmental Relations

Ben Hales Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations

Ed Lang Senior Vice President of Finance/CFO

Vicky Neumeyer Senior Vice President/General Counsel

Greg Rouchell Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Michael Stanfield Senior Vice President of Sales

Jeanne Brown Executive Assistant to the President

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Stephen Pate Vice President of Business Operations

Ian Tigchelaar Senior Director of Business/Marketing Operations

Katie Krajcer Director of Event Policies and Fan Engagement

Morgan Parmer Senior Manager, Initiatives

Megan Bourg Manager of Event Policy and Fan Engagement

Courtney Kennedy Operations Manager

Giancarlo Hernandez Operations and Fan Engagement Coordinator

Brady Johnson Operations and Fan Engagement Associate

SOCIAL UNIFICATION/YOUTH SPORTS

Elicia Broussard Sheridan Senior Director of Social Unification/Youth Sports

Austin Pasco Manager, Youth Programs

Jason Lapouble Community Relations Manager

Adam Fournier Senior Coordinator, Community Engagement

DIGITAL MEDIA

Doug Tatum Vice President, Digital Media

Alex Restrepo Senior Director of Social Media

Beth Blackburn Director of Digital Media

Andy Weilbaecher

Digital Developer

Megan Kottemann Social Media Manager

Justin Vlosich Digital Media Coordinator

Madison Leavelle Social Media Illustrator

Christian Verde

Media Coordinator

Tatiana Lubanko Social Media Coordinator

Jean Marie Jenkins

Media Associate

Hannah McCreight Social Media Associate

Andrew Lang

Michael C. Hebert

PRODUCTION

Shaneika Dabney-Henderson

James Crosbie

Layne Murdoch Jr.

Jon Lavengetto

Digital Media Associate

Director of Photography

Vice President of Production

Senior Director of Production

Director of Photography

Senior Content Manager

Brendan Hassett Livestream Manager

Jon Mahody

John Sebag

Brianna Latino

Shota Hashimoto

Blairre Perriatt

Ryan Micklin

Chrys Sims

BROADCAST

Producer/Editor

Videographer/Content Creator

Director of Production

Senior Motion Graphics Manager

Motion Graphics Senior Coordinator

Junior Editor

Producer/Editor

John DeShazier Senior Writer/Digital Media Contributor

Todd Graffagnin

Erin Summers

Digital Media Contributor

Broadcast Coordinator

Josh Richardson Gameday Producer

MARKETING STRATEGY, CREATIVE SERVICES, EVENTS & GAME PRESENTATION

Nancy Gold

Mariana Jerez

Andy Antunez

Luke Halverson

Christopher Grim

Tiana Watts

Dan Askin

Sara Anderson

Vice President, Brand Strategy

Special Events Manger

Marketing Manager

Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

Director of Digital Marketing

Director, Entertainment Teams

Jenny Craig Assistant Manager, Entertainment Teams

Chryssi Flores Director, Game Experience

Hailey Williams Senior Game Experience Coordinator

Jessica Weinberg

Live Entertainment Coordinator

Charity Mackey Brand and Events Coordinator

Anitra Christman Game Experience Coordinator

Kinsey Hopkins-Campbell Game Experience Coordinator

Issmeal Anany Game Experience Coordinator

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Rich Barbier Vice President, Consumer Insights & Analytics

Basem Elkhatib Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Sarah Lassman Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Luis Carlos Villaseñor

Business Intelligence Analyst

Victoria Boldis Consumer Insights Analyst

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP

Matt Webb Vice

Erica Bernadas Director, Partnership

Victoria Leahy

Johnny Pizzo

Andrew Boylan

Erik Naranjo

Corporate Partnerships

Sales & Innovation

Sales, Account Manager

Director, Corporate Partnerships

Sales, Account Manager

CAESARS SUPERDOME A NATIONAL LANDMARK

Created by Law - November 8, 1966 Construction Began - August 11, 1971

Opened - August 3, 1975

Home of Major Sports Events

• New Orleans Saints (NFL Football)

• Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic (NCAA Division I Football)

• State Farm Bayou Classic (Southern U. vs. Grambling State Football)

• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (NCAA Division I Football)

• LHSAA/State Farm Prep Classic (State High School Football Championships)

• Super Bowls XII (1978), XV (1981), XX (1986), XXIV (1990), XXXI (1997), XXXVI (2002), XLVII (2013)

• NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012

Legendary Moments

• Saints played first professional football game inside the Superdome when they hosted the Houston Oilers on August 9, 1975

• Alabama beat Penn State 13-6 in first Sugar Bowl game in the Superdome in 1976

• “Pistol Pete” Maravich & New Orleans Jazz set NBA crowd mark of 35,077 in 1977

• Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks before 65,000 in 1978

• LSU-Notre Dame basketball game in 1980 set the NCAA record attendance of 68,112

• Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Roberto Duran in “No Mas” fight in 1980

• Pope John Paul II addressed 80,000 school children in 1987

• George Bush nominated for election at 1988 Republican National Convention

• Grambling’s Eddie Robinson coached his final game in 1997 Bayou Classic

• Tulane rolled out a perfect 12-0 season in 1998

• #2 LSU defeated #1 Oklahoma 21-14 to win college football national title in 2004

• Saints defeated Falcons 23-3 in first game after Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 25, 2006

• Saints beat the Eagles 27-24 to advance to NFC championship game for the first time in team history on Jan. 13, 2007

• LSU beat Ohio State 38-24 to win BCS Championship before record crowd of 79,651

• Saints defeated the Vikings 31-28 in overtime in first NFC Championship game they hosted to advance to Super Bowl XLIV, before 71,276 on Jan. 24, 2010.

• In the midst of a comprehensive multi-season transformation that started in 2020, which will result in one of the most state-of-the art facilities in the world, the club has reached a 20-year naming rights agreement with Caesars Entertainment to rename the stadium the Caesars Superdome.

SAINTS-TITANS MEMORABLE MOMENTS

New Orleans has faced the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans franchise 16 times, dating back to their first matchup in 1971. Tennessee currently holds the 9-6-1 series lead, with the inaugural game between the teams ending in a 13-13 tie. Today the Saints look to record their first win against the Titans since 2019. Learn more about some of the games in the history between these two teams below.

December 11, 2011

Saints 22, Titans 17 at Nissan StadiumNew Orleans sealed a ticket to their third consecutive playoff berth off an offense powered by the arm of QB Drew Brees, who completed 36-of-47 passes to nine different receivers for 337 yards and two touchdowns. The game was neck-and-neck up until the fourth quarter, with Tennessee taking the one-point lead after a late third quarter touchdown. Early in the fourth quarter, the Saints responded under the helm of Brees, who connected with WR Marques Colston for a 37-yard touchdown. The score lit a fire as Brees would find Colston again for a 28-yard touchdown throw with 7:01 remaining in the game to bring the score to 22-10. Tennessee rallied on the next drive, countering with a 40yard touchdown pass to trim the lead to only five points. The Titans posed a threat after regaining possession with 1:34 left, but on the final play of the game New Orleans LB JoLonn Dunbar sacked Tennessee QB Jake Locker to keep the Saints in the win column for the seventh consecutive week.

September 30, 1984

Saints 27, Oilers 10 at Astrodome - The Saints put on a dominating defensive performance in this win against the Oilers. New Orleans rolled through the first half, only allowing the Oilers offense to gain two first downs while the Black and Gold went up 17 points, including a 15-yard rushing touchdown by FB Hokie Gajan, who ran for 90 yards that day. Houston would counter with 10 points after the half, but another touchdown by Gajan off a 37-yard sprint sealed the victory for the Saints. The Saints defense only allowed Houston 133 total yards that day, and they would limit the passing game to merely seven passes for 83 yards with two interceptions. One of the interceptions was caught by FS Frank Wattelet, who returned it for a touchdown to become the first defensive player in Saints history to score a touchdown in consecutive weeks.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS VS TENNESSEE TITANS

derek carr

The prized acquisition for New Orleans this offseason, fourtime Pro Bowler Derek Carr will make his regular season debut in Black and Gold. Entering his 10th season in the NFL, Carr sees the talented roster around him and hopes to take advantage, starting with today’s home opener against the Tennessee Titans. With new weapons at tight end and running back to go along with the return of a healthy Michael Thomas and second-year wideout Chris Olave, the sky is the limit for the Saints offense with Carr under center. Today will be a good measuring stick against a stout Tennessee front and defensive-minded head coach, Mike Vrabel.

Saints quarterback Titans running back

derrick henry

Nobody has been more of a focal point for their team in recent years than Titans workhorse running back, Derrick Henry. The former Alabama standout and Heisman Trophy winner has led the NFL in rushing attempts in three of the last four seasons while leading in rushing yards twice, including 2,027 in 2020. While he is recognized as one of the best backs in the league, his style is unlike any other. At 6 foot 3 inches tall and 247 pounds, he is relentless coming downhill against opposing defenses while also possessing breakaway speed and a signature stiff arm. Expect a heavy dose of number 22 early and often for the Titans offense.

MATHIEU ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING

Honey Badgers are known for being strong, fearless and driven beyond their stature.

At first, Tyrann Mathieu didn’t take too much of a liking to the nickname. John Chavis, his defensive coordinator at Louisiana State University gave it to him during his time in Baton Rouge after a video of a honey badger went viral online. Mathieu was confused, but told to go with it because it would allegedly one day make him money.

Undoubtedly, that prophecy’s come true, as Mathieu enters his 11th season in the NFL and second with his hometown New Orleans Saints. But now the moniker has come to fruition in even more meaningful ways.

Mathieu has more than lived up to the name of Honey Badger. After a monumental sophomore season where he was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-American recognition, Mathieu found himself dismissed from LSU’s football team. Determined as ever, he declared for the NFL Draft after not playing for a year and that spring became a third round draft pick by the Cardinals. Mathieu renounced the nickname of Honey Badger, stating he wanted to be known simply as “Tyrann Mathieu.”

The challenges continued, and in December of a standout rookie year, Mathieu tore his ACL and LCL, but by the end of the season, he was still named as a PFWA All-Rookie. Since then,

Mathieu has been recognized as First-Team All-Pro three times, earned a Pro-Bowl bid three times and been a part of a Super Bowl winning team in 2019.

Feeling established in the league, in a postgame interview that season, Mathieu stated that he was okay with the Honey Badger nickname. Even with the accomplishments and accolades, and the chance to return home to play for his hometown team, the Honey Badger is still driven as ever.

“I think I’m like the wise man in the room right now, going into my 11th year. But I still feel good, still feel healthy and still willing to put my hand in the pile and help us win,” Mathieu said. “Professionally, I only see things getting much better for me as I continue to go.”

Last year, Mathieu tallied a career-high 91 tackles with a team-leading 64 solo, while also leading the NFL’s fifth-ranked total defense and second-ranked pass defense in interceptions. His physical leadership on the field has made an immediate impact on teammates.

“Just being next to him, watching him for a long time and learning from him at the same time has definitely been helping me. Just being out there with him, it’s been great for me,” said safety Marcus Maye,

who also joined the Saints in 2022 free agency, six weeks before Mathieu.

Respect for Mathieu goes much further than Maye’s comments in a tight Saints locker room, as evidenced by him being selected this week as a defensive team captain for the 2023 season alongside Cameron Jordan and Demario Davis. The Honey Badger’s presence and drive is not just felt on the field, in the locker room and the meeting room. In 2017, Mathieu founded his namesake foundation and has been helping communities in the various cities he’s played in ever since, but returning home has created an entirely new meaning for him.

“Years in the past it was always me kind of checking in for a weekend,” said Mathieu. “With me living here full-time now, it obviously makes it easier. I can be more present with the kids. A lot of them are Saints fans so they’re expecting a lot of big things from me personally and the team. It’s just good to be around them.”

Some of the hallmark events include Tyrann’s Turkeys, Heart of a Badger Youth Camp, Back to School Jamboree and Tyrann’s Backpack Giveaway prior to each school year, when he provides backpacks full of school supplies for kids in the community.

“Being from New Orleans and growing up here, we don’t have that same access that other (cities and) states may have,” said Mathieu. “It was always kind of important for me to not just give kids football camps, but to try to help them in real life. I think education is a big part of it. Everyone can be a football player. You just try to give them a wide range of things that could possibly help them create a life for themselves.”

With two more years left on his contract with the Saints, Mathieu is excited to continue giving back to his hometown and has plans to open up a youth community center that boasts a computer lab for kids to do homework and apply for important life steps like careers and college.

“You play the game because you care about your teammates and your coaches, and I think it’s the same mindset off the field,” Mathieu said in a video promoting his candidacy for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, after being named the Chiefs Man of the Year in 2021. “You do the things you do in the community because it’s about the people…If I could make [someone’s] day or make a holiday, to me that’s bigger than catching an interception in a ball game, just to see these families smile.”

GAME PREVIEW

SAINTS AND TITANS FACE OFF IN OPENER EAGER TO DISPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

The New Orleans Saints will kick off the 2023 regular season today against the Tennessee Titans in the Caesars Superdome. The two teams have met 16 times, with Tennessee holding a 9-6-1 advantage.

Both clubs enter today’s opener looking to erase bad taste in their mouths after 7-10 2022 seasons, having upgraded their teams through free agency and the draft. Tennessee looks to start fresh after a disappointing 2022 campaign, when they had their first losing record in five years under head coach, Mike Vrabel, while missing the playoffs for just the second time in that span. To help improve the passing game quarterbacked by Ryan Tannehill, the team signed unrestricted free agent and five time All-Pro wide receiver, Deandre Hopkins. With Hopkins out wide and workhorse Derrick Henry in the backfield to go along with a stingy defense led by Jeffery Simmons and  Kevin Byard, Tennessee hopes to find their way back to the top of the AFC South.

The Saints enter 2023 eager to bounce back after a 2022 season marred by injuries. Executive Vice President/ General Manager Mickey Loomis and Head Coach Dennis Allen got right to work, reconstructing the roster through free agency, trades, and the NFL Draft. The biggest move of the offseason for New Orleans was

signing free agent quarterback and four time pro bowler, Derek Carr. Entering his 10th season in the league, Carr hopes his leadership and veteran presence paired with a stout offensive front and talented skill groups can take the Saints offense to new heights. New Orleans also brought in the NFL’s 2022 rushing touchdown leader, unrestricted free agent running back Jamaal Williams. At the tight end position, the club signed Carr’s former teammates and New Orleans native, Foster Moreau, as well as Jimmy Graham to pair with Juwan Johnson. With the return of a healthy Michael Thomas, with Taysom Hill, Johnson and second-year wideout Chris Olave looking to build on last year’s production, the Black and Gold open up with a lot of firepower on offense this season.

Defensively, the Saints look to remain one of the top units in the league. After losing two starting defensive tackles from last season, they signed former Kansas City Chief,

Khalen Saunders, and Nathan Shepherd from the New York Jets in free agency to bolster the defensive line to go with selecting tackle Bryan Bresee in the first round out of Clemson. These three newcomers to go along with longtime cornerstones Demario Davis and Cameron Jordan, as well as a stout secondary led by Marshon Lattimore and Tyrann Mathieu, should make Dennis Allen’s unit among the NFL’s best once again.

Loomis and Allen were also active in April’s NFL Draft, selecting seven players. They added depth to the defensive line by selecting Bresee (29th overall) and Notre Dame’s Isaiah Foskey (40th overall).  New Orleans added another offensive weapon in the third round, selecting versatile running back Kendre Miller out of TCU.

After a productive training camp and a 2-1 preseason record, the Saints are excited to open the season at Caesars Superdome in front of another sold out crowd. With Carr under center and a strong defense returning, the Black and Gold hope to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2020. The team’s veteran leadership knows the importance of starting the season off on the right foot with victories in four straight openers, so expect a sense of urgency today against the Titans.

K TOM DEMPSEY

College: Palomar Position: Kicker

Born: January 12, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI

Joined Saints: 1969

Years with Saints: 1969-1970

Tom Dempsey’s Career Background

Former Saints kicker Tom Dempsey was enshrined in the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 1989 after spending two years with the team from 1969-1970 and is best known for one of the most memorable plays in franchise history.

Born without toes on his right foot and fingers on his right hand, Dempsey was a resilient kicker who earned his place in NFL record books. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers in 1968 prior to coming to New Orleans in 1969. In his rookie year, Dempsey was named to both the Pro Bowl and The Sporting News All-Pro team.

His second year proved to be record-breaking, as he secured his spot in NFL history in a game against the Detroit Lions in Tulane Stadium on November 8, 1970. New Orleans was trailing 17-16 late in the fourth quarter and some fans had departed, when Dempsey came on to attempt a 63-yard field goal. The ball sailed through the uprights with room to spare, setting a new NFL record for the longest field goal while giving the Saints a 19-17 win, one of only two that season. Not only was it a new record, but it surpassed the previous mark by seven yards. In addition, the 63-yarder was unmatched for 28 years until Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos equaled it in 1998 in the thin air at Mile High Stadium, and it was unbroken for 51 years until Justin Tucker hit a 66-yarder as

time expired to win the game for the Baltimore Ravens against the Detroit Lions. In honor of his success in the face of his disability from birth, Dempsey was the 1971 recipient of the Pro Football Writers Association’s George Halas Award, given annually to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.

Throughout his career in the Black and Gold, Dempsey saw action in 28 games, recording 40 field goals and going 49-of-52 (94.2%) on extra-point attempts, as he established himself as one of the franchise’s most popular players in its formative days. He went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Los Angeles Rams, Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills before retiring after the 1979 season.

The southern California native settled in the New Orleans area after retiring from pro football, working in several business pursuits. In 2020, Dempsey passed away in New Orleans due to complications from COVID-19.

Tom Dempsey’s Career Honors

The Sporting News All-Pro – 1969

Pro Bowl – 1969

PFWA George Halas Award (1971)

New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame (1989)

G/T James Hurst has started 80 career games at five different positions, 41 at left tackles, 23 at left guard, seven at right guard, six as a jumbo tight end and three at right tackle. In 2022, Hurst started all 16 games he appeared in at left tackle (15) and left guard (one).

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In 2022, LB Demario Davis finished the season with a career-high 6.5 sacks, ranking second on the team and leading the Saints linebackers.

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With 51 career touchdown receptions, TE Jimmy Graham ranks second in club record books

CESAR

Jake QB 6-1/200 3/10/99 R Fresno State Danville, Calif. 39 Hedley, Lou P 6-4/220 6/27/93 R Miami (Fla.) Mandurah, Au.

7 Hill, Taysom QB 6-2/221 8/23/90 7 Brigham Young Pocatello, Idaho 31 Howden, Jordan DB 6-0/209 5/14/00 R Minnesota San Diego, Calif.

74 Hurst, James OL 6-5/310 12/17/91 10 North Carolina Plainfield, Ind. 52 Jackson, D’Marco LB 6-1/233 7/20/98 2 Appalachian State Spartanburg, S.C.

Kpassagnon, Tanoh DE 6-7/289 6/14/94 7 Villanova Ambler, Pa.

23 Lattimore, Marshon CB 6-0/192 5/20/96 7 Ohio State Cleveland, Ohio

32 Mathieu, Tyrann S 5-9/190 5/13/92 11 LSU New Orleans, La.

6 Maye, Marcus S 6-0/207 3/9/93 7 Florida Melbourne, Fla.

78 McCoy, Erik C/G 6-4/303 8/27/97 5 Texas A&M Lufkin, Texas

33 Merritt, Kirk RB 6-1/214 1/5/97 1 Arkansas State Destrehan, La.

25 Miller, Kendre RB 6-0/220 6/11/02 R TCU Mount Enterprise, Texas

82 Moreau, Foster TE 6-4/250 5/6/97 5 LSU New Orleans, La. 12 Olave, Chris WR 6-0/187 6/27/00 2 Ohio State San Marcos, Calif.

75 Peat, Andrus G/T 6-7/316 11/4/93 9 Stanford Tempe, Ariz

70 Penning, Trevor OT 6-7/325 5/15/99 2 Northern Iowa Mason City, Iowa 17 Perry, A.T. WR 6-5/205 10/26/99 R Wake Forest Lake Worth, Fla. 46 Prentice, Adam FB 6-0/245 1/16/97 3 South Carolina Clovis, Calif.

Ruiz, Cesar C/G 6-4/316

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Rashid WR/RS 6-0/180 8/31/98 2

Shepherd, Nathan DT 6-4/315

State San Diego, Calif.

TITANS - HEAD COACH & KEY PLAYERS

Mike Vrabel became the 19th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 20, 2018. He enters his 10th year as an NFL coach, in addition to three years as a college coach. Led the Titans to a 50-37 record in his first five seasons, including playoff appearances from 2019-21. His 50 wins were the most in franchise history for a head coach’s five complete seasons, and the total moved Vrabel into third place in team annals for total wins, behind Jeff Fisher (147) and Bum Phillips (59).

In 2022, the Titans had the NFL’s top-ranked rushing defense (76.9). In 2021, the Titans captured their second consecutive division title, marking the franchise’s first back-to-back division crowns since 1960-62. It was the first time the team made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons since a season-year postseason stretch from 1987-93. He was named the 2021 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year. In 2020, the Titans won their first AFC South title since 2008 and tied for second in total offense (396.4). In 2019, the

Titans appeared in the AFC Championship Game for the first time since 2002. Vrabel spent four seasons with the Houston Texans, as linebackers coach (2014-16) and defensive coordinator (2017), during which the Texans won two division titles (2015, 2016). Houston’s 2016 defense ranked first overall in the NFL (301.3) for the first time in franchise history.

Vrabel was a defensive lineman for Ohio State from 1993-96, where he earned back-to-back All-America honors and was twice named Big Ten Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year (1995 and 1996). A 1997 third round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, he spent the first four years of his career in Pittsburgh and then played for the New England Patriots (2001-08) and Kansas City Chiefs (2009-10). With the Patriots, he earned Pro Bowl and first-team All Pro honors in 2007 and was a member of three Super Bowl championship squads. Vrabel started his coaching career at Ohio State (2011-13).

Vrabel and his wife Jennifer, have two sons, Tyler and Carter.

MIKE VRABEL, HEAD COACH

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DANIEL BRUNSKILL

TITANS - ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

SAINTS STATISTICS

Date W/L Score Opponent

08/13 W 26-24 Kansas City

08/20 W 22-17 at L.A. Chargers

8/27 L 13 - 17 Houston Texans

WR A.T. Perry

QB Jameis Winston

9/11/2022 W 27 - 26 at Atlanta Falcons

9/18/2022

9/25/2022

10/2/2022

L 10 - 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

L 14 - 22 at Carolina Panthers

L 25 - 28 Minnesota Vikings

10/9/2022 W 39 - 32 Seattle Seahawks

10/16/2022

10/20/2022

L 26 - 30 Cincinnati Bengals

L 34 - 42 at Arizona Cardinals

10/30/2022 W 24 - 0 Las Vegas Raiders

11/7/2022

11/13/2022

L 13 - 27 Baltimore Ravens

L 10 - 20 at Pittsburgh Steelers

11/20/2022 W 27 - 20 Los Angeles Rams

11/27/2022 L 0 - 13 at San Francisco 49ers

12/5/2022 L 16 - 17 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

12/18/2022 W 21 - 18 Atlanta Falcons

12/24/2022 W 17 - 10 at Cleveland Browns

1/1/2023 W 20 - 10 at Philadelphia Eagles

1/8/2023 L 7-10 Carolina Panthers

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SAINTS STATISTICS

WR Rashid Shaheed

Date W/L Score Opponent

09/11 L 20-21 N.Y. Giants

09/19 L 7-41 at Buffalo

09/25 W 24-22 Las Vegas

10/02 W 24-17 at Indianapolis

10/09 W 21-17 at Washington

10/23 W 19-10 Indianapolis

10/30 W 17-10 at Houston

11/06 L 17-20 OT at Kansas City

11/13 W 17-10 Denver

11/17 W 27-17 at Green Bay

11/27 L 16-20 Cincinnati

12/04 L 10-35 at Philadelphia

12/11 L 22-36 Jacksonville

12/18 L 14-17 at L.A. Chargers

12/24 L 14-19 Houston

12/29 L 13-27 Dallas

01/07 L 16-20 at Jacksonville

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TITANS STATISTICS

TITANS STATISTICS

Date W/L Score Opponent

8/12 L 17-23 at Chicago 8/19 W 24-16 at Minnesota 8/25 W 23- 7 New England

TITANS STATISTICS

QB Malik Willis

THE BIG THREE

Saints running backs Mark Ingram II, Deuce McAllister and Alvin Kamara joined forces on the field prior to the start of the August 27 preseason finale against the Houston Texans to excite the home crowd. The trio are the franchise’s most-decorated running backs. Ingram, one of the team’s two first round draft picks in 2011, is the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing yards (6,500) and rushing touchdowns (52) from his tenure in New Orleans from 2011-18 and 2021-22. Ingram will serve as an analyst for FOX Sports’ College Football Pregame Show coverage. The versatile Kamara, the 2017 Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year and a five-time Pro Bowl selection, is tied with wide receiver Marques Colston as the franchise’s all-time touchdown leader (72) and ranks second in team record books behind Colston (9,766) in total yards from scrimmage (8,888). McAllister (6,096), a first round pick of the Saints in 2001 out of Mississippi and a two-time Pro Bowler, was the franchise’s rushing yardage leader from 2005 until 2021, when surpassed by Ingram, and is tied for second in club record books with Kamara in rushing touchdowns (49). He currently serves as the color analyst for WWL Radio for Saints games.