Is Gregg Williams leaving?

I’m sure Fischer would need to give Williams’ son a job as well.

That Jack Del Rio might be the guy to replace him as DC if he goes to the Rams.

Would the current defensive personnel do a better job in a different scheme…for instance, under Steve Spagnuolo? Because, all loyalty aside, the thought of this video game offense mated with a top 10 defense sends a tingle up my leg.

With at least one more great CB (maybe Robinson or Patrick could become one in time, but they aren’t there yet), at least two major improvements out of the LB corp (again, MAYBE we can develop from the young guys like Martez and company, but they aren’t there yet), and some improvement/replacements on the DL as well, then same scheme or new scheme I think we’d have a shot to have a pretty good defense.

Well, that IS assuming, of course, that our no-catching morons learn to catch. That is kinda important too.

But I believe Spags could do it. He’s a great DC. Not sure, however, if that would really be a good idea or not because he would change the scheme at least a little and probably wouldn’t stay too long before he got another shot as a head coach.

Otherwise, I’d just hope we can find somebody who could be the next Spags/G-dub, because I don’t think any of the experienced people out there (like Del Rio) are anything but floaters in the bowl.

as long as we keep Payton & Brees we shall not live in fear!

Gregg Williams has a good relationship with Fisher and is from Missouri. That’s what is behind all the speculation

But If Miami backs the Brinks’ truck up to GW’s door, does he take the $$$? but I’m inclined to say he stay in NO. Fisher’s a Defensive coach himself. Miami’s is a project on D, 1 good CB and 1 good DE Lake. And of course Reggie on offense.

I don’t think he will leave unless the contract from the saints isn’t on par with other offers. He is currently on a team that will be in the playoffs, perennially, and I don’t see him making a Fujita type exit, going to a terrible team to try and rebuild it. If he’s from Missouri, well that can be a factor but again, unless the offer is sour from the saints or he’s offered a HC position, I bet we have Greg next year.

There are many adjectives one could use to describe the saints D and Good isn’t one of them, but good enough is. And honestly I feel that because of how we draft and use our FA acquisitions, our D will never be a steel curtain, so in that sense, GW may be the best we can hope for. He won’t require any more than he’s got to deliver a good enough Defense, whereas other coaches will want and possibly need higher CAP players to provide similar production. We just need this Defense to learn better positioning in the pass game and get more turnovers in the current scheme and we have what we need. Aggressive on O and Aggressive on D, I don’t want to lose our ATTACK mentality with a conservative D coordinator.

If Gdub leaves, I’ll take Spagnuolo (honestly, he might be an upgrade).

Call Marty Schottenheimer and ask him if he wants to win a Super Bowl as a DC.

First off, only 32 rushing yards Saturday. Even with the Detroit injuries, how sick was that? I still believe the D has played great considering the lock-out and the large number of changes in this year’s defense. Porter out to start the year. Rogers and Franklin as new DT’s. Vilma’s injuries. Rookie at left DE, Will Smith’s suspension. Wilson’s injury.

I think there is a real chance for this defense to take off next year under GW.

Spagnuolo a great candidate to lead Falcons’ defense

The Falcons announced their first big change of the offseason the day after being dealt a 24-2 loss to the Giants in the wild-card round of the playoffs.

Head coach Mike Smith said at his press conference Monday that Brian VanGorder, Atlanta’s defensive coordinator for the past four seasons, was leaving the team to accept the same position at Auburn University.

. . .

Smith wouldn’t get into commenting on specific candidates to replace VanGorder on Monday, but he was asked about former Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio, whom Smith served under as Jacksonville’s defensive coordinator before being hired by the Falcons. Del Rio was fired in November. Another name being mentioned as a potential candidate is former Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo, who was considered one of the top D-coordinators in the game when the Rams hired him from the Giants before the 2009 season.

Just speculation.

New Orleans did have a top ten ranked defense, in 2010, 4th in yards/game and 7th in ppg allowed. The defense was actually ranked higher than the offense, and is really what got the Saints to the playoffs. Yes, they have had a setback this year. I contribute that to the lack of offseason, and GW’s complicated defense. Personally I don’t think GW will leave, but will use this to negotiate a higher contract.

Seems ridiculous to me.