Yikes. Dennis Allen didn’t necessarily prove his doubters wrong in his first season as New Orleans Saints head coach, with his team limping to a 7-10 finish and third-place ranking in the NFC South. That’s after his disastrous 8-28 run with the Raiders a decade ago. CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin ranked every head coach in the NFL and put Allen all the down the list at No. 27, writing:
“Like his NFC South counterpart in Bowles, Allen may be a proven D-coordinator — a New Orleans mainstay who tends to get the best of his vets. But he also leans conservative in crunch time, and his reunion with QB Derek Carr doesn’t necessarily promise more than another wild-card bid, considering the rest of the cast.”
