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Sean Payton poaching more staff from the Saints

Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:28 am
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:28 am
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This hurts: NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reports that Sean Payton’s Denver Broncos are hiring more staff away from the Saints, this time poaching Jeff Ireland’s right-hand man.

Cody Rager spent nine years in New Orleans as a West Coast area scout before being bumped up to the national level, and he was promoted in 2021 to work as assistant college scouting director. He’s now leaving for a new role in Denver’s front office.

Payton took a number of longtime Saints assistants with him to the Broncos last offseason. Rager is just the latest departure, but he’s an impactful loss. With the roster getting older and the team short on draft picks, New Orleans needs all the help it can get in evaluating this year’s prospects to add the right players to the team. Hopefully they can find a capable replacement already on staff.


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Posted by msstate7
Member since Oct 2014
10788 posts
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:34 am to
Hopefully he "steals" Thomas next
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
11050 posts
Posted on 1/29/24 at 9:37 am to
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Cody Rager spent nine years in New Orleans as a West Coast area scout before being bumped up to the national level, and he was promoted in 2021 to work as assistant college scouting director. He’s now leaving for a new role in Denver’s front office.


List of college players he oversaw the drafting of..



Year Rd Player
2023 1 Bryan Bresee
2023 2 Isaiah Foskey
2023 3 Kendre Mille
2023 4 Nick Saldiveri
2023 4 Jake Haener
2023 5 Jordan Howden
2023 6 A.T. Perry

2022 1 Chris Olave
2022 1 Trevor Penning
2022 2 Alontae Taylor
2022 5 D'Marco Jackson
2022 6 Jordan Jackson

2021 1 Payton Turner
2021 2 Pete Werner
2021 3 Paulson Adebo
2021 4 Ian Book
2021 6 Landon Young
2021 7 Kawaan Baker

Maybe the Saints could do better.
Posted by Parrish
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2014
2131 posts
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:10 am to
Scouts can champion guys but they ultimately aren't making the draft pick. We have no idea what guys Rager liked and didn't like for us as outsiders to evaluate him ourselves.

I don't know if it's done or not, but internally scout grades can be compared later to actual professional grades to see who does a good job. What team top 10 graded player did a scout give a second round grade to and then the player busted? What fifth round did a scout grade in third round that turned into a pro-bowl player? Teams should know this stuff internally.
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 11:12 am
Posted by Champs
Geaux Tigers
Member since Feb 2008
11736 posts
Posted on 1/29/24 at 11:28 am to
i remember when he was mad at LSU for taking 1
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71599 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 9:26 pm to
He wants to get the band back together.

He needs to upgrade his defense.

I wonder who on the Saints sideline would check both boxes...
Posted by Recoveringcajun
Banjo country
Member since Aug 2022
995 posts
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:58 am to
Oh no! He’s stealing away the staff and players of a team that couldn’t make the playoffs! Oh no!

Also, it’s like he likes his co-workers and likes the job but would rather do it with the same staff in a place like Denver instead of in a sh!thole like New Orleans. How oh how could he be like that?
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 7:01 am
Posted by BTRDD
Member since Jun 2009
3402 posts
Posted on 2/8/24 at 11:32 am to
Well, we know it wasn't his personel that ran him off.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
3852 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 6:46 am to
That’s what coaches do,
Posted by armytiger33
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Member since Jan 2010
351 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:38 am to
Any chance he poaches DA?
Posted by Blutarsky
112th Congress
Member since Jan 2004
10005 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:45 am to
I mean, why leave New Orleans if he’s just going to build the same thing he had here?
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5756 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 11:44 am to
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Sean Payton poaching more staff from the Saints


Taking the Adam Sandler approach to coaching.
Posted by Stamps74
Member since Nov 2017
632 posts
Posted on 2/17/24 at 5:38 pm to
Last 3 seasons. 9 wins. 7 wins. 9 wins. Sean can take anybody he wants from last year staff. Start with loomis.
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