Saints Interim HC Darren Rizzi: Everyone and everything is being reevaluated

Darren Rizzi held his first press conference since being named interim coach of the Saints on Monday afternoon and said that “no one should be happy” about anything that has happened to the team this season.

The Saints fired Dennis Allen after the team fell to 2-7 with a loss to the Panthers on Sunday. It was their seventh straight loss and Rizzi, who has been the special teams coordinator since 2019, said his first task will be to take a look at how the team operates overall to see what needs to change.

“As I told the team this morning, everyone and everything will be reevaluated,” Rizzi said. “Evaluated and re-evaluated as the product is currently unacceptable. From the schedule to the way we deal with the active players to the daily schedule, we will look at everything.”

One change Rizzi doesn't expect is at the starting quarterback. He said he expects Derek Carr to be under center against the Falcons, and he promised the team around him will be “full of passion and full of fighters.”