St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 6, 2023
Reports: Saints to hire Joe Woods as DC
Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Joe Woods keeps an eye on OTA workouts on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in Berea. Browns Ota 5The New Orleans Saints are hiring Joe Woods as their defensive coordinator, NFL Network and ESPN reported Monday.
The move would reunite Woods with Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Woods was the defensive backs coach under Allen in 2014, when Allen was head coach of the then-Oakland Raiders.
Woods also would coach the defensive backs in New Orleans, per the reports. Allen will remain the defensive play caller.
