The main change with the special teams is that Bradford Banta will be the new coordinator for the 2017 season. A player in the NFL for 11 years, Banta now enters his 10th year as an NFL assistant and first year with the New Orleans Saints. Coaching previously for the Lions and Redskins, the Baton Rouge native has had success everywhere he has been.
Banta recently spoke about his vision for the upcoming 2017 Saints training camp presented by Verizon:
“Improve in every area. We’ve set forth a plan to really just start working on the base fundamentals and just get that ground floor established.