John DeShazier's New Orleans Saints Mailbag

NewOrleansSaints.com senior writer tackles your questions

The holiday week kept readers busy and the mailbag light. It’s a quick version, but here we go:‏@Franco8I: Why isn’t the special team coordinator, Greg McMahon, gone? Special teams has cost the Saints three games already.

JD: No doubt, special teams units haven’t played well this season. Now, how much of that is attributable to scheme, and how much is attributable to players not executing the plan, is open for debate. When mistakes occur, understandably, people expect accountability. But accountability rarely can, or should, be pinned on a singular player, coach or unit. McMahon today is the same coach who, in his previous eight…