Turning up the heat

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- 2015 LSU Football Pro Day. Dennis Allen, new Saints Senior Defensive Assistant.In this Nov. 1, 2015, photo, then-senior defensive assistant Dennis Allen, left, then-defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, center, and head coach Sean Payton, right, watch from the sidelines in the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants in New Orleans. Losing is becoming a way of life again with the New Orleans Saints, who havent been above .500 since 2013. Perhaps the fifth defensive coordinator in Sean Paytons 10 years as head coach will improve the fortunes of the 4-6 Saints during their final six games.(AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)FILE - In this Aug. 28. 2014, file photo, then-Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen smiles as he talks with cornerback Charles Woodson during the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Seattle Seahawks, in Oakland, Calif. Saints coach Sean Payton promised changes were coming to his sagging defense. He started by firing defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. Senior defensive assistant Dennis Allen will assume Ryan's duties. The move, announced Monday night, Nov. 16, 2015, on Payton's weekly radio show on WWL-AM, comes a day after the Saints allowed 526 yards in a 47-14 loss to the Washington Redskins. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)There was a moment during Rob Ryan’s tenure when Sean Payton approached him on the sideline and asked him if he had his brother Rex’s phone number.

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