The New Orleans Saints coaching staff added a big pickup in secondary coach Kris Richard, replacing Aaron Glenn (the new Detroit Lions defensive coordinator). Richard sat out the 2020 NFL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but before that he was a widely-respected Seattle Seahawks assistant (and defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2017) until he took on a prominent role with the Dallas Cowboys in 2018 and 2019.
His arrival comes at the right time as the Saints begin preparing for free agency in March and April’s 2021 NFL draft. There are a number of players set to enter free agency with links to Richard, and several of them rank inside the top 100 free agents from Pro Football Focus: Cowboys cornerbacks Chidobe Awuzie (No.