New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings Connections
New Orleans Head Coach Sean Payton, Minnesota Head Coach Mike Zimmer and Offensive Line Coach Tony Sparano served on the same coaching staff in Dallas from 2003-05.
Sparano served as New Orleans Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen’s assistant head coach/offensive line, when he was head coach of Oakland from 2013-14. Allen also tutored Vikings running back Latavius Murray in Oakland those two seasons.
Minnesota wide receiver Laquon Treadwell played at the University of Mississippi.
Vikings Linebackers Coach Adam Zimmer served on the Saints coaching staff from 2006-09…Saints linebacker Michael Mauti was a seventh round draft pick of Minnesota in 2013 and played for the Vikings from 2013-14, during which he made 17 special teams tackles before joining New Orleans at the start of the 2015 regular season.
