Dennis Allen won’t bring to the position of defensive coordinator any magic potions or miracle solutions to helping the New Orleans Saints achieve the defensive improvement that, for the most part, has been absent this season.
“One of the things we’re focusing on is playing the game the right way and playing with that effort and that intensity, that tenacity that you’ve got to play the game of defense with,” Allen said Wednesday in his first address to the media since being named Saints defensive coordinator on Nov. 16, after Rob Ryan was relieved of his duties.
“We’re going into Week 11 of the season, so it’s not like you can just go in and just wholeheartedly change everything you’re doing schematically.