METAIRE, La. – Junior Galette was the most notorious example of the New Orleans Saints cleaning house in 2015, when they released the young pass-rusher because of off-field issues. But he wasn’t the only one.
When Galette returns to the Superdome on Sunday with the Washington Redskins, he won’t recognize much of the Saints’ roster, coaching staff or front office.
The Saints have made sweeping changes since the end of the 2014 season -- the first of their three straight 7-9 seasons -- when they admitted that things like character and locker-room culture had become a problem for maybe the first time in the Sean Payton-Drew Brees era.