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Saints fire Dennis Allen after losing streak during his 3rd season leading team, name Darren Rizzi interim head coach

Dennis Allen survived a couple seasons of mediocrity. He couldn't survive a long losing streak that included dropping games to former Saints coach Sean Payton and a horrible Carolina Panthers team.

The New Orleans Saints resisted a coaching move after each of Allen's first two seasons, though it would have been justified either time. A seven-game losing streak ended up finishing Allen's time as Saints head coach.

Following their painful 23-22 loss to the Carolina Panthers in Week 9, the Saints fired Allen on Monday morning, announcing that special teams coach Darren Rizzi will take over as interim head coach.