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After Dennis Allen's New Orleans Saints firing, the team's general manager Mickey Loomis called Allen a "fantastic football coach" and addressed the causes that led to his dismissal.
In an interview with WWL-AM (h/t Nola.com's Matthew Paras), Loomis pointed out the injuries the Saints have had to deal with this season and said they put "pressure and stress" on the team.
"It just gets right back to what stares at you right in the face is that we've had an abnormal amount of injuries, including to our quarterback, and we haven't been able to overcome that, and so that puts pressure and stress on the organization and ultimately it was cause for a change," Loomis said.