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NFL Coaching Matters: 2022 New Orleans Saints Offense and Coaching Staff Preview

Jameis Winston

After every NFL season, NFL teams take the time to evaluate not only the players but also the coaching staff and front office as well. While many teams choose to retain the same head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator, a few other teams opt to go in a new direction with their coaching staff.

The New Orleans Saints had head coach Sean Payton retire this offseason, but decided to promote from within and hire former defensive coordinator Dennis Allen as the team's new head coach. They will bring back Pete Carmichael Jr. to serve as the team's offensive coordinator and promote both Ryan Nielsen and Kris Richard to serve as the team's co-defensive coordinators during the 2022-23 season.

This article will look at the potential impact this coaching staff will have on the players and try to pinpoint the Saints players' fantasy values in it.

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The Baseline

To get a better understanding of the value the Saints coaches bring to this team, we can look at the NFL league averages in each of the past two years in a variety of statistical categories and then compare them to the averages achieved by the Saints coaches. Here are 'The Baseline' NFL league averages over the past couple of years:

QB Impact

Year Team Pass Att. Team Pass Yds. Team Pass TDs QB Carries QB Rush Yds. QB Rush TDs
2020 League Average
35.19 254.88 1.70 4.19 18.43 0.25
2021 League Average 34.40 244.13 1.54 3.99 17.36 0.18

RB Impact

Year RB Carries RB Rush Yds. RB Rush TDs RB Rec. RB Targets RB Rec. Yds. RB Rec. TDs
2020 League Average
21.68 95.13 0.75 4.71 6.14 34.94 0.18
2021 League Average
21.66 92.20 0.69 4.82 6.22 36.36 0.19

WR Impact

Year WR Rec. WR Targets WR Rec. Yds. WR Rec. TDs
2020 League Average
13.24 20.21 166.67 1.04
2021 League Average
12.45 19.75 155.55 0.96

TE Impact

Year TE Rec. TE Targets TE Rec. Yds. TE Rec. TDs
2020 League Average
4.76 7.03 51.29 0.45
2021 League Average
4.77 6.93 50.44 0.37

Defense Impact

Year Points Allowed Pass Yds Given Up Run Yds Given Up Plays Against Yds/Play
Turnovers Forced
2020 League Average 24.8 240.2 118.9 64.3 5.6 1.3
2021 League Average 23.0 228.3 115.2 63.3 5.4 1.3

Previous Coaching Staff

In order to get an understanding of how the New Orleans Saints' fantasy players may be impacted this year, we also need to look at what kind of production former head coach Sean Payton got out of the Saints' offense during his time in an offensive play-calling role. By doing this, we will have a better understanding of where the new offensive coordinator is starting from and where the primary changes will occur.

Former Head Coach: Sean Payton

Sean Payton served as an offensive coordinator for the New York Giants (2000-2002) prior to becoming the head coach for the New Orleans Saints (2006-2011, 2013-2021). He's retired now, but given Sean Payton's offensive background, let's take a look at some of his team's offensive statistics over the course of his career in an offensive coordinator or head coaching role.

QB Impact

Year Games Team Pass Att. Team Pass Yds. Team Pass TDs QB Carries QB Rush Yds. QB Rush TDs
2020 Saints 16 32.63 246.56 1.75 7.06 28.06 0.63
2021 Saints 16* 29.81 205.19 1.81 6.44 33.31 0.44
Payton's Career Averages (OC/HC) 288 37.04 281.15 1.92 2.76 6.50 0.14

RB Impact

Year Games RB Carries RB Rush Yds. RB Rush TDs RB Rec. RB Targets RB Rec. Yds.
RB Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 22.69 107.31 1.25 6.81 8.69 59.94 0.38
2021 Saints 16* 21.69 80.31 0.31 4.44 6 37.75 0.31
Payton's Career Averages (OC/HC) 288 23.44 102.55 0.84 7.05 9.01 55.15 0.25

WR Impact

Year Games WR Rec. WR Targets WR Rec. Yds. WR Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 11.81 16.69 133.69 0.75
2021 Saints 16* 9.19 16.25 125.75 1
Payton's Career Averages (OC/HC) 288 12.21 18.82 167.99 1.12

TE Impact

Year Games TE Rec. TE Targets TE Rec. Yds. TE Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 3.75 5.38 45.06 0.56
2021 Saints 16* 3.38 5.19 37.38 0.44
Payton's Career Averages (OC/HC) 288 4.73 7.10 52.16 0.46

*Sean Payton missed the December 19th game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while he was in COVID protocols

2022 Offense

2022 Offensive Coordinator: Pete Carmichael Jr.

Pete Carmichael has been the New Orleans Saints' offensive coordinator since 2009. Let's take a look at the performance of Carmichael's offenses over the course of his 209-game career as an offensive coordinator.

QB Impact

Year Games Team Pass Att. Team Pass Yds. Team Pass TDs QB Carries QB Rush Yds. QB Rush TDs
2020 Saints 16 32.63 246.56 1.75 7.06 28.06 0.63
2021 Saints 17 29.65 202.18 1.71 6.71 33.29 0.41
Carmichael's Career Averages (OC/HC) 209 37.56 290.51 2.14 2.90 8.23 0.18

RB Impact

Year Games RB Carries RB Rush Yds. RB Rush TDs RB Rec. RB Targets RB Rec. Yds.
RB Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 22.69 107.31 1.25 6.81 8.69 59.94 0.38
2021 Saints 17 21.59 77.24 0.29 4.41 6.12 36.76 0.29
Carmichael's Career Averages (OC/HC) 209 22.71 101.84 0.81 7.33 9.28 57.71 0.31

WR Impact

Year Games WR Rec. WR Targets WR Rec. Yds. WR Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 11.81 16.69 133.69 0.75
2021 Saints 17 9.12 16.12 125.94 0.94
Carmichael's Career Averages (OC/HC) 209 12.67 18.83 169.98 1.12

TE Impact

Year Games TE Rec. TE Targets TE Rec. Yds. TE Rec. TDs
2020 Saints 16 3.75 5.38 45.06 0.56
2021 Saints 17 3.24 5.06 35.41 0.41
Carmichael's Career Averages (OC/HC) 209 5.15 7.76 58.36 0.60

 

Pete Carmichael Takeaways & Expectations

Pete Carmichael Jr. has been the New Orleans Saints' offensive coordinator since 2009 but the 2022 season will be just the second full season (2012 was the first time with Sean Payton suspended for Bountygate) that he serves as the team's primary offensive play-caller on game days with former head coach Sean Payton now retired.

Over the course of Pete Carmichael's 209-game career as an offensive coordinator, his team has averaged 37.56 passing attempts, 290.51 passing yards, and 2.14 passing touchdowns per game. In recent years that usage has dropped quite a bit, as the team threw the ball just 32.63 times per game in 2020 and 29.65 times per game in 2021. Looking ahead to the 2022 season, with Jameis Winston healthy and the team having a strong trio of wide receivers, it seems likely that we see a bit of a bounce-back in the number of passing attempts per game to at least a league-average level with Carmichael calling the plays on offense.

It's also important to pay attention to the amount of rushing work a quarterback receives since it can give your quarterback a higher ceiling in fantasy leagues. Over the course of his career, Carmichael's quarterback room has averaged 2.90 carries per game.

Clearly, Pete Carmichael's quarterback room has generally carried the ball a below-average number of times per game over the course of his career. The recent trend of his quarterback room getting an average/above-average number of carries should officially end this year with Taysom Hill permanently moving over to the tight end position. Overall, Jameis Winston should be in the QB2 conversation and a solid streamer for the 2022 season in Carmichael's offense.

Moving onto running backs, Pete Carmichael has been a part of a lot of offenses that frequently utilize the running back position. Over the course of his 209-game career as an offensive coordinator, Carmichael's running back room has averaged 22.71 carries, 101.84 rushing yards, and 0.81 rushing touchdowns per game on the ground.

If old trends hold true, then Pete Carmichael will give his running backs a decent amount of work on the ground. In terms of the distribution of carries, is Carmichael's offense feeding one back on the ground or rolling with a running back by committee approach?

Looking at the graph above, it's clear that over the course of a full season Pete Carmichael will divide up the work on the ground and tend to roll with the committee approach. This is a little discouraging from a fantasy perspective, but it's important to remember that there is plenty of carries to distribute, and the most valuable fantasy asset in the Saints backfield tends to be the team's primary pass-catching back. Over the course of his career, Pete Carmichael's running back room has averaged 9.28 targets per game.

This career average is one of the better marks among active offensive play-callers and suggests that there's a good chance that the Saints backfield bounces back in the targets department from the 2021 season. Overall, the offenses that Pete Carmichael has helped coordinate have done a good job in providing their tailbacks' work both on the ground and through the air throughout their careers. Based on this information, Alvin Kamara should be a quality fantasy running back again in 2022 and a low-end RB1 in the games that he's active and healthy.

Jumping to the wide receiver position, in Pete Carmichael's 209-game career as an offensive coordinator he has seen his wide receiver room average 18.83 targets per game.

These career averages are below the NFL league averages for the last couple of seasons. In addition, looking at the chart above, it's clearly a consistent trend as Pete Carmichael's wide receiver room has seen below-average usage in each of the last five seasons. Based on this information, it's likely that at least one of the Saints' wide receivers isn't fantasy relevant in 2022 – keep this in mind when deciding where you want to draft Michael Thomas, Chris Olave, or Jarvis Landry.

Finally, we move onto the tight end position. In his career as an offensive coordinator, Pete Carmichael's tight end room has averaged 7.76 targets per game.

This career average is pretty good, but looking at the graph above, you can see the high peaks in tight end usage during the Jimmy Graham years and a fall-off in usage in recent years. Because of this recent trend, it's unlikely that the Saints have a fantasy-relevant tight end in 2022, and Adam Trautman should be viewed as just a streamer in the 2022 season.

Fantasy Relevant Players: Jameis Winston, Andy Dalton, Ian Book, Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram II, Tony Jones Jr., Dwayne Washington, Michael Thomas, Jarvis Landry, Chris Olave, Marquez Callaway, Tre'Quan Smith, Adam Trautman, Taysom Hill, and Nick Vannett

 

2022 Defense

2022 Head Coach: Dennis Allen

Year Games Points Allowed Pass Yds Given Up Run Yds Given Up Plays Against Yds/Play Turnovers Forced
2020 Saints 16 21.06 217 93.88 62 5.01 1.63
2021 Saints 17 19.71 224.76 93.47 62.59 5.09 1.47
Allen's Career Averages (DC/HC) 165 24.31 244.75 106.65 62.99 5.58 1.39

Dennis Allen joined the New Orleans Saints as a defensive coordinator back in 2015 and was promoted to head coach this offseason after Sean Payton retired. He also has previously spent one season as the Denver Broncos defensive coordinator (2011) and 36 games as the Oakland Raiders head coach (2012-2014). Because of his defensive background, let's take a look at some defensive statistics from Allen's time in a defensive coordinator or head coaching role.

 

2022 Co-Defensive Coordinator: Kris Richard

Year Games Points Allowed Pass Yds Given Up Run Yds Given Up Plays Against Yds/Play Turnovers Forced
2016 Seahawks 16 18.25 225.75 92.94 63.75 5.00 1.19
2017 Seahawks 16 20.75 209.19 114 65.31 4.95 1.56
Richard's Career Averages (DC/HC) 48 18.77 215.06 96.15 62.75 4.96 1.40

Kris Richard will be one of the New Orleans Saints' defensive coordinators in the 2022 season after Dennis Allen was promoted to head coach. Richard has primarily worked with defensive backs over the course of his career, but he did serve as a defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks from 2015 to 2017. Below are some statistics from his time previously serving as a defensive coordinator.

 

2022 Co-Defensive Coordinator: Ryan Nielsen

The 2022 season will be the first time that Ryan Nielsen serves as a defensive coordinator at the NFL level. Below are some of his previous coaching jobs.

Ryan Nielsen's Previous Coaching Jobs
Year Team Role
2002 USC Volunteer Ast.
2005-2007 Ole Miss D-Line Coach
2008-2009 Central Connecticut State
DC/DL Coach/LB Coach
2010 UT Martin
DL Coach/Special Teams Coach
2011 Northern Illinois DL Coach
2012 Northern Illinois
Co-DC/DL Coach
2013 NC State DL Coach
2014-2016 NC State
DL Coach/Run Game Coordinator
2017-2020 New Orleans Saints DL Coach
2021 New Orleans Saints
Ast. HC/DL Coach

 

Other Notable Assistants

Special Teams Coordinator: Darren Rizzi - Darren Rizzi has been the Saints' special teams coordinator since 2019. He has been involved in coaching since 1993, and previously spent time as the Miami Dolphins special teams coordinator (2010-2018).

QB Coach: Ronald Curry - Ronald Curry became the Saints' quarterbacks coach in 2021 after Joe Lombardi joined Brandon Staley's coaching staff in Los Angeles. Curry has been coaching in a variety of roles for the New Orleans Saints since 2016 after previously serving as an offensive assistant on the San Francisco 49ers (2014-2015). He also played wide receiver in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders (2002-2008).

RB Coach: Joel Thomas - Joel Thomas has been involved in coaching since 2000 and has been the New Orleans Saints running backs coach since 2015.

WR Coach: Kodi Burns - The New Orleans Saints will have an official wide receivers coach in 2022 in Kodi Burns. Prior to joining the New Orleans Saints this offseason, Burns coached exclusively at the college level in a variety of roles. At the college level, he previously served as a wide receivers coach for Middle Tennessee (2015), Auburn (2016-2020), and Tennessee (2021).

TE Coach: Dan Roushar - Dan Roushar has worked for the New Orleans Saints in a variety of roles since 2013. He has been coaching since 1986 and became the team's run game coordinator and tight ends coach in 2021 after Dan Campbell left to be the Detroit Lions head coach.

OL Coach: Doug Marrone - One of the few changes to the New Orleans Saints coaching staff is at offensive line coach, as the team goes from Brendan Nugent to Doug Marrone. This will be Marrone's second stint with the New Orleans Saints, after serving as the team's offensive coordinator & offensive line coach from 2006 to 2008. Marrone has been coaching football since 1992 and has previously served as an offensive line coach at the NFL level for the New York Jets (2002-2005), New Orleans Saints (2006-2008), and Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-2016). Marrone has also served as a head coach for the Buffalo Bills (2013-2014) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (interim head coach in 2016, head coach in 2017-2020).

DL Coach: Ryan Nielsen - Ryan Nielsen has been coaching since 2002 and has been the New Orleans Saints defensive line coach since 2017. Nielsen will also serve as one of the team's co-defensive coordinators during the 2022-23 season.

LB Coach: Michael Hodges - Michael Hodges has been with the New Orleans Saints since 2017 and has been the team's linebackers coach since 2020.

Secondary Coach: Kris Richard - Kris Richard joined the New Orleans Saints coaching staff in 2021 and for the 2022 season he will serve as the team's co-defensive coordinator as well as secondary coach. He's been coaching since 2008, notably spending time at the NFL level with the Seattle Seahawks (2010-2017) and Dallas Cowboys (2018-2019). He has previous defensive coordinator experience for the Seattle Seahawks (2015-2017).

 

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AFC North: Cleveland BrownsPittsburgh SteelersBaltimore RavensCincinnati Bengals

AFC South: Houston TexansJacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee TitansIndianapolis Colts

AFC West: Kansas City ChiefsDenver BroncosLos Angeles ChargersLas Vegas Raiders

AFC EastMiami DolphinsBuffalo BillsNew England PatriotsNew York Jets

NFC North: Chicago BearsGreen Bay PackersDetroit LionsMinnesota Vikings

NFC South: Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons

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Kyle Pitts - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

2024 NFL Free-Agency Winners and the Fantasy Football Impact - Part I

Free agency symbolizes the start of a new NFL season. It's the first opportunity for NFL clubs to start addressing their weaknesses and considerably impacts how the upcoming season plays out. Just as free agency can improve or worsen a team's outlook, a player's fantasy football value is also impacted. Free agency marks the real... Read More


Malik Nabers - Fantasy Football Rankings, College FB, WR, NFL Draft Sleepers

Coach Knows Ball: Malik Nabers 2024 NFL Draft Film Breakdown of LSU WR

Welcome to Coach Knows Ball, an NFL Draft series analyzing the top prospects in the 2024 class. I'm a college football coach with nine years of NCAA experience and have been scouting NFL Draft prospects for over 15 years. This series will give a deep dive into the film of some of the top players... Read More


Avoid These Running Backs in 2024: Fantasy Football Outlook

Football never sleeps at RotoBaller! The staff is already looking ahead to the 2024 season to help our readers get the jump on their competition. RotoBaller analyst LaQuan Jones discusses five Running Backs that you should AVOID in 2024 fantasy football drafts. Win MORE in 2024 with RotoBaller! Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio... Read More


Brock Bowers - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Rookies, Draft Sleepers, NCAA College Football, Prospects

Brock Bowers 2024 NFL Draft Stock Update – When Will the Georgia TE Be Selected?

Georgia tight end Brock Bowers was arguably the top tight end in college football over the past few years. Bowers was outstanding his freshman year, totaling 56 receptions for 882 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. Unfortunately, his production slightly slipped in 2022 as defenses started to game plan for the star tight end. Bowers had... Read More


Xavier Worthy 2024 NFL Draft Stock Update – When Will the Texas WR Be Selected?

Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy has been one of the top pass-catchers in college football over the past few years. The explosive receiver was outstanding his freshman year, totaling 62 receptions for 981 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. Unfortunately, his production slipped in 2022. Worthy had 60 receptions for 760 receiving yards and nine touchdowns... Read More


Blake Corum - Fantasy Football Rankings, College FB, RB, NFL Draft Sleepers

Blake Corum 2024 NFL Draft Stock Update - When Will the Michigan RB Be Selected?

Former Michigan running back Blake Corum is one of the most popular prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft class. The 23-year-old is fresh off a College Football National Championship victory and a 2023 campaign consisting of over 1,300 yards from scrimmage. However, given the devaluation of the running back position and Corum not being an... Read More


Brandon Aiyuk - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News

Will The 49ers Trade Brandon Aiyuk?

Brandon Aiyuk had a career year last season, finishing seventh in the league in receiving yards (1342), second in yards per catch (17.9), and catching seven touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named to the Second-team All-Pro. However, despite many expecting them to do so, the 49ers failed to win Super Bowl LVIII and now... Read More