Mickey Loomis: No Plans to Blow Up Saints Roster

Contrary to what you've seen out there, the Saints don't have plans to start over and have a wholesale on their roster. General manager Mickey Loomis spoke to the media Friday on that and more.

John Hendrix | Jan 28, 2022

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis spoke to the local media on Friday, and he quickly mentioned that he'll reserve some time at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. next week to talk about Sean Payton.

Loomis said, "It's hard to summarize 16 years. I just want to give it some thought. I want to do a really good job of that and say the right thing in the right way."

The Saints are going to be tasked with getting a new head coach, but that's not something they're going to be in a rush to fill. New Orleans has a team ready to perform scouting duties next week in Mobile, and Loomis will be among them in preparation for the NFL draft.

"It's more important to get it right than to be quick," Loomis said.

Several key members of the team are going to be included in the interview process, something that Loomis prefers to do in person. Among them include owner Gayle Benson, president Dennis Lauscha, and several front-office staff members.

A lot of chatter is going around from the talking heads about the possibility of the Saints having a fire sale and that they are not an appealing destination for the next coach. That seems to be a complete lie, according to what Loomis said, and something we wrote about on Friday morning. He said there is no wholesale culture or roster change with the team, and that there is no "blowing this thing up and starting over."

"We like our roster. We got some good things, but we got some questions too. We're going through that process of evaluation."

For now and the foreseeable future, just ignore the things you're going to hear about over the next couple of months. Chatter will be just that, and if anything, Loomis helped reinforce that the team was going to field a contender in 2022.

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Published Jan 28, 2022

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net