Broncos head coach Sean Payton praised his former colleagues and new Bears coaches Dennis Allen and Dan Roushar.

The Denver Broncos have hired former New Orleans Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi as their new special teams coordinator. Rizzi spent the last six seasons with the Saints, serving as special teams coordinator for both Broncos coach Sean Payton and Dennis Allen before taking over as interim head coach last season.

It's been a long time since the New Orleans Saints had a first-year, first-time head coach. Dennis Allen was a head coach prior to his Saints tenure, so you'd have to go back to Sean Payton in 2006 for the last time they had a first-year,

The New Orleans Saints are hiring California Golden Bears defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon to come work as their new linebackers coach, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. He's another new arrival with few connections to the old Sean Payton-Dennis Allen regime,

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton is optimistic about Declan Doyle and what he'll do in Chicago.

The Saints may have another coach on the way out this offseason, with highly regarded offensive assistant Kevin Petry becoming a free agent: