SAINTS vs. PATRIOTS CONNECTIONS
Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks played for the Patriots in 2017.
Saints cornerback Isaac Yiadom prepped at Doherty Memorial (Worcester, Mass.) HS and was a standout defender at Boston College from 2014-17, where he played with Titans linebacker Harold Landry.
Senior Defensive Assistant Peter Giunta is a Salem, Mass. native who played at St. Johns (Danvers, Mass.) Prep and Northeastern University and served as an assistant at Brown.
Giunta served on the New York Giants coaching staff with New England Senior Defensive Assistant Ben McAdoo and Assistant Special Teams Coach Tom Quinn.
McAdoo started his NFL coaching career in New Orleans in 2004.
McAdoo tutored Saints Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien with the Green Bay Packers in 2013.
Quinn tutored Yiadom on special teams in New York in 2020.
New England Offensive Line Coach Doug Marrone played for the Saints in 1989 and served on the New Orleans coaching staff from 2006-08 and from 2022-23.
New Orleans Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley served on the same Los Angeles Rams coaching staff with Patriots Tight Ends/Offensive Coordinator Thomas Brown in 2020.
New Orleans Run Game Coordinator T.J. Paganetti is a Bedford, Mass. native.
Saints Special Teams Coordinator Phil Galiano served as outside linebackers coach at the University of New Haven (Conn.) in 2001.
Saints tackle Xavier Truss prepped at Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.) HS.
Truss and New England guard Jared Wilson were college teammates at Georgia.
New Orleans defensive tackle Davon Godchaux played for the Patriots from 2021-24.
Godchaux played for Patriots Defensive Coordinator Terrell Williams when he was defensive line coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2017.
Patriots WR Kayshon Boutte prepped at Westgate (New Iberia) HS and played at LSU from 2020-22, where he was tutored by Saints Senior Offensive Assistant Scott Linehan as a freshman in 2020.
New Orleans Senior Vice President of Football Operations/Assistant General Manager Khai Harley earned a master's degree in sports management from Springfield College.
Saints tight end Foster Moreau played for Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels, when he served as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022.
Saints Edges Coach Jay Rodgers served on McDaniels' Denver Broncos staff from 2009-10.
Moreau and Patriots linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson were college teammates at LSU.
Saints offensive lineman Luke Fortner and Chaisson were teammates in Jacksonville from 2022-23.
New Orleans Pro Scout Tosen Eyetsemitan prepped at Moses Brown (Providence, R.I.) School, from where he is a member of the school's athletic hall of fame.
New Orleans tackle Asim Richards and New England quarterback Drake Maye were college teammates at the University of North Carolina.
Saints Wide Receivers Coach Keith Williams and Patriots Safeties Coach Scott Booker served on the same Nebraska coaching staff in 2017.
Saints Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier and Patriots Wide Receivers Coach Todd Downing served on Linehan's coaching staff when he was head coach of the St. Louis Rams.
Downing was Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore's position coach and Linehan his offensive coordinator his first two seasons with the Detroit Lions from 2012-13, with New Orleans Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Kyle Valero also on the coaching staff.
Moore, Nussmeier, Tolzien, Haslett and Valero served on the same 2021 Dallas Cowboys coaching staff with McAdoo.
New Orleans Offensive Line Coach Brendan Nugent and New England Offensive Assistant Chuckie Keeton served on the same Seattle Seahawks coaching staff in 2024.
New Orleans Assistant Defensive Backs Coach Robert Blanton and New England Assistant Offensive Line Coach Robert Kugler were teammates with the Buffalo Bills in 2016.
New Orleans defensive back Ugo Amadi and tight end Juwan Johnson played with New England Scouting Assistant Cam McCormick at Oregon.
Amadi played for New England Head Coach Mike Vrabel in the first half of the 2022 season, when Vrabel served in the same position with the Tennessee Titans.
Amadi, New England tight end Austin Hooper and Landry were also Titans teammates in 2022.
New Orleans tackle Taliese Fuaga and New England defensive back Alex Austin were college teammates at Oregon State from 2021-22.
New England Director of College Scouting Tony Kinkela served as director of football operations at Tulane University from 2006-08.
New Orleans Cornerbacks Coach Grady Brown and New England Defensive Assistant Milton Patterson served on the same Alabama State coaching staff in 2017.
Patterson received his coaching start as a defensive analyst and assistant strength and conditioning coach at Jackson State from 2012-14.
Patriots guard Ben Brown prepped at St. Aloysius (Vicksburg, Miss.) HS and played at the University of Mississippi.
Saints running back Alvin Kamara and Patriots quarterback Josh Dobbs were college teammates at Tennessee.
Yiadom and Dobbs were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.
Saints defensive end Chase Young and Patriots tackle Morgan Moses were teammates with the Washington Commanders.
Saints defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd and Moses were teammates with the New York Jets in 2021.
New Orleans wide receiver Chris Olave and New England running back TreVeyon Henderson were teammates at Ohio State in 2021.
Saints Quarterback Spencer Rattler and Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson were teammates at Oklahoma from 2019-20.
Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins played with Godchaux in Miami in 2019 and with Moreau in Las Vegas in 2022.
Saints wide receiver Mason Tipton played at Yale.
New England tackle Wil Campbell prepped at Neville (Monroe, La.) HS and starred at LSU.
New Orleans guard Cesar Ruiz and Patriots offensive lineman Mike Onwenu were teammates on the same Michigan offensive line from 2017-19.
Saints defensive tackle John Ridgeway III and Patriots defensive end Eric Gregory were college teammates at Arkansas.
Saints right end Jack Stoll and Patriots defensive tackle Milton Williams, a former Louisiana Tech standout, and linebacker Christian Elliss, were teammates in Philadelphia from 2021-23.
Saints defensive back Jordan Howden and Patriots linebacker Jack Gibbens were college teammates at Minnesota.
Saints defensive end Jonah Williams and Patriots cornerback Carlton Davis were teammates with Detroit in 2024.
Saints cornerback Michael Davis, defensive end Chris Rumph and Patriots safety Jaylinn Hawkins were teammates with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023.