When Sean Payton was out due to Covid, Denis Allen stepped in as the interim head coach and led the New Orleans Saints to a 9-0 upset over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road on Sunday Night Football on 12/19/21. As a result, the Saints swept the Tom Brady led Buccaneers in the regular season for the 2nd year in a row. Also, that was only the 3rd time that Brady had been shutout and the first at home. The other two shutout losses were a 31-0 loss at Buffalo in 2003 and a 21-0 loss at Miami in 2006.
Yes, Dennis Allen posted back to back 4-12 seasons in 2012 and 2013 and went 0-4 before the then-Oakland Raiders fired him, but the Raiders were a dysfunctional organization. The Raiders posted just one winning season between 2003 and 2020 with a 12-4 finish in 2016. I think Allen will have a better coaching tenure with the Saints than he did with the Raiders because he will provide continuity for the team. And I am die hard San Francisco 49ers fan.