New Orleans Saints Head coach Dennis Allen is not only in the hot seat, his ass is on fire. The Saints have lost seven straight games after falling to the lower bracket of the Carolina Panthers and making Bryce Young look like a competent NFL quarterback.

Allen took over For Sean Payton a few years ago and things didn’t go exactly as planned. Few successors can rival the era of greatness Payton left behind. Fans in the Bayou were used to wearing bags on their heads. They won a Super Bowl with Payton and Drew Brees and made regular postseason appearances. They really changed everything.

But thanks to decisions made by Allen and general manager Mickey Loomis, the Saints are back to where they started. The fastest path to relevance is, ironically, next Tuesday! Yes, we should all vote in the upcoming election, but Tuesday is also NFL trade deadline day. New Orleans has a lot of assets they can send to opposing teams, especially considering they aren’t one of those teams. In return, the Saints can stash their draft pick locker and (perhaps) make the rebuild easier.

So who should lead this restructuring?

Allen will likely be fired in the coming weeks or after the season; It depends on how much Loomis and the Saints owners respect him as a person. It sounds terrible, but New Orleans has made little to no progress under Allen over the past few years. Frankly, it was a miracle he survived last season. Just last week Allen admitted: The business situation is fluid.

“We talk every day, you know what I mean? So I don’t feel like I have to have those conversations anymore,” Allen said. “Look, I think we all understand that this is a results-oriented business. We’ve got to play better football.”

If New Orleans is going to fire Allen, they should aim to replace him. Considering the talent already on the roster, the likes of Bill Belichick should be open to them if they don’t mind giving him full control. This is Bill’s situation; He’s achieved so much that he won’t accept anything less and won’t let anyone else make his decisions.

Belichick was rejected by the Falcons last summer. What better way to take revenge than to lead your rival?

While Derek Carr has been a solid presence throughout all of the Saints’ offensive failures, we can’t blame him for being injured for most of the current seven-game losing streak. If New Orleans chooses to start over, and I highly recommend they do, they will need to find a young quarterback who can fit in with the new face of the franchise with Carr moving on. This is where Slowik comes into play.

Slowik found immediate success in Houston with a rookie QB in CJ Stroud. This season, Stroud and Slowik have picked up where they left off, running one of the top-ranked offenses in the NFL. Slowik signed an extension in the offseason and is working under head defensive coach DeMeco Ryans. This means he has complete control over the offense.

Slowik interviewed with Atlanta, Carolina, Seattle, Tennessee and Washington this past offseason but was deemed too rough. Another year of coaching under him and another top-flight offensive attack with a young QB should be all it takes for the Saints to make a move.

Ben Johnson complained Considering the early success of rookie QB Jayden Daniels, that decision may already be in question. Johnson could be leading this offense. Instead, he’s in Detroit, riding Dan Campbell’s tails. But don’t get it twisted, Johnson is likely to receive coaching offers this offseason, and assuming he’s done in Detroit this time around, he’ll be able to pick his next target.

Johnson (like Slowik) is one of the best young offensive minds in the NFL. Campbell may be a former tight end, but make no mistake about it; The offense depends on Johnson doing it his way. Jared Goff thrived in Johnson’s system and even earned himself a new deal as one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL.

The reason Johnson is prioritized over, say, Slowik in New Orleans is because he can improve despite his point guard. The Saints would be wise to move on from Carr, of course, but if they choose to extend his contract, perhaps a year under Johnson would do the 33-year-old some good. The same thing was said about Goff not too long ago.

There’s a reason why Johnson is the best coaching candidate on the market. The Saints will not be alone in their interests.