{"id":704509,"date":"2026-01-25T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704509\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:35:13","slug":"former-saints-competing-in-the-afc-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704509\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Saints competing in the AFC Championship Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One Win Away: Former Saints competing in the AFC Championship Game<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 25, 2026, 10:31 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This year&#8217;s Super Bowl is either going to feature a ton of former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" data-autotag=\"84b23fc0-f769-4d65-9d38-018c62e4efd7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> players and coaches, or next to none &#8212; largely depending on which team advances from the AFC Championship Game. Sean Payton and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" data-autotag=\"80ecb2c2-c4e3-4c9a-8c53-01c0a2da3542\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Denver Broncos<\/a> have brought dozens of familiar names and faces from New Orleans, but that can&#8217;t be said for the opposing New England Patriots. So keep that in mind if you&#8217;re still looking for someone to root for or against this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. CT\/3 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 25. You can watch the AFC Championship Game on CBS and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/AWJJzj?subId3=story%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fsaints%2F2026%2F01%2F23%2Fafccg-schedule-channel-broncos-patriots-free-agents%2F88321560007_u5UZABIsZ2q7lIM63xIFPp6\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a quick look at the coaches and players for each team with ties to the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Broncos<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/88342057007-2256804069.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DENVER, COLORADO - JANUARY 17: Head coach Sean Payton of the Denver Broncos looks on against the Buffalo Bills during the first quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds\/Getty Images)\"\/>WR Lil&#8217;Jordan HumphreyTE Adam TrautmanFB Adam PrenticeFB Michael Burton (injured reserve)TE Lucas Krull (injured reserve)DT Malcolm RoachDT Jordan JacksonDT Garrett Nelson (practice squad)WR A.T. Perry (practice squad)OL Calvin Throckmorton (practice squad)K Wil Lutz<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coaches<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Head coach Sean PaytonOffensive coordinator Joe LombardiRun game coordinator\/assistant head coach Zach StriefSenior offensive assistant Pete CarmichaelSenior defensive assistant Joe VittDefensive quality control coach Todd DavisSpecial teams coordinator\/assistant head coach Darren RizziSpecial teams assistant Marwan MaaloufSpecial teams quality control coach Zach LineOffensive quality control coach Logan KilgoreStrength and conditioning coach Dan DalrympleNew England Patriots<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769366113_127_88223097007-usatsi-19749103.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jan 8, 2023; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints offensive line coach Doug Marrone looks on against the Carolina Panthers during the second half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 saintswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Win Away: Former Saints competing in the AFC Championship Game Jan. 25, 2026, 10:31 a.m. CT This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[95878,7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397,15505,96128,95882,100067,96029,95886,98537,100066,96129,95895,95899,95906,96071,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-704509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-orleans-saints","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-neworleans","tag-neworleanssaints","tag-nfl","tag-saints","tag-sstssportsnflsaints","tag-sstsnsaints","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcalvin-throckmorton","tag-tagcbs-corp","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-taglucas-krull","tag-tagmichael-burton","tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-coaching-training","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}