{"id":712688,"date":"2026-01-29T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712688\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:32:16","slug":"how-will-saints-handle-garrett-nussmeier-with-dad-on-staff-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712688\/","title":{"rendered":"How will Saints handle Garrett Nussmeier with dad on staff? | Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOBILE, Ala. \u2014 Garrett Nussmeier<\/a> knows his father, Doug, is at the Senior Bowl this week, but wasn\u2019t sure if he was there in his capacity as \u201cDad\u201d or his role as the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess technically, a little bit of both,\u201d Garrett said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

The LSU quarterback, auditioning in front of NFL teams to be drafted later this spring, said he doesn\u2019t know how he and his dad will approach the possibility of being interviewed by the Saints.<\/p>\n

And neither does the black and gold.<\/p>\n

General manager Mickey Loomis said Wednesday this is the first time in his lengthy executive career that he\u2019s had a coach on staff with a son in the NFL draft. It has happened previously in the NFL \u2014 famously with the Dallas Cowboys taking running back Deuce Vaughn in 2023, with his dad serving as a scout \u2014 but this is new territory for the Saints.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I don\u2019t know \u2014 we\u2019ll see,\u201d Loomis said with a chuckle. \u201cBut look, Garrett\u2019s a really good player and thought of really well. Obviously, we think a lot of Doug. So yeah, that\u2019ll be interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loomis said it won\u2019t be as dramatic as asking Doug Nussmeier to leave the room when discussing Garrett, but acknowledged the uniqueness of the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to help the Nussmeier family, period,\u201d Loomis said.<\/p>\n

The Saints may not be in the market for a starting quarterback after drafting Tyler Shough last spring, but it remains to be seen if they dip into the market for a new backup. Loomis has said the team has not discussed trading Spencer Rattler, but teammate Chris Olave strongly said after the season that Rattler deserved another opportunity to be a starter in the NFL. The team also did not agree to a futures contract with third-stringer Jake Haener and saw fourth-stringer Hunter Dekkers sign with the UFL.<\/p>\n

Garrett Nussmeier is trying to restore his stock after a down season at LSU, which was mightily affected by an abdominal injury.<\/p>\n

Nussmeier said that his dad has given him advice on how to approach the draft process but indicated they\u2019ve avoided talking directly about the Saints.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, absolutely,\u201d Nussmeier said when asked if there had to be a \u201cChinese wall\u201d between him and his dad. \u201cI don\u2019t know how it\u2019ll all go down, but it\u2019s definitely interesting. It\u2019s pretty funny. We just leave it alone for now until the situation arises. \u2026 It\u2019s really special for the both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOBILE, Ala. \u2014 Garrett Nussmeier knows his father, Doug, is at the Senior Bowl this week, but wasn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,4095,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-712688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-hardwall","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints","12":"tag-neworleans","13":"tag-neworleanssaints","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115975575785395911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712688","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=712688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}