Saints' new coach gets injured by celebrating too hard with his own player after win over Falcons
The New Orleans Saints are back in the win column. They took care of business against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 10, 20-17. Darren Rizzi got his first win as the Saints head coach. The Saints played with determination. The offense made explosive plays. The defense got some big-time stops in the second half. Maybe […]
The New Orleans Saints are back in the win column. They took care of business against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 10, 20-17. Darren Rizzi got his first win as the Saints head coach.
The Saints played with determination. The offense made explosive plays. The defense got some big-time stops in the second half. Maybe most importantly, Rizzi's special teams unit also blocked a field goal.
Rizzi celebrates win
The Saints head coach for at least the remainder of the season was full of emotion after the victory. That is no surprise. He's an energetic leader.
During the commotion, Rizzi actually got hurt. Payton Turner playfully pushed him in the back during the celebrating, and Rizzi came up a bit hobbled afterwards.
Rizzi explains injury
The coach talked about the interaction from the postgame. Turner was celebrating with thirty seconds left in the game, and Rizzi ripped him for it.
After the final play, Turner wanted to mess with him after that prior interaction. Rizzi has a history of stingers, and that's what happened to him again. He said that his arm went completely numb.
The coach reassured everyone that he was fine, and that the whole situation was a positive one with his player.
There's no doubting the passion from Rizzi. Throughout the game, he was shown getting fired up, both positively and negatively, due to the team's performance. He badly wants to get the team back on track and is confident in his abilities to do so this season.
It will be interesting to see if New Orleans can start stacking more wins after this one against Atlanta.
