To put Act 2 of his career into motion, Brandon Staley tapped into his resources and leaned on the people who were at his side for both his meteoric rise and his biggest failure.

The New Orleans Saints hired Staley in February to coordinate their defense, giving him his first major opportunity as an NFL play-caller since the Los Angeles Chargers fired him as head coach in December 2023. The coach they’re getting is different from the one who was let go in Southern California.

He was just 38 years old when the Chargers tapped him to be their head coach in January 2021. That franchise jettisoned him five days after his 41st birthday. Between that time and when the Saints hired him, Staley spent an important year in San Francisco seeking the right way to reset.

“What I was able to do w

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