Today we learned Travis can’t name about half the head coaches in the NFL
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Ouch. Dennis Allen can do everything right and still catch a stray. Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce attempted to name every head coach in the NFL during an episode of his “New Heights” podcast, but the New Orleans Saints head coach was one of a dozen or so coaches he couldn’t identify from the lineup of an annual group photo at NFL owners meetings in Phoenix.
He could identify former Saints coach Sean Payton at first glance, of course — quipping a wry “Broncos country, let’s ride,” in passing — but was stumped when it came to Dennis Allen.
“And then,” Kelce said, pausing in thought, “No clue.”
It sure doesn’t help that Allen is one of the only coaches in the photo wearing his event credentials lanyard for the league meetings. That’s probably hard to read in a grainy, zoomed-in photograph, but still: ouch. Hopefully Allen can lead the Saints back to the playoffs this year and put himself on more peoples’ radar.