Dennis Allen couldn’t coach his way through a grueling run of injuries. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis cited an “abnormal” amount of injuries that led to a 2-7 start as the impetus for why the franchise fired its head coach Monday.

Dennis Allen was fired as head coach of the New Orleans Saints on Monday following the team's seventh consecutive loss. Allen was 18-25 with the Saints, who won their first two games this season in dominant fashion over the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys before their current nosedive began.

The costliest loss was the Saints’ 23-22 defeat in Charlotte on Sunday when Carr couldn’t lead his team into field-goal range in the final minute and the Saints left town with the same 2-7 record as the Panthers, a team that’s statistically dreadful and historically bad.