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In the 18 months since Sean Payton’s hire as Broncos head coach, Denver has sometimes been dubbed New Orleans West.
Payton had so many years and so much history with the Saints that he figured to bring along several coaches and players with whom he shared history.
The Broncos also added Cody Rager, a new vice president of player personnel from New Orleans, to their front office this summer. In recent months, he and David Shaw, a new senior personnel executive and former Stanford head coach, were added to general manager George Paton’s front office.
Given his role and his relationship with Payton, Rager—who was once viewed as a rising star in the Saints front office—becomes an intriguing character in Denver right away.
The two spent seven years together, and earlier this summer, Payton described Rager as “someone who I think is really good,” suggesting that he may be the Saints’ finest talent assessor. Not just him, nevertheless, thinks that.
“He was a big part, really, of what was going on with the draft in New Orleans,” Carmichael, who spent 18 years with the franchise, told The Post. “(Assistant general manager and college scouting director) Jeff Ireland ran the draft, but Cody was his right-hand man sitting next to him. Cody, his experience, his knowledge, his ability to evaluate, and he’s not afraid to share his opinion, whether it’s the same as somebody else or different.”
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