Ultimate Rizz: Saints' Darren Rizzi is staying true to himself in head coaching quest

Darren Rizzi has been a college head coach twice at the Division II and FCS level.

The New Orleans Saints interim coach has three games left to prove why he should be considered a serious candidate.

He has had two formal head-coaching interviews in his 16 NFL seasons.

The Saints host the Green Bay Packers on " Monday Night Football " at 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN / ABC .

Saints special teams assistant Marwan Maalouf jumped at the chance to join the Saints ' coaching staff in November .

Rizzi was released from the NFL after being released by the Eagles .

He was head coach at New Haven at age of 28 and Rutgers at 31 .

He's the guy with " one thousand " jokes, a unique man who will bring an ax to a team meeting to demonstrate a point.

Rizzi is passionate, intense and holds everyone accountable, says Tyrann Mathieu .

The Saints have blocked a field goal to win a game against the New York Giants in regulation and attempted a 2 -point conversion to take the lead instead of tie it late in a 20 -19 loss to the Washington Commanders .