"Carter Sheridan was my assistant at the Saints and I promised him a job when I came here [but the Saints] were in the playoffs too long. ... When the opening was here, I was going to get Carter here," Johnson said, according to NOLA.com.

One potential candidate that makes sense for the receiver coach vacancy is John Morton, who remains unaffiliated after serving under Jim Harbaugh as the San Francisco 49ers' receivers coach. Morton spent one year as an offensive assistant on Sean Payton's first staff with the Saints in 2006 before he left to become USC's receivers coach and later USC's offensive coordinator.