"I think you use the analogy, ‘You can't have too many good players.’ And you use that for coaching,” Lofton said Thursday. “I think he's just going to make us better. And Sean [Payton], he’s one of those coaches that’s going to go out there and get the best and do whatever it takes to help this team improve. And bringing Dennis Allen on is definitely gonna help us improve."

“If you look at, in ‘12, we had the history’s worst defense. And everyone was calling for, 'We need this player, we need to go out and get this guy, we need this, we need that.’ And you come back in '13 and have the fourth-ranked defense,” Lofton said. “So I don't know if there needs to be any [personnel] changes. I think what needs to be done is guys need to play better, coaches need to coach better, and we need to go out and execute. If we do that, then we'll like where we're at."