The New Orleans Saints have denied a report that Rob Ryan will need permission to speak to the media as part of his contract.

"Report that Rob Ryan needs to get my OK before speaking to media is 100% false- he like all of our coaches, follow norm league media rules," Saints' VP of communication Greg Bensel said via Twitter.

NFL rules require assistant coaches to be made available to the media at certain times and for coordinators to be made available at least once a week during the season.