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Top Five Saints RBs
Posted by Sophandros on 5/4 at 10:33 am
At the end of the column:

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New Orleans Saints Top Five Running Backs
Blech. What a dull list! When we did the quarterback top fives, we could at least lead off with Drew Brees and Archie Manning, and there were worse third and fourth options than Bobby Hebert and Aaron Brooks. If we ever get to receivers, we have Danny Abramowicz, Joe Horn, Marques Colston, Wes Chandler ... an interesting group. These guys are just weak.

The Saints had ten different leading rushers in their first ten seasons, with no duplicates. Jim Taylor led them with 390 yards in 1967, their first year and his last. Then came Don McCall with 637 yards. Andy Livingston made the Pro Bowl with 761 yards the next year.
Then, go see for yourself at Pro Football Reference. It is a parade of nobodies, many of them gaining about 600 rushing yards in their Lead-the-Saints season. In 1975, Michael Strachen led the Saints with 668 yards. He is only relevant because I found some footage of Peyton Manning getting interviewed about his father at age three, with Cooper making faces next to him, and Peyton is wearing a tiny Strachen jersey.
The man who broke the string was Chuck Muncie, who led the team in 1976 and 1977, then had a mammoth year in 1979, with 1,198 yards and 40 receptions. Muncie was high on cocaine the whole time. George Rogers also had major, well-publicized cocaine issues. Ricky Williams preferred marijuana, and while we can fill the message boards with arguments about the relative health hazards and severity of habituation between the two drugs (though it may be more fun if we don’t), Williams’ substance abuse choices inarguably affected his career. All three were early first-round picks by the Saints; there is no grand connection here, just a strange, sad coincidence.
A fourth high pick, Reggie Bush, did not need drugs to be a nitwit.
So, we are left with this list:


Yes, I just teased it for you.




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Posted by blueslover on 5/4 at 10:47 am to Sophandros
enlightenment to me:

Hilliard threw four touchdowns on option plays in his career; his quarterback rating was 141.4.

pretty funny about George Rogers and Michael Turner- perhaps the worst pass catching successful RBs in NFL history.

--thx for a non scandal thread soph! looking forward to the 3 replies it gets


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Posted by Me on 5/4 at 10:52 am to blueslover
Fred McAfee 5th?? I would go Heyward over him.


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Posted by Suntiger on 5/4 at 11:59 am to Me
Damn, they are pretty rough on those guys. I'd say McCallister then Hilliard then the rest.

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Fred McAfee 5th??


Yeah, maybe they just added up his special team pro bowl apperances or something.



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Posted by HeauxBeaux on 5/4 at 1:03 pm to Sophandros
I'd have to put George Rogers at the top. He was a joy to watch. Hilliard a close second


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Posted by realtalk on 5/4 at 1:09 pm to HeauxBeaux
Reggie...


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Posted by Jumbeauxlaya on 5/4 at 1:15 pm to Sophandros
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Top Five Saints RBs in History


Deuce
Sproles
PT Cruiser
Ivory
Ingram

BLAM done.



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Posted by Meateye on 5/4 at 1:15 pm to realtalk
What about Mayes?


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Posted by Suntiger on 5/4 at 2:01 pm to HeauxBeaux
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I'd have to put George Rogers at the top. He was a joy to watch. Hilliard a close second


I'm too young to remember watching Rogers, but Duece has to be at the top. Hilliard had all the records and Duece broke all those. I'm sure Rogers was on bad teams, but still.


Does Ironhead make the list? A fullback is a type of RB.



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Posted by TiGeRTeRRoR on 5/4 at 2:12 pm to Suntiger
Deuce at the top

Rogers
Hilliard

And some controversy:
Ricky
Bush

Ricky was great and dominant. Bush was a big part of rejuvenating the team after Katrina.



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Posted by ScoopAndScore on 5/4 at 2:17 pm to Sophandros
Reuben Mayes is #5.

Deuce, George Rogers, Chuck Muncie, Hilliard, Mayes

ETA: Ricky Williams is prob #6. And can we put Earl Campbell on the list?


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Posted by BTRDD on 5/4 at 2:18 pm to TiGeRTeRRoR
1. Deuce
2. Hilliard
3. Mayes
4. Muncie (probably the most talented of them all, but on drugs.)
5. Hayward (also a natural talent with good feet, but too heavy. He could have been great)



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Posted by saintsfan92612 on 5/4 at 2:20 pm to ScoopAndScore
I'd take:
Deuce
Rogers
Hilliard
Muncie
then Sproles or Reggie just to have a little more change of pace.



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Posted by Gunner on 5/4 at 3:28 pm to Sophandros
Deuce
George Rogers
Ironhead
Reuben Mayes
Dalton Hilliard



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Posted by Me on 5/4 at 3:31 pm to Gunner
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And can we put Earl Campbell on the list?

I'll never forget the game against the Falcons when he broke through the line and had a clear path to the endzone but then blew out his hammy and had the defender take the ball from him.



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Posted by eXfaktor on 5/4 at 10:38 pm to Sophandros
My List:
1. Deuce
2. George Rogers
3. Hilliard
4. Ricky Williams
5. Muncie

Trouble is, apparently none stick around long enough to really make a great name...



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Posted by Cincinnati Bowtie on 5/5 at 12:56 am to eXfaktor
What about Jess Phillips, Alvin Maxon ( held the single game record for many years), tony Galbreath??? Hilliard is my all time favorite.


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Posted by Bayou on 5/5 at 6:25 am to Cincinnati Bowtie
Thunder and Lightning


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Posted by WarhawkRebel on 5/6 at 3:35 am to Cincinnati Bowtie
Hokie Frickin Gajan!!!!!!!


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Posted by MetryTyger on 5/7 at 9:26 am to Sophandros
McAllister
Rogers
Muncie
Hilliard
Galbreath

Mayes
Livingston
P.Thomas
T.Baker
Heyward

Sproles
R.Williams
R.Bush
Jess Phillips
Ingram

H.Stevens
Maxson
Hokie
Ivory
Strachan


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