What is ya'lls take on Deuce Mcallister, the RB?

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Do ya'll feel he is the best Saint of all time at RB?

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The record books say Mark Ingram is the greatest saint RB of all time

Talent wise, it’s Kamara

It’s him and Dalton. Both complete backs

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Seemed smaller and faster but as he aged, got stronger and turned kind of into a power back.

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He was a punt returner in college.

I remember watching the draft when he was drafted. I. Completely. Lost. It. We already had Ricky Williams and had so many other needs, not to mention he was from Ole Miss. I hated the pick. Long story short, I’m at the Saints game in 2008 watching and cheering on one of my favorite players as he sets the Saints touchdown record against the Packers.

Deuce
A true Saint.

2002-2004 deuce was really, really good. The league had guys like priest Holmes and Tomlinson putting up stupid numbers, and others like Jamal Lewis, Shaun Alexander, Clinton portis, Edgerrin James, tiki barber, brian Westbrook so it was hard to get much recognition on a mostly bad team.

And then injuries really took a bite out of his careerz

AK the best since I’ve been watching (late 80’s)… Deuce second …. Thomas and Bush tied at third

Deuce is my favorite Saints RB (and favorite Saints player not named Drew), then Hilliard but mostly because I'm also an LSU fan. I think Kamara is unique because he plays the position so much differently than those guys, you could make the argument that the HB of the 80s and 90s is a fullback by modern NFL standards. You can't really get a job at a receiver-eligible position in the NFL unless you can reliably catch the football. The FB that the Saints have is the obvious outlier here.

Ingram is one of those statistically-deceiving players in my opinion. I still like him and think he's definitely one of the really good Saints players in franchise history. The facts are he was drafted too early (not his fault), he had some nagging injuries early in his career (not his fault) so it seemed like his adjustment to the NFL took a bit long. Once he put it together he was really good. I always liked his personality and seemed like a great locker room asset.

The contract situation that detoured him to Baltimore and Houston was disappointing, but everything I've heard about that situation indicates he got some really bad advice from his agent. I also think he never should have been traded back to us, that was a really stupid deal on the part of the Saints.

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I don’t think you ever saw Deuce play a game if you are suggesting that Ingram was in any way better than him. With All due respect to Ingram. He was definitely solid.

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I have seen every running back the Saints have had since Michael Strachan.

Deuce and Ingram were very similar backs to me, I just think Mark was a little bit better but I could easily see someone flipping that. Ingram had the benefit of playing in the Sean Payton/Drew Brees era for the bulk of his Saints career. And since these assessments are always really subjective, I have no issues if someone thinks Duece/Thomas was better.


I think maybe you could make a good case for Pierre Thomas moving into the top two. He was never flashy but just put up rock-solid numbers his whole career. But he also benefitted from playing exclusively during the Payton/Brees era.

All 4 were great players for the Saints.

Muncie was a bonafide beast. He could run past you, around you and if need be, through you......mostly on cocaine, but still, an edge is an edge.