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Who here remembers Doug Atkins?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:04 am
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:04 am
Had a highlight video of Atkins' career pop up on my YouTube feed. As the Voice of God, John Facenda, put it, "The Saints were hoping to get one good season out of him. Instead, they got three great ones."
How many of you old timers remember the Hall of Famer when he played in New Orleans?
How many of you old timers remember the Hall of Famer when he played in New Orleans?
This post was edited on 7/13/23 at 10:49 pm
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:06 am to SoFla Tideroller
Gene Atkins
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:37 am to SoFla Tideroller
Met him twice. First time coming out of the locker room at Tulane stadium he was heading to pre game warmups. Also my mother worked at RC Cola and some of the players worked there during the off-season. He was there for some kind of a Players appreciation thing. He was f..king huge. I was just a little kid but he was in the 6'7" -6'8" range.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:17 am to SoFla Tideroller
He’s a Top 5 NFL defensive lineman of all time.
Possibly the GOAT.
Possibly the GOAT.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:23 am to SoFla Tideroller
He had the build of Davenport, but he also played with heart
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:49 am to fischd1
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:27 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Most dominant DL in Saints history IMO
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:44 pm to SoFla Tideroller
I sold peanuts and soft drinks those first three seasons of the Saints. I was at a game in 1968 and saw him jump over an offensive lineman who had set himself for contact from Atkins. I think it was the Redskins. Got the sack and just acted like he did that every day!
Read a story in the Time Picayune a few years later that at one season training camp (in Hattiesburg?) he was aggravated by the noise some young players were making late in the evening in the dorm room directly above him. He pulled out a .38 and shot it through the ceiling. The noise stopped immediately!! (No one was hit.)
Read a story in the Time Picayune a few years later that at one season training camp (in Hattiesburg?) he was aggravated by the noise some young players were making late in the evening in the dorm room directly above him. He pulled out a .38 and shot it through the ceiling. The noise stopped immediately!! (No one was hit.)
Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:55 pm to SoFla Tideroller
I have his autograph. My favorite Saints player when I was a kid.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:17 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Doug Atkins: The Man Mountain. At least that is the name I seem to remember him being called.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:36 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Hell of a player. One year he won the Saints player of the year award, and received the free use of a VW Beetle for one year as the prize. He couldn't fit in the damn car.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 2:45 pm to SoFla Tideroller
The Tennessee man himself. I loved watching him play for the Saints. He was larger than life in stature and played like the legend he was.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 2:57 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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As the Voice of God, John Facenda, put it, "The Saints were hoping to get one good season out of him. Instead, they got three great ones."
Doud Atkins:
age: 37 9.5 sacks
age: 38 12.5 sacks
age: 39 8 sacks
Total of 30 sacks in 3 seasons at that age. wtf
Posted on 7/12/23 at 12:31 am to SoFla Tideroller
His helmet looked like a stocking cap..
Posted on 7/13/23 at 9:20 am to calitiger
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I have his autograph. My favorite Saints player when I was a kid.
I have his autograph in a frame along with Steve Stonebreaker, Derland Moore, Dave Parks, Jim Taylor, Dan Abramawicz, and Edd Hargett
Posted on 7/13/23 at 12:38 pm to hellsu
Very cool that his last play in the NFL was a sack 
Posted on 7/13/23 at 1:46 pm to goatmilker
Posted on 7/14/23 at 10:45 am to SoFla Tideroller
wrong-- way bigger than Davenport
Posted on 7/14/23 at 2:23 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Yall some oooold mofos in here boy lol. God bless yall.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 3:18 pm to SoFla Tideroller
he lived down the street when I was a kid in Metairie. Biggest man I had ever seen until Shaq.
Guy took no shite in the neighborhood bars.
Guy took no shite in the neighborhood bars.
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