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Saints running back Deuce McAllister expects to gain 100 yards each game, for the past two seasons he's done it more than any other running back in the NFL


Friday November 14, 2003


By Brian Allee-Walsh
Staff writer

Given the Saints' rocky 4-5 start, Deuce McAllister's streak of six consecutive 100-yard rushing games might ring a little hollow.

But it should toll loudly for Saints fans since no other running back in franchise history has accomplished that feat. Not Chuck Muncie, Tony Galbreath, George Rogers, Rueben Mayes, Dalton Hilliard or Ricky Williams.

McAllister, the NFC's third-leading rusher with 871 yards, seeks his seventh 100-yard game in a row Sunday at the Superdome against the Atlanta Falcons.

"Everybody has holes in his game, and usually it's a matter of how many," Saints offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy said Thursday. "But this guy has a chance to not have holes in his game. He's got that kind of talent, both physically and mentally.

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