47 years ago today, the first New Orleans Saint was signed

TheOak · 01-29-2014, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by stickman

Do you have the stat for how many coaches Archie played under?

I don't think it's fair to look at the numbers at the end of his career, but, I do agree that Saints fans seem to remember him maybe a little too fondly. I think it's because he had so much potential and it was wasted on the mess that was the Saints franchise.

He played for 7 in NO.

I do not throw the W/L record on him. His passing stats are all on him though.

Sam Bradford gets a new coach every 2 years LOL his INT% is 2.2... thats lower than Brees or Manning.

Originally Posted by Utah_Saint

Completely anecdotal...

Roger Staubauch once said Archie Manning was the best quarterback in the league when he was playing but nobody would ever know because of the team he as on.

So he went to two more teams and did equally as bad. The same thing could be said for a lot of QBs. There are plenty of QBs in the league that achieved greatness because the surrounding team was good and not the QB.

Joe Namath is a prime example.

Arguably you could put any QB on a good team and see success.

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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,055	Re: 47 years ago today, the first New Orleans Saint was signed Originally Posted by stickman Do you have the stat for how many coaches Archie played under? I don't think it's fair to look at the numbers at the end of his career, but, I do agree that Saints fans seem to remember him maybe a little too fondly. I think it's because he had so much potential and it was wasted on the mess that was the Saints franchise. He played for 7 in NO. I do not throw the W/L record on him. His passing stats are all on him though. Sam Bradford gets a new coach every 2 years LOL his INT% is 2.2... thats lower than Brees or Manning. Originally Posted by Utah_Saint Completely anecdotal... Roger Staubauch once said Archie Manning was the best quarterback in the league when he was playing but nobody would ever know because of the team he as on. So he went to two more teams and did equally as bad. The same thing could be said for a lot of QBs. There are plenty of QBs in the league that achieved greatness because the surrounding team was good and not the QB. Joe Namath is a prime example. Arguably you could put any QB on a good team and see success.
	It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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