All-Time Saints Roster and Depth Chart
 

It's the 50th Season of Saints Football...

Thought we'd run a thread where we could post what our Saints Dream Team would be with the players in their primes...

I'll kick things off...

Feel free to quote, copy and paste...

Would really like to see some names from the past that are y'alls' favorites...

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SAINTS DEPTH CHART - 50th Anniversary Team

GM & COACHES

GM - Jim Finks

HC - Sean Payton

OC - Mike McCarthy

DC - Steve Sidwell


OFFENSE

QB (2) 8 - Archie Manning, 9 - Drew Brees

RB (4) 26 - Deuce McAllister, 38 - George Rogers, 21 - Dalton Hilliard, 23 - Pierre Thomas

FB (2) 46 - Hokie Gajan, 23 - Buford Jordan

WR (2) 12 - Marques Colston, 46 - Danny Abramowicz

LT (2) 77 - Willie Roaf, 72 - Jim Dombrowski

LG (2) 77 - Carl Nicks, 60 - Steve Korte

C (2) 62 - John Hill, 61 - Joel Hilgenberg

RG (2) 73 - Jahri Evans, 65 - Steve Trapilo

RT (2) 67 - Stan Brock, 68 - Kyle Turley

TE (2) 80 - Jimmy Graham, 85 - Henry Childs

WR (3) 84 - Eric Martin, 89 - Wes Chandler, 87 - Joe Horn


DEFENSE

DE (2) 81 - Doug Atkins, 93 - Wayne Martin

NT (2) 94 - Jim Wilks, 99 - Norman Hand

DT (2) 97 - La'Roi Glover, 74 - Derland Moore

DE (2) 94 - Joe Johnson, 94 - Cameron Jordan

SLB (2) 57 - Rickey Jackson, 55 - Scott Fujita

MLB (2) 51 - Sam Mills, 51 - Jonathan Vilma

WLB (2) 53 - Vaughn Johnson, 58 - Scott Shanle

JLB (2) 56 - Pat Swilling, 55 - Mark Fields

LCB (2) 44 - Dave Waymer, 33 - Jabari Greer

FS (2) 37 - Tommy Myers, 28 - Gene Atkins

SS (2) 29 - Sammy Knight, 39 - Brett Maxie

RCB (3) 23 - Dave Whitsell, 22 - Fred Thomas, 22 - Tracy Porter


KICKING

K (1) 7 - Morten Andersen

P (1) 6 - Tommy Barnhardt

KR (1) 37 - Mel Gray

Projected Starter

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Would anyone make changes?

Having not seen much barring the past 6/7 years i cant tell but

Would people having Manning over Brees

Is Shanle worthy of a place

Should Darren Sproles be on there.

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The fullbacks listed was way before my time and I know too little about them. Personally I always loved the sledgehammer type of FB Mike Karney was for us.

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Hokie, besides being a fan and teammate favorite during, and after his playing career was among league leaders in yards per attempt; he also laid out some devastating blocks, even in practice as Rickey Jackson would attest...

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I like the fact that you included some players that a lot fans don't remember.

A few that I think should be there somewhere. Will Smith, Joe Federspiel, Mike McKenzie (definitely), Thomas Morstead, Mel Gray.

Joe Horn should be a starter. Martin was good but Horn was better.

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I would be more partial to Mike McKenzie over Fred Thomas, but I'll have to make my own list.

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I saw both Hokie and Buford play. Hokie was the better player but unfortunately injuries cut his tenure short.

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Feel like Martin faced better competition and the passing defense rules had tightened in favor of receivers by the time Horn played, so I gave the nod to Martin...

Mel Gray is on my list, KR...

McKenzie, yeah I looked at that , but the ones I listed had longer, more prolific Saints careers...

Doug Adkins, Joe Johnson, Wayne Martin and Cam Jordan were/are way better than Will Smith...

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I have to say that Eric Martin made The Greatest Catch I've Ever Seen against Philly in 1989 in The Dome on Monday Night. He was triple teamed and John Fourcade threw it up high, he stuck up one hand and snatched it out of the sky for the TD!!

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I'm surprised Ruben mayes and Hoby Brenner didn't make the list .Renaldo Turnbull might need some love too Johnnie Poe,Toi Cook and kick returner should go to Tyrone Hughes while I'll admit Grey was good but most of his greatness was in Detroit he only had 2 TD return to as a saint Hughes had 5

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Well, with Mel Gray, we always seem to have great field position, I'd take that and let my offense punch it in on a short field over a couple of scores in a season...

Reuben Mayes was always one of my favorites, he was never the same after injury...

Hoby Brenner was on the list, but I wanted to list the top two and I pulled him off at the last editing...

I was looking for a backup to Swilling, but Turnbull, at least in my eyes was a disappointment considering the potential; I always thought Jim Mora was going to lose it and pleasure himself in public the day Turnbull was put on a dias in the underwear like a prized slave or something...