Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 New Orleans Saints.

As for all of our top 50 players in football, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Saints had a winning record (9-8) but were unable to make the playoffs.  The veteran team had one new entrant and multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a change:

1. Drew Brees
2. Jahri Evans
3. Rickey Jackson
4. Cameron Jordan
5. Willie Roaf

You can find the entire list here.

Jordan overtook Roaf for the #4 spot.

Running Back Alvin Kamara had a solid year but was unable to move ahead of his #8 rank.

Wide Receiver Michael Thomas moved up only one spot to #11.

Linebacker DeMario Davis had a huge jump, going from #33 to #15.

Right Tackle Ryan Ramczyk climbed to #26 from #34.

Cornerback Marshon Lattimore went up five spots to #37.

Left Guard Andrus Peat, now with Las Vegas, went up one spot to #40.

The lone new entry is Taysom Hill.  He debuts at #45.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Undrafted from BYU, Taysom Hill signed with the Green Bay Packers, but was released after the pre-season games.  The Saints picked him up the day after, resulting in the most versatile offensive player in the modern game.

Playing mostly on Special Teams as a rookie, Hill, who played Quarterback at BYU, would be brought in occasionally and could pass, rush and receive. It was instant excitement when Hill came onto the field, as you never know what he will do.  Hill is a unique weapon whose skill set terrorizes defensive coordinators, and his mere presence drives other teams into panic. 

There is no other player in the NFL like Taysom Hill.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will look at how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that Drew Brees and Doug Moreau to their franchise Hall of Fame.

Drew Brees played the first four years of his career with the San Diego Chargers, but after they drafted Philip Rivers, Brees became expendable.  Brees was also coming off shoulder surgery, and many teams were a little gun shy about signing the former Purdue Boilermaker.  He did, however, have offers, and he signed with the New Orleans Saints before the 2006 season.  That decision turned out to be the best for both parties. 

We are entering 2020, and Drew Brees is still the Saints Quarterback, and what he has done for the Saints and the city of New Orleans is impossible to quantify.  He shed any immediate fear about his shoulder in his first year there, with a Pro Bowl and a first-place finish in Passing Yards.  These stats were especially impressive considering New Orleans was suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and it was their first year back as they were unable to play in Louisiana during the '05 season. Brees was not just a Saint but was the face of the city and a community leader. 

Since the time he has been a Saint, Brees has always been considered among the top five in NFL Quarterbacks.  In the Big Easy, Brees has been to the Pro Bowl twelve times, has been a First Team All-Pro once, a Second Team All-Pro four times, led the league in Passing Yards seven times and Passing Touchdowns four times.  More importantly, Brees took New Orleans to a win at Super Bowl XLIV, a feat even more impressive considering that the Saints were almost at the point of relocation.   It is not unrealistic to state that had Brees not signed with the Saints, and we might be calling them a completely different team right now. 

Injuries would take their toll on Brees in 2019 and 2020, and while he was still a productive player, he hung up the cleats after the 2020 season.  At the time of his writing, Brees was the all-time leader in Passing Yards, and was second in Touchdown Passes, most of which was accomplished as a Saint.

Moreau enters the Hall for his vast contributions to the team, including entering his 27^th year as their press box announcer and 52^nd as public address announcer.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Drew Brees and Doug Moreau for this impending honor.

At the University of Alabama, Mark Ingram was a superstar.  The Crimson Tide Running Back captured the coveted Heisman Trophy in 2009, and his school won the National Championship.  He did this as a sophomore, and while he regressed due to knee issues as a Junior, Ingram was still expected to be a high pick, which he was, when the Saints took him 28^th Overall in 2011.

While it could be argued that Mark Ingram was a disappointment on the NFL level, it is because he came in with the Heisman pedigree, and a look at his actual production shows a very good NFL Running Back.  Ingram did not see a lot of touches in his first three seasons, and his peak in that period was 631 Yards from Scrimmage in the 2012 campaign.  This wasn’t bad, but he had a lot more to offer.

In 2014, Ingram rushed for 964 Yards, and he was used more as a receiving option, which allowed him to have 1,109 Yards from Scrimmage. Ingram was named to the Pro Bowl, and over the next three seasons, he exceeded 1,100 YFS, with the latter two seasons (2016 & 2017) seeing the Running Back go over 1,000 Rushing Yards. Ingram again went to the Pro Bowl in 2017.

With the arrival of Alvin Kamara, Ingram saw fewer touches in 2018, and he left the team as a Free Agent in 2019 to sign with the Baltimore Ravens, though he returned in 2021.  After another season, Ingram retired, and although there have been higher-profile Running Backs in New Orleans history, Ingram once held the Saints franchise lead in Rushing Yards with 6,500.  Coincidentally, it was Kamara who would take it from him.

Overall, Ingram compiled an impressive 10,236 Yards From Scrimmage with 75 Touchdowns.

Larry Warford, who played collegiate football at the University of Kentucky, won the starting position with the Detroit Lions after training camp in 2013. He had an impressive rookie year, finishing third in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting. Warford played for the Lions for four years before joining the New Orleans Saints in 2017. He became a three-time Pro Bowler in 2017, 2018 and 2019. However, Warford chose to opt out of the 2020 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was later released by the Saints. Despite being a talented player, he was not signed by any other team and ultimately retired from the NFL. Over the course of his career, Warford played in 101 games, starting all of them.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 New Orleans Saints.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following:

1. Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Saints were unable to make the NFL playoffs, but there was more activity on this list than any of other NFL franchises that we revised this summer.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Drew Brees

2. Jahri Evans

3. Rickey Jackson

4. Willie Roaf

5. Cameron Jordan

You can find the entire list here.

The Top Five did not change, but should it have? We seriously considered propelling Jordan over Roaf for the four hole, and if he has another Pro Bowl caliber year, it will be difficult to not pull the trigger in 2024.

Running Back, Alvin Kamara, continues his upward climb, inching up one spot to #8. The six-year veteran missed the Pro Bowl for the first-time last year and enters 2023 with 8,888 Yards From Scrimmage.

Another Running Back, Mark Ingram, also went up by one spot, and is at #21. He is New Orleans’ all-time leading rusher, but retired in the off-season.

Linebacker, DeMario Davis, advances to #33 from #40. Last year, he became an AP All-Pro for the fourth straight year,

Right behind Davis, is Right Tackle, Ryan Ramczyk. He went up two to #34.

It is notable that active Saints, Offensive Guard, Andrus Peat and Cornerback, Marshon Lattimore, remained in their ranks at #41 and #42 respectively.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 New Orleans Saints.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the New Orleans Saints failed to make the Playoffs, but there was significant activity in our Top 50, including two debuts and multiple jumps.  

As always, we present our top five, which was altered by the 2021 Season:

1. Drew Brees

2. Jahri Evans

3. Rickey Jackson

4. Willie Roaf  

5. Cameron Jordan

You can find the entire list here.

Jordan, who is a seven-time Pro Bowl at Defensive End overtook Pat Swilling to make the top five.

Running Back, and now five-time Pro Bowl Selection, Alvin Kamara, skyrocketed to the top ten at #9, from his previous slot at #20.

Offensive Lineman and three-time Pro Bowl, Terron Armstead, climbed to #32 from #35, and his fellow linemate, Ryan Ramczyk, who was injured for most of last year was only able to climb one spot to #36.

Linebacker, DeMario Davis, who is entering his fifth year with the Saints, debuts at the #40 spot.  He is a three-time All-Pro with New Orleans.

Worth noting, Mark Ingram, who returned to the Saints during the season, remained at #22, and another active Offensive Lineman, who was out for most of 2021, Andrus Peat, stayed the same at #41.

Former Defensive Rookie of the Year, Cornerback, Marshon Lattimore, makes his first appearance on our list at #42.

Tackles, Jermon Bushrod and Jammal Brown have fallen off the list.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Saints defensive players came close as a rookie season in New Orleans as Marshon Lattimore, the former College Champion at Ohio State.  The Cornerback was the Defensive Rookie of the Year and a Pro Bowler as a rookie, and while there was a touch of a sophomore slump in 2018, he is currently on a three-year Pro Bowl streak giving him four in five years entering 2022.   Lattimore was hurt for most of 2022 and part of 2023 and was unable to add any accolades over those two years but he is capable of another one if healthy in 2024,, and New Orleans desperately needs that to happen.

DeMario Davis began his career with the Jets, where after four years he signed with Cleveland only to be traded back the Gotham a year later where he had his best season to date, equating to a bidding war where he signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2018.

Davis remained an unheralded, yet potent interior Linebacker, and while he has only been a Pro Bowl with the Saints twice, he is on a current five-year streak where he earned All-Pro accoladed (one First Team and four Second Team).  Davis kept his tackling numbers strong, continuing his run of (now seven) 100-Tackle campaigns, while being able to switch over effortlessly to pass rushing when needed.

Davis is in his mid-30s, but is playing the best football of his life.  He has 29 Sacks and 675 for New Orleans and should have a lot more left.

2023 Pre-Season Rank #2022, Pre-Season Rank #137. Peak Period: 2019-23

Davis, a veteran player, has experienced a significant rise in his career over the past four years.  He has been an AP All-Pro for the last five years, with one First Team and four Second Team selections. His recent achievements, such as being selected for the Pro Bowl in 2022 and repeating this success the following year, are a testament to his current success.

There is a buzz around Davis that never existed in his 20s, and the respect for the Saints’ defensive Swiss Army Knife is skyrocketing. 

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that there will be two new members inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 2022.

Former Saints, Fred McAfee and Devery Henderson have been chosen, along with Longtime Assistant Athletic Trainer, Kevin Mangum, who will receive the Joe Gemelli “Fleur de Lis” award for his contributions to the team.

McAfee was drafted in 1991 in the Sixth Round from Mississippi College and while he was listed at Running Back, his most potent contributions were in Special Teams.  Playing for the Saints from 1991 to 1993 and 2000 to 2006, McAfee rushed for 897 Yards with 210 Special Teams Tackles.  He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2002.

Henderson was a Second Round pick from LSU in 2004, and the Wide Receiver did not see any playing time until his second year.  Playing his entire career with the team, Henderson 245 passes for 4,377 Yards and twice led the NFL in Yards per Reception (2006 & 2008).  He was also a member of the Saints Super Bowl win in the 2009 Season.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to newest members of the Saints Hall of Fame.

As we are knee deep in the NFL off-season, it is the time for retirements, and we have a significant one as New Orleans Saints Safety, Malcom Jenkins, is calling it a career.

The Jim Thorpe Award winner in 2008, Jenkins was drafted by the Saints 14^th Overall, and the Ohio State Buckeye would become a starting Safety during his rookie season.  Jenkins was a nice component in upgrading the team’s secondary, which helped catapult to them their first ever Super Bowl.  Jenkins played four more years with the Saints, earning Second Team All-Pro honors in 2010, and keeping the team strong.  

In 2014, Jenkins signed with Philadelphia, where he went to three Pro Bowls, while also anchoring the Eagles to their First Super Bowl win (LII).  Jenkins returned to the Saints, playing two more seasons before he retired.

Off of the field, Jenkins was known for his activism, and his community contributions.

He retires with 21 Interceptions and 1,044 Tackles.  Jenkins is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2027, and we will shortly put his bio up for you to vote and comment on in our Notinhalloffame Football Futures Section.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Malcolm Jenkins the best in his post-playing career.

Andrus Peat came by his skills as a lineman naturally, as he is the sone of former Guard, Todd Peat, who played nine years in the NFL.  Peat played his college ball at Stanford, where in 2014, he won the Morris Trophy as the top Linemen in the Pac-12.  Peat’s success as a Cardinal translated to the NFL Draft, where the Saints used the 13^th Overall Pick to select him.

A First Team All-Big Ten Selection in his lone year at Wisconsin, Ryan Ramcyzk was the final player taken in the First Round of the 2017 Draft.

What has been long expected has finally come to fruition.  

New Orleans Quarterback, Drew Brees, announced that he is retiring from the NFL, fifteen years to the day that he signed with the New Orleans Saints.

A star at Purdue, Brees was drafted early in the Second Round of the 2001 Draft by the San Diego Chargers, and would take over as the starter in 2002.  A Pro Bowl Selection in 2004, Brees saw the writing on the wall, as San Diego had Philip Rivers waiting in the midst, who they planned to make the starter going forward.  Brees signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, and what he accomplished as a Saint has been nothing short of spectacular.

Brees became a fixture in the fabric of the city of New Orleans, improving his game under new Head Coach, Sean Payton. Brees led the NFL in Passing Yards in his first year with the Saints, and he was a First Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl Selection.  

Brees emerged as one of the top pivots in the NFL, and his decision making and accuracy had few peers. He would lead the NFL in Passing Yards six more times, was a four-time leader in Passing Touchdowns and in 2008 and 2011 was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year.  Brees would lead the Saints to their first and only Super Bowl win in the 2009 season, where he was the MVP of the big game.

His humanitarian work in New Orleans became legendary, and it can be argued that Brees’ dedication to the city might have kept the team in Louisiana as there were whispers of the team relocating.  His ascendence and Super Bowl championship after the heels of Hurricane Katrina will never be forgotten in New Orleans, and nor should it ever.  The NFL rewarded him with the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2006.

At present, Brees is first in Pass Completions (7,142), Passing Yards (80,358) and second in Passing Touchdowns (571).

He is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2026, and is a lock to enter in his first year of eligibility. Going into the 2020 Season, we had Brees behind only Tom Brady in our Hall of Fame rank of active players.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Drew Brees the best in his post-playing career and we thank him for the on-field memories.

Jahri Evans was unique in that he did not play competitive football until he was in high school, and what a career he would have!

Splitting his college career between Northwestern and Michigan State, Ray Wietecha’s NFL career was not divided among teams in the plural as he wore the Giants blue for all of his ten seasons.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the New Orleans Saints. 

The New Orleans Saints first came to fruition in 1967, bringing the city their first major professional sports team.  The Saints were awful for their first 20 years of existence, only having two .500 years in that timeframe, and it took until 2000 for the team to record their first playoff win.

Hurricane Katrina forced the Saints to play their entire 2005 season on the road, and for a time it looked like they might relocate.  It didn’t happen, and with Quarterback, Drew Brees, they went to their first Super Bowl and won it (Super Bowl XLIV).  

The Saints have fielded many competitive teams since, but have yet to return to the Super Bowl.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always, we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Drew Brees

2. Rickey Jackson

3. Jahri Evans

4. Willie Roaf

5. Pat Swilling

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  

Look for our more material coming soon!

As always we thank you for your support.

In 1976, the New Orleans Saints drafted Running Back, Chuck Muncie, in the First Round.  With their Second Round Pick, they took another Running Back, Tony Galbreath, from the University of Missouri.

The New Orleans Saints executed patience with Jon Stinchcomb, who played only 10 Games in his first two seasons after being a 2003 Second Round Pick from Georgia.  Stinchcomb did not play at all in 2005, due to a knee injury, and it appeared that there might be a bust on their hands.  Stinchcomb would not have agreed with that assessment, and he won the starting Right Tackle job in 2006.