The Minnesota Vikings host the New Orleans Saints tomorrow. The Saints entered the league as an expansion team in the 1967. They were terrible for most of their first twenty years. Fans covered their heads with paper bags. It was bad. It was so bad that Archie Manning barely survived the 1970s. Under the guidance of former Vikings architect Jim Finks, the Saints got better in the late 1980s. The made the playoffs for the first time after the strike-impacted 1987 season. The Vikings quickly dispatched them from those playoffs. It was in the 2000s that the Saints truly started to rise. Head coach Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees led them to consistency and success. The Saints got some degree of revenge when they robbed the Vikings of a Super Bowl appearance in the 2009 NFC Championship game. The Saints went on to defeat the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. On the eve of the big game, here’s a look at some of the best players in New Orleans Saints franchise history.
Offense
Quarterback
Drew Brees
Running Back
Alvin Kamara
Fullback
Chuck Muncie
Wide Receivers
Marques Colston
Joe Horn
Tight End
Jimmy Graham
Offensive Tackles
Willie Roaf
Stan Brock
Offensive Guards
Carl Nicks
Jahri Evans
Center
Joel Hilgenberg
Defense
Defensive Ends
Cameron Jordan
Wayne Martin
Defensive Tackles
La’Roi Glover
Derland Moore
Linebackers
Rickey Jackson
Sam Mills
Pat Swilling
Cornerbacks
Marshon Lattimore
Dave Waymer
Safeties
Tom Myers
Roman Harper
Special Teams
Kicker
Morten Anderson
Punter
Thomas Morstead
Returner
Tyrone Hughes
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