Deuce, Joe and Brees - our best 3 ever...

>>Well -- we shall see -- personally I still think the Manning -- Wes Chandler and Chuck Muncie year was pretty close if not better -- All threee went to the Pro Bowl that year --- as well as Henry Childs

All those players did make it to the pro bowl that year (and I think Tommy Myers did as well). But look at the stats from 1979 (see breakdown below) Galbreath was in the mix as well:

Points:

Full season 1979: 370
2006 11 games: 276
Projected 16: 401.45

Passing:

1979 - 257-428 for 3,291 Yards, 16 TD's, 22 INTs (60% completion %)

2006 (11 games) - 275-413 for 3,463 Yards, 19 TD's, 11 INT's (66.6% completion %)

2006 (16 games proj.) 400-700 for 4,787 Yards, 28TD's, 16 INT's

Score Brees who has already exceeded Manning 1979 in 11/16ths of a season.

Rushing:

1997 - 551 for 2,474 yards, 4.5 YPR, 28 TD's

2006 (11) - 301 for 1,044 yards, 3.5 YPR, 10 TD's

2006 (16) - 438 for 1,519 yards, 3.5 YPR, 14.5 TD's

Score one for our running tandem of Galbreath/Muncie. But who would trade Deuce McAllister and Reggie Bush in 2006 for Galbreath and Muncie? Not many. FWIW, I found Tony's stats circa 1979 (189 rushes, 708 yards, 9 TD's, 58 receptions, 484 yards, 1 TD) and Chuck's (238 rushes, 1,198 yards, 11 TD's; 40 receptions, 308 yards, 0 TD's).

Score the stats to Muncie-Galbreath but the modern game where you can't exactly play all jacked up to Deuce-Reggie.

As for Wes Chandler vs. Joe Horn, I don't see where there's even a debate. A slim argument can and has been made by some posters that Eric Martin was the best ever WR for the Saints because of the era he played in, but I think it's no contest as the statistics and records almost all favor Joe Horn.

1979 (Wes) - 65 Receptions, 1,069 Yards, 6 TD's.
1978 (Wes) - 35 Receptions, 472 Yards, 0 TD's.
1980 (Wes) - 65 Receptions, 975 Yards, 6 TD's.
1981 (Wes) - 17 Receptions, 285 Yards, 1 TD.

Excluding his final year where he only played 4 games, in San Diego, Wes racked up the following stats from 1981 (8 games in San Diego) through 1987:

373 for 6,130 yards and 43 TD's.

Joe Horn (2000 - 2006):

522 for 7,604 Yards and 50 TD's. The only thing Chandler has on Joe is a slight advantage of a yard or two per reception.

Edge - Joe Horn (FWIW, Chandler, who played with Charlie Joiner and others in the Dan Fouts era, only exceeded 60 catches in 1 season with San Diego. His highest season yards total was 1,199, and he only got > 1,000 yards one other season).

As for Henry Childs, I said best "3" ever. We don't have anyone on our team who can work it from the TE position as Childs did in 1979 catching 51 passes for 846 yards and 5 TD's. Our TE's aren't that great and are definitely an area where the team needs to upgrade if we plan to utilize them as a receiving threat. Apparently (for 2006), Brees is comfortable enough with Karney as a final option.

Oh yeah - Saints 1979, 8-8; Saints 2006, 7-4. :hihi:

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