Countdown To Kickoff - 2024 New Orleans Saints
Excerpts below from an 8/30/24 article by Jeremy Trottier of Saints Wire as viewed at www.saintswire.usa.today.com
August 30th, 2024 - Number 9 - Nine Days Until Opening Day For The 2024 Saints Season
Countdown to Kickoff: Currently no Saints player is wearing the Number 9 and won't ever be again!
While the New Orleans Saints do not officially have any retired numbers at this moment in time, the case to be made for No. 9 and No. 8 are both strong. With Archie Manning being the only to wear 8 and Drew Brees the only to wear 9 since his retirement in 2020, both can be seen as somewhat of a “retired” number of sorts. We all know the legacy of Brees, Super Bowl Champion & SBMVP, two time Offensive Player of the Year, seven time passing yards leader, four time passing touchdowns leader, six time completion percentage leader, 13 time Pro Bowler, one time first team All-Pro and four time second team, and most recently a New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame inductee. In two more years, he will also be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee, without question, in a year with some of the best in Maurkice Pouncey, Larry Fitzgerald, Frank Gore, and Jason Witten among others.
Statistically? He now is second all-time in career passing yards (80,358), career touchdown passes (571), career pass completions (7,142), and career completion percentage (67.6%). Additionally, he owns six of the top 10 best completion percentage seasons, including all of the top three (2018, 2019, and 2017) as well as fifth (2011), seventh (2009), and ninth (2020). Any passing statistic you can find, he resides among the best of the best to ever play this sport, and his completion percentage numbers for a season may never be touched, as he stands atop them all with a 74.4% season.
The funny part is with all that, the accolades and numbers don’t even scratch the surface of what he was for the Saints, he was hope for a franchise every year that they would be at minimum fun to watch, at best a high-level contender. He was a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award recipient, and one of the players who gave his all to give back to New Orleans. And he was hope for quarterbacks without the model stature, who wanted to prove they belonged and had what it took to make the league.
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https://saintswire.usatoday.com/lists/9-days-until-saints-season-opener-every-player-to-wear-no-9/
Excerpts below from an 8/30/24 article by Jeremy Trottier of Saints Wire as viewed at www.saintswire.usa.today.com
August 30th, 2024 - Number 9 - Nine Days Until Opening Day For The 2024 Saints Season
Countdown to Kickoff: Currently no Saints player is wearing the Number 9 and won't ever be again!
9 days until Saints' season opener: Every player to wear No. 9
While the New Orleans Saints do not officially have any retired numbers at this moment in time, the case to be made for No. 9 and No. 8 are both strong. With Archie Manning being the only to wear 8 and Drew Brees the only to wear 9 since his retirement in 2020, both can be seen as somewhat of a “retired” number of sorts. We all know the legacy of Brees, Super Bowl Champion & SBMVP, two time Offensive Player of the Year, seven time passing yards leader, four time passing touchdowns leader, six time completion percentage leader, 13 time Pro Bowler, one time first team All-Pro and four time second team, and most recently a New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame inductee. In two more years, he will also be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee, without question, in a year with some of the best in Maurkice Pouncey, Larry Fitzgerald, Frank Gore, and Jason Witten among others.
Statistically? He now is second all-time in career passing yards (80,358), career touchdown passes (571), career pass completions (7,142), and career completion percentage (67.6%). Additionally, he owns six of the top 10 best completion percentage seasons, including all of the top three (2018, 2019, and 2017) as well as fifth (2011), seventh (2009), and ninth (2020). Any passing statistic you can find, he resides among the best of the best to ever play this sport, and his completion percentage numbers for a season may never be touched, as he stands atop them all with a 74.4% season.
The funny part is with all that, the accolades and numbers don’t even scratch the surface of what he was for the Saints, he was hope for a franchise every year that they would be at minimum fun to watch, at best a high-level contender. He was a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award recipient, and one of the players who gave his all to give back to New Orleans. And he was hope for quarterbacks without the model stature, who wanted to prove they belonged and had what it took to make the league.
Full Article In Link Below:
https://saintswire.usatoday.com/lists/9-days-until-saints-season-opener-every-player-to-wear-no-9/