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So, the thread on the greatest Saints player to wear a particular number might not get as far seeing as though we did not have a lot of great players. So, I thought of something else that should provoke more discussion. I would like to discuss interesting moments in Saints history. Sort of like, "Do you remember when...such and such happened."
Saints history is full of interesting moments. And sometimes, even with an eidetic memory, I am still amazed at the minutiae of things I can remember. The inspiration for this thread, in fact, came from me talking about a TD run Derek Brown had in a game against the Packers where he reversed fields. Sometimes, I just think about different things that happened or were said over the years, like when Fred McAfee joined our team as a rookie and the announcers kept saying "he is faster than hiccup." Or when Mario Bates got his jaw broken by Lorenzo Neal. I can still remember a game against the Packers where Bates ran 12 times for 95 yards. Everyone, including me, thought he was going to be a beast. Never worked out, probably because of his attitude.
I think you all get the point. There are just certain things that stand out in your memory. So my first, "Do you remembers" are:
Do you remember when Wade Wilson got hurt in the game against the Giants on Monday Night and Saints fans cheered because they wanted Mike Buck to replace him? Jim Mora was not happy and called it horrible and the most disgusting thing he had ever seen. The interesting thing is that Buck and Wilson completed the same amount of passes (11) for the same amount of yards (148) so Buck didn't do us any favors. By the way, we lost the game 24-14.
Do you remember when Jim Haslett told Curtis Keaton that we were going to sign him if the Bengals cut him during a preseason game? The Bengals let him go and Haslett kept his word.
Do you remember when the Saints traded for Allen Pinkett from the Houston Oilers? If I remember correctly, we gave up a fifth rounder for him (seemed like a good trade), then drafted Vaughn Dunbar in the first round. Two picks on backs, but we were a run-first team back then. Well, Pinkett goes out on the first day of training camp and gets hurt. He never played a down for us. As for Dunbar, he ran for 565 yards that season--same amount Reggie Bush had his first year. The weird thing is Bush had only one more carry than Dunbar. The interesting thing about Dunbar was people felt like he was Emmitt Smith and he even bought into the hype by wearing a tuxedo with tails to the NFL draft.
Ok, that is enough for now. What do you remember?
Saints history is full of interesting moments. And sometimes, even with an eidetic memory, I am still amazed at the minutiae of things I can remember. The inspiration for this thread, in fact, came from me talking about a TD run Derek Brown had in a game against the Packers where he reversed fields. Sometimes, I just think about different things that happened or were said over the years, like when Fred McAfee joined our team as a rookie and the announcers kept saying "he is faster than hiccup." Or when Mario Bates got his jaw broken by Lorenzo Neal. I can still remember a game against the Packers where Bates ran 12 times for 95 yards. Everyone, including me, thought he was going to be a beast. Never worked out, probably because of his attitude.
I think you all get the point. There are just certain things that stand out in your memory. So my first, "Do you remembers" are:
Do you remember when Wade Wilson got hurt in the game against the Giants on Monday Night and Saints fans cheered because they wanted Mike Buck to replace him? Jim Mora was not happy and called it horrible and the most disgusting thing he had ever seen. The interesting thing is that Buck and Wilson completed the same amount of passes (11) for the same amount of yards (148) so Buck didn't do us any favors. By the way, we lost the game 24-14.
Do you remember when Jim Haslett told Curtis Keaton that we were going to sign him if the Bengals cut him during a preseason game? The Bengals let him go and Haslett kept his word.
Do you remember when the Saints traded for Allen Pinkett from the Houston Oilers? If I remember correctly, we gave up a fifth rounder for him (seemed like a good trade), then drafted Vaughn Dunbar in the first round. Two picks on backs, but we were a run-first team back then. Well, Pinkett goes out on the first day of training camp and gets hurt. He never played a down for us. As for Dunbar, he ran for 565 yards that season--same amount Reggie Bush had his first year. The weird thing is Bush had only one more carry than Dunbar. The interesting thing about Dunbar was people felt like he was Emmitt Smith and he even bought into the hype by wearing a tuxedo with tails to the NFL draft.
Ok, that is enough for now. What do you remember?
