Who was the Saints best screen pass running back (9 Viewers)

[educator_71]

Who was the best running back out of the backfield to bust out the best run on a screen pass? I think it was Pierre Thomas. It was a thing of beauty. Deuce was pretty special too. Reggie Bush was also great. The thing I am impressed with was that pre Sean Payton we has a terrible screen game. Payton turned us into the best screen pass in the league. It was a work of art imo

 

[bigdub81]

PT23

 

[Snakehead]

PT

 

[Nolan]

Pierre by a good margin, followed by Alvin.

 

[HouseCall]

PT and it’s not close.

That dude single-handedly made the screen a massive weapon in the Saints arsenal.

He was so elusive and had an incredibly low center of gravity so he was really hard to bring down.

Alvin Kamara is the Saints best running back in open space but PT was a wizard in traffic, especially with the sideline as an ally.

That dude doesn’t get hurt in 2011, we win that Niners game. Simple as that.

 

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Before I even opened the thread, my first thought was "hasn't it already been universally decided that it's Pierre Thomas?"

I always felt like his kickoff returns were underrated too. He would always get caught from behind because he didn't have that breakaway speed (which is why he didn't handle those duties more regularly), but he usually gave the Saints great field position. He would navigate a lot of those kickoff returns the same way he would navigate a screen pass.

 

[kennydfresh]

Pierre Thomas and he might be the best screen back ever if you ask me.

 

[Saint KayBee]

Pierre Thomas is the answer to this question

Reggie Bush had wide receiver-level catching abilities, Alvin Kamara is a crisp route runner, Darren Sproles was incredibly agile in space, Deuce McAllister was great at getting hidden yards after the catch.

Pierre Thomas carried all four of those traits and had one-of-a-kind vision to know where his blocks would be from the moment the football was in the air.

 

[saintsmarchin]

PT doesn't get knocked out @ the 49ers.. its likely we win out and collect Lombardi #2.

He was that good.

 

[UpHere]

thomas was the only name i thought of as well, there has to be some innate ability to sell the play as well, he was awesome at it

 

[St. Geezy]

Pierre, by a mile.

So consistent; also had a unique trait hardly ever going down on first contact, with outstanding balance, patience, and vision. It was really uncanny how he was so good at this specific play. Also this trait carried over to kick return duty for a brief spell. Though I believe he had no touchdowns, I can remember a handful of long returns early on in his career when we asked him to do this duty.

Such a smooth, smart player. Dude was just an absolute screen pass master professor.

No self-respecting Saints fan should even be asking this question TBH. Thread title should actually be “Who was the Saints second best screen pass running back ever behind Pierre Thomas?”

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

There is only one answer lol.
PT23.

 

[SweetT]

Defenses knew to look for the screen pass with PT23 and still couldn’t stop it. He just had that natural ability to let the blocks develop, then found the lane. It was like art

 

[faceman]

PT and it’s not close.

That dude single-handedly made the screen a massive weapon in the Saints arsenal.

He was so elusive and had an incredibly low center of gravity so he was really hard to bring down.

Alvin Kamara is the Saints best running back in open space but PT was a wizard in traffic, especially with the sideline as an ally.

That dude doesn’t get hurt in 2011, we win that Niners game. Simple as that.

Yes, that was the turning point. We took the kickoff and drove to the Niners 10Yd line without having a 3rd down
play the entire drive. The #1 defense had no answer. The fact we had 5 turnovers and would have won if Pierre doesn't
get hurt or GW calling a double A gap blitz and single covering Vernon Davis with a safety proved we were the
better team.

 

[whodatbe]

PT and its not close. His vision on where to go, plus his balance was spectacular.