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Credit where it's due -- Deuce McAllister is a good sport when it comes to discussing his place in New Orleans Saints history. The legendary running back was asked which Saints running backs he would enshrine on the team's four-man Mount Rushmore for the position, and he didn't mention himself. There are a couple of obvious modern-era inclusions like Alvin Kamara, the team's all-time rushing leader. But McAllister also highlighted great players from before his own time like Dalton Hilliard.
"Mount Rushmore of Saints running backs," McAllister began, chuckling. "I think you have to start with Chuck Muncie. And then you have to throw Alvin, of course. And Mark Ingram, and then probably Dalton."
Muncie was one of the first great rushers in team history, running for 3,393 yards and 28 touchdowns from 1976 to 1980. Hillard came along a few years later and set franchise records for rushing yards (4,164) and touchdowns (39) as an offensive compliment to the famed "Dome Patrol" defenses. In the modern day it's been Ingram and Kamara resetting all of those records.
But McAllister is too humble to put himself up there. He shouldn't be; despite suffering a career-threatening knee injury, he rewrote the Saints' record books with 1,429 carries for 6,096 yards and 49 touchdowns, and he did it in just 97 games. It took Ingram 123 games to go the distance. Kamara has gotten a bit further ahead in 126 games with the Saints.
As for who else warrants a mention? The Saints' all-time leaderboard includes running backs like George Rogers (4,267 yards in just 51 games), Pierre Thomas (3,745 yards in 105 games), and Rueben Mayes (3,408 yards in 59 games). But when you whittle the list down to just four names, it really becomes a question of who joins McAllister, Kamara, and Ingram at the top.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Deuce McAllister doesn't put himself on Saints' RB Mount Rushmore
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"Mount Rushmore of Saints running backs," McAllister began, chuckling. "I think you have to start with Chuck Muncie. And then you have to throw Alvin, of course. And Mark Ingram, and then probably Dalton."
Muncie was one of the first great rushers in team history, running for 3,393 yards and 28 touchdowns from 1976 to 1980. Hillard came along a few years later and set franchise records for rushing yards (4,164) and touchdowns (39) as an offensive compliment to the famed "Dome Patrol" defenses. In the modern day it's been Ingram and Kamara resetting all of those records.
But McAllister is too humble to put himself up there. He shouldn't be; despite suffering a career-threatening knee injury, he rewrote the Saints' record books with 1,429 carries for 6,096 yards and 49 touchdowns, and he did it in just 97 games. It took Ingram 123 games to go the distance. Kamara has gotten a bit further ahead in 126 games with the Saints.
As for who else warrants a mention? The Saints' all-time leaderboard includes running backs like George Rogers (4,267 yards in just 51 games), Pierre Thomas (3,745 yards in 105 games), and Rueben Mayes (3,408 yards in 59 games). But when you whittle the list down to just four names, it really becomes a question of who joins McAllister, Kamara, and Ingram at the top.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Deuce McAllister doesn't put himself on Saints' RB Mount Rushmore
Continue reading...
