The have named the succe sor to Drew Brees, as has been . Brees was the face of the franchise for 15 seasons, transforming the Saints from a laughing stock into champions. New Orleans racked up the fourth-most wins (150) and scored the second-most points in the (6,741) since Brees and head coach Sean Payton arrived in 2006.Will Winston be able to carry the tradition Brees started? Let's take a look at the starting quarterbacks the Saints
Jerry West Jersey employed over their 55-year history.Kilmer has a special place in Saints history as the team's starting quarterback for their inaugural game against the (Gary Cuozzo started 10 games that first season; Kilmer lost his starting job after three games, but got it back in 1968). Kilmer played for the Saints for four seasons, but the results weren't great as he won just 11 of his 39 starts.Hard to blame Kilmer when New Orleans had one of the worst rosters in the NFL during his tenure. The Saints ranked 20th out of 26 teams in scoring offense (17.2 points per game) and allowed the third-most points per game (25.
during Kilmer's four-year run as the starting quarterback. Kilmer threw for 47 touchdowns to 62 interceptions, doing the best job he could with the roster around him. He moved on to Washington, leading them to Super Bowl VII in 1972, and had a succe sful eight-year run with the franchise in his 30s. Kilmer made one Pro Bowl appearance and went 50-23-1 in 74 starts with Washington.Manning was the face of the franchise
Tyler Ennis Jersey for the Saints throughout the 1970s. Unfortunately, the offensive line made Manning run for his life throughout his tenure in New Orleans -- leading to multiple injuries in a career full of exciting plays with a poor football team surrounding him. Manning has the worst record for a starting quarterback in NFL history amongst quarterbacks with at least 100 starts (35-101-3). He never played on a team that boasted a winning record nor made the playoffs.Manning led the league in completions in 1972 (230) and made the Pro Bowl in 1978 and 1979, part of a three-year stretch where he completed over 60% of his pa ses and threw for over 3,000 yards each season. Manning finished in the top 10 in pa sing touchdowns three times and in completion percentage and pa ser rating five times. The Saints have not i sued Manning's No. 8 since they traded him in 1982. He played for seven different head coaches in New Orleans.In his 14-year career, Manning completed 55.2% of his pa ses for 23,911 yards with 125 touchdowns to 173 interceptions. Manning was the Saints' only Pro Bowler from when he was drafted in 1971 until 1979. Manning is still second in franchise history in pa sing yards and third in touchdown pa ses. If the Saints had a better roster around Peyton and Eli's dad, the No. 2 overall pick in the 1971 draft would have had a lot more succe s.Stabler ended his Hall of Fame career with the Saints, but couldn't deliver the franchise the playoff berth that eluded New Orleans since its inception. Stabler was .500 in his career with the Saints (11-11), but threw 15 touchdowns to 28 interceptions in 22 starts. Playing in his late 30s didn't help matters.Stabler's
Larry Nance Jersey four pick-sixes in 1983 were the second most in the league -- but he was able to lead the team to their second .500 season in franchise history at 8-8. Wilson was a backup in New Orleans for a number of years before taking over the starting job from Richard Todd at the end of the 1984 season. The No. 1 overall pick in the 1981 supplemental draft would go on to start two years in New Orleans, throwing 21 touchdowns to 32 interceptions in his 24 games between 1985 and 1986. The Saints went 9-14 with Wilson as the starting quarterback, despite Wilson's 63.5 pa ser rating ranking 31st out of 36 qualifying quarterbacks (minimum 300 attempts).The Saints needed a franchise quarterback after Jim Mora Sr.'s first year. An unexpected one was coming.The "Cajun Cannon" emerged as the winningest quarterback in Saints history at the time, once he took over as the starting quarterback in 1987, as the Saints became one of the better teams in the NFL. Hebert led the Saints to their first winning season and playoff appearance in franchise history in 1987 and helped lead the franchise to regular playoff appearances -- unchartered territory in New Orleans. The Saints never won a playoff game with Hebert under center, but he led them to the postseason three times (and the franchise's first division title in 1991). New Orleans won 10-plus games in four of the five seasons Hebert was the quarterback (he sat out the 1990 season due to a contract dispute). Hebert went 49-26 with the Saints, throwing for 85 touchdowns to 75 interceptions (79.1 rating) -- later making the Pro Bowl with the in 1993.Those Saints teams were led by their defense, as New Orleans allowed the second-fewest points in the league between 1987 to 1992. Their 4.82 yards per play allowed was the fifth lowest in the league. Hebert was good enough to get the Saints to the playoffs (New Orleans' offense ranked seventh in points per game with 21.7), but couldn't get past the wild card round.Before the Saints entered a dark era in Mike Ditka's return to coaching, Everett kept
Luol Deng Jersey the team afloat. Everett started 47 games for the franchise after being acquired from the Rams for a seventh-round pick prior to the 1994 season, throwing for 10,622 yards with 60 touchdowns to 48 interceptions in his three seasons. Everett revitalized his career in New Orleans, taking over for Wade Wilson (who started 14 games in 1993). He threw for 26 touchdowns in the 1995 season, but the Saints couldn't eclipse the .500 mark even when Everett played his best football. Everett bottomed out in 1996 as the Saints went 3-12 in his 15 starts, which led to Mora's firing as head coach. New Orleans went 17-30 in Everett's starts.Mike Ditka never settled on a starting quarterback for the Saints -- mainly because he didn't have one. New Orleans started seven different quarterbacks in three years, the most notable being Collins in 1998.Collins was claimed off waivers by the Saints after the released him (he was battling alcoholism), starting seven games to finish out the year. He completed 49.2% of his pa ses with four touchdowns and 10 interceptions before New Orleans moved on. Shuler had a chance to salvage his career with the Saints in 1997, but he threw two touchdowns to 14 interceptions in his nine starts before being out of the league by the end of the year. The Saints traded a 1997 fifth-round pick and a 1998 third-round pick
Nick Van Exel Jersey for Shuler -- and got minimal results.Jake Delhomme even started two games for New Orleans toward the end of the 1999 season, throwing four interceptions in Week 17 of that year. Other starting quarterbacks in that era were Billy Joe Tolliver, Billy Joe Hobert, Danny Wuerffel, and Doug Nu smeier. The Saints went 15-33 from 1997 to 1999.An injury to Jeff Blake gave Brooks the opportunity to lead the
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