Despite the history of the New Orleans Saints not being the best before 2006, there have still been some great players to grace the field in black and gold. Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar recently went through the best player at every jersey number, and two Saints made the list.
The first and most obvious candidate for the New Orleans Saints was Drew Brees for the No. 9 jersey. He’s not only the best to ever wear that jersey, he’s one of the best players of all time period. He got chosen over Sonny Jurgensen, Matthew Stafford, Steve Owen, Steve McNair, and Tony Romo. He holds the record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass, highest completion percentage in a season, highest completion percentage in a game and is tied most touchdown passes in a game. Not to mention, he led New Orleans to their first and only Super Bowl (so far).
