The New Orleans Saints All-Time Worst Players and Team: Defense & Special Teams

Now you really aren’t giving Erxleben enough credit, he had 8 field goal attempts, and MADE 4 of them. He also made all 7 of his extra point tries and even threw for a touchdown in 198…oh wait, nevermind, he still was the worst of the bunch by a long shot, even before you take into account where he was taken in the draft.

Toi Cook wasn’t bad enough to make this list, but I do agree that he got torched quite a bit. I’d put Clarence Chapman over him, along with many other faceless fly-by-night corners that were disposed of more expeditously.

Joe Campbell wound up getting traded to the Oakland Raiders in the middle of the 1980 season, only to return to the Superdome that January and win a SB ring. Talk about going from the outhouse to the penthouse overnight. Just something to keep in mind, before blurting out “but he helped our team with a championship!” as the primary reason you’re voting for a certain player as one of the best ever at their position. SB rosters have their fair share of duds, just like any other.

not realizing the abortion we had acquired from indy. i actually think that jason david might actually be an above avg starter for a cover 2 team. jonathan sullivan… i wish i had four hands, so i could give him four thumbs down.

A lot of people probably forget how awful Michael Lewis was, when he first started returning punts. He fumbled six times each season in 2001 and 2002, before finally getting his sh** together. Patrick Newman and Louis Lipps were both God awful too, during their brief stints here.

Are we only counting players that made the final roster? If not, I’d like to nominate Walter Thomas and Chase Lyman.

Julian Pittman, also.

“Bricks for hands, the complete inability to wrap up on tackles electing to always go for the big hit and whiffing more times than not, horrendous ball skills, no instincts whatsoever, and a penchant for always taking bad angles. Sounds like a great free safety right?”

That actually sounds a lot like Roman Harper.

Maybe I got the wrong guy, but I remember some awful cornerback play back during the dome patrol days, so I decided to look up the 1988 roster and his name came up. I don’t remember Toi Cook being all that bad, but maybe I placed my hate on the wrong guy during that time.

I’d still like to know what happened to all the “must retain Carney at all costs” Chicken Littles from early in the ’09 season. They seemed to evaporate down the stretch.

How about Alex Molden from Oregon…? He never lived up to the hype…we could have had Eddie George instead of him.

blame the whole failure of the 2005-2006 season on this guy.

I think the only Saints player I’ve wanted to do bodily harm to because of horrible performances is Chip Lohmiller. The guy only played for 8 games back in 1995, but if my memory serves me, he was the sole reason for the team losing at least 4 of those games. He’s still on my list of people I’d punch in the face if I saw them walking down the street.

How the hell they made it into the NFL is beyond me.

Both of them were worthless

DE-Melvin Williams
CB-Rob Kelly
DE-Jared Tomich
DT-Ennis Davis

A couple years after we drafted him, we traded him to Denver for Ted Gregory, who was their FIRST ROUND DL BUST SUPREME from 1987, but neither player breathed new life into their careers at a new home.

9th pick in the 6th round, drafted by the Saints out of Norfolk State U in 1979. His career lasted 3 seasons with us, and in 31 games played he managed…ONE interception!

1st rd. pick, 11th overall?, who does that sh**, and he was terrible, oh yeah John Mecom,Jr.

As for punter, I would have to say Goerge Winslow. He replaced either Brian Hanson or Tommy Barnhardt after they left. He lasted only part of a season with our Saints, which is probably why Russel Erxlaben made the cut and Winslow didn’t. People Remember Erxlaben and don’t remember Winslow, who by some odd coincedence wore unifrom #9.

The next name I would like to add to the all-time worst list is an assistant coach. Even though they aren’t mentioned here, I think Danny Abramowicz as an offensive coordinator is worthy of this list. He was a pretty goos Wide Receiver when he played, but, he made Saints Football his (and Ditka’s) last year in New Orleans just downright painful to watch. I remember several times during that season, watching the games with another Saints fan saying: "What the (Bleep)!!!!! Did you see what I though I just saw?!? They didn’t really do something that stupid, did they?!? Awwww (Bleep)!!!!! I later heard from a source close to one of the players, who will remain anonomous, that Abramowicz was an idiot- that he would take forever to get the play into the huddle. I also read in Pro Football Weekly the following offseason that Abramowicz wasn’t even reading the scouting reports on the opposing teams’ defnses, and appearently, he wasn’t even reading the scouting reports on his own players- Jim Haxlet’s offensive coaches were shocked when they watched Dikta’s game film to learn that their predisessors didn’t take advantage of Ricky Williams’s running style. It certainly showed, especially when Ditka started getting upset when reporters started questioning the Saint’s play selection. No wonder the Saints only finish 3-13 that year.

kidding…