3 current Saints players added to PFF’s All-Decade Top 101

New Orleans Saints players like Emmanuel Sanders, Terron Armstead, and Cameron Jordan made the All-Decade Top 101 from Pro Football Focus.

87. Emmanuel Sanders

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Sanders spent most of the 2010’s languishing in quarterback purgatory, directly suffering from general manager John Elway’s failure to find a franchise quarterback after Peyton Manning hung up his cleats. But he still played at a high level and benefited from a change of scenery at last year’s trade deadline. He should soar even higher in New Orleans after getting paired with Drew Brees. PFF’s Sam Monson wrote of Sanders:

Recovering from a torn Achilles and returning as if nothing happened only exemplifies the kind of incredible consistency we have seen from Emmanuel Sanders throughout his NFL career. Even at 32 years old, Sanders made an immediate impact with the San Francisco 49ers, whose passing offense was notably transformed when he arrived through trade midway through the 2019 season. Sanders has hauled in 92.5% of the catchable passes thrown his way in the decade, dropping just 4.9% of them.