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Who has the most career rushing yards against the Saints? The Panthers’ duo of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart was challenging to say the least:
Some seriously talented runners have suited up against the New Orleans Saints over the years — but which rusher stands on top? Who challenged the Saints defense the most as a threat to make a big play on the ground?
We’ve already looked at the highest-scoring quarterbacks and most-accomplished wide receivers to oppose the black and gold. Now let’s look back on the Saints’ biggest rivals at running back, thanks to Statmuse:
Panthers greats Luke Kuechly and DeAngelo Williams have been named to the College Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2023.
We might not be seeing Steve Smith Sr. in Canton, Ohio, this year, but there are two other Carolina Panthers greats that will be going into a hall of fame in 2023.
As announced by the National Football Foundation on Monday, Luke Kuechly and DeAngelo Williams are set to be inducted as part of the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2023 class. The pair will be joined by 16 other first-team All-America players and four coaches during the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5.
Kuechly played linebacker for three years at Boston College, where he totaled 532 tackles (35.5 for a loss), 2.5 sacks, seven interceptions and two touchdowns. That helped him earn two Consensus All-America nods, three first-team All-ACC nods and a bunch of hardware in 2011, including the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Lombardi Award, the Lott Trophy, the Butkus Award and the Jack Lambert Trophy.
Williams ran wild at Memphis from 2002 to 2005. He was a three-time Conference-USA Offensive Player of the Year, accumulating 6,014 yards from scrimmage and 55 total touchdowns.
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If Joe Flacco is still considered a starting QB by some, shouldn’t Cam Newton? Former Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams believes so.
DeAngelo Williams played alongside Cam Newton on the Carolina Panthers for four years, from 2011 to 2014. And he believes that once fresh-faced rookie he helped welcome to the league 11 years ago should still be in it.
Williams joined podcast hosts Meghan Triplett and C.J. Hurt for Wednesday’s edition of Rise & Grind. When talking about the New York Jets’ current situation under center, the former running back compared his old teammate to Joe Flacco—who is currently backing up 2021 second overall pick Zach Wilson.
He’d assert that if Flacco is considered a starting quarterback—a recent thought expressed by Jets head coach Robert Saleh—then Newton certainly should be as well.
“I’m just tryna figure out how it’s okay for you to tell me, or tell anybody, that Joe Flacco is a starting quarterback in this league, but Cam Newton isn’t,” Williams said. “So I’m tryna figure out—what are we doing here? Is Joe Flacco a starting quarterback in this league. In my opinion, I don’t think so. Ever. I mean, he was Trent Dilfer. That’s who Joe Flacco was. But what do y’all think though? And I’m not going racial with this. I’m just goin’ by talent. Talent and talent alone.”
There’s obviously no question that Newton, then and now, has more talent than Flacco. But what Newton doesn’t have is an opportunity to his liking.
As he has stated, the former Most Valuable Player will wait on a scenario in which he won’t have to compromise too much of himself. Until then, Flacco is closer to a start than Newton is.
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Ravens running back Mark Ingram has rushed for 1,000 yards for the third time in his NFL career.
Some people may have questioned just how much running back Mark Ingram had left in the tank after he signed with the Baltimore Ravens prior to the 2019 season. He was coming off a down year in New Orleans in which he rushed for just 645 yards — his lowest total since 2013. But it is safe to say that Ingram has justified the faith Baltimore showed in signing him.
With a six-yard scamper in the second quarter against the Cleveland Browns, Ingram went past the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season. This is his third season with 1,000 yards on the ground after getting there with the Saints in 2016 and 2017.
1,000 yards and counting for @markingram21❗️ pic.twitter.com/GERlYUmYJO
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 22, 2019
Ingram is the second Ravens player to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark this season after his teammate Lamar Jackson did so back in Week 14. Jackson and Ingram are the first pair of teammates to have 1,000 yards in the same season since Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams for the Carolina Panthers back in 2009. They’re also the first pair of Ravens to reach the mark together in a single season.
The Ravens will be looking for more from Ingram and the rest of the offense, as they currently trail the Browns 6-0.
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