Tag: Roddy White

All-Time Saints Villains: Who has put up the most receiving yards against New Orleans?

Who has put up the most receiving yards against the New Orleans Saints? All-time rivals include Jerry Rice, Julio Jones, and Steve Smith Sr.:

New Orleans Saints fans have had the misfortune of watching a lot of talented receivers play against their team over the years — including bona fide Pro Football Hall of Famers and many of the best pass-catchers to ever suit up for some franchises.

But which of those players did the most damage? Who would you say have been their biggest rivals? Thanks to StatMuse, here are the players with the highest all-time receiving yardage in games against the Saints:

Roddy White bemoans Taysom Hill “playing backyard football and beating us”

New Orleans Saints backup Taysom Hill quarterbacked his way to a win over the Atlanta Falcons, bumming out retired wide receiver Roddy White

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Roddy White played the role of an antagonist in the New Orleans Saints’ rivalry with the Atlanta Falcons during his 11-year NFL career, often chirping with everyone from fans in the stands to Saints coach Sean Payton in games at the Superdome.

Considering the Saints were the only NFC South team he had a losing record against (going 7-15 over the years), it makes sense that he still feels some enmity towards a team he could never quite get the better of.

And as luck would have it, White spent the last week talking up how badly he was looking forwards to a Falcons upset in New Orleans. When reports came out Friday declaring Taysom Hill the starter in relief of Drew Brees, White took a preemptive victory lap.

Hill and the Saints got the last laugh, though. White spent much of the second half complaining about Hill’s play style proving difficult for his Falcons to defend and cheering on his old teammate Matt Ryan, who threw two interceptions and was sacked eight times on the afternoon.

And when the Saints sealed their 24-9 victory, Payton himself took time to celebrate by sharing one of White’s boisterous tweets to his own followers. It’s the sort of pettiness you love to see:

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Sean Payton with some major retweet shade at Roddy White

Sean Payton waited and took the perfect social media shot at Roddy White. A simple retweet, thank you.

Not everyone loved Sean Payton’s decision to go with Taysom Hill over Jameis Winston with Drew Brees injured.

However, it was unanimous when the Saints’ coach trolled former great Falcons’ WR Roddy White for tweeting Atlanta was going to roast Hill and the Saints.

 

It didn’t quite happen the way White predicted as Hill and New Orleans’ defense were dominant in handing Atlanta another loss.

Julio Jones passes Roddy White as franchise’s receptions leader

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones attempted to play through a severe hamstring injury during the team’s Monday night loss to the Packers.

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones attempted to play through a severe hamstring injury during the team’s Monday night loss to the Packers. Jones wound up leaving the the game early, but not before snatching the franchise record for most career receptions from Roddy White.

Through nine and a quarter seasons in Atlanta, Jones has racked up 812 catches, 12,338 receiving yards and 57 touchdowns. Check out this video the team’s Twitter account released highlighting Jones’ remarkable career thus far.

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