Saints had a hilariously underrated roster when they were dominating the NFC Brees is the only one who gets respect Colston is a good game away from being in the 10 k club . The guy was legit . The Saints went from an aging Shockey to a young Jimmy Graham . That ' s two great TEs . Lance Moore wasn ' t always healthy , but he ' s a surehanded chainmover that could put up 1 k seasons . Meachem in his first four seasons averaged over 550 yards per season and six TDs each year . Not bad when you look at the guys he was sharing attempts with . Darren Sproles . First off , the guy is about 100 carries away from being tied with three hall of famersfootballreference . c o m l eadersrushydsperattcareer . htm for the 7 th best career YPC of all time and he was averaging 5 . 7 over his three years with the Saints . On top of that , he ' s undoubtedly one of the best receiving backs ever . In 2011 with the Saints , he set the NFL record for all purpose yards . Reggie Bush , Pierre Thomas , Devery Henderson , Mark Ingram . The list goes on . I ' m not suggesting that Brees is surrounded by garbage today , but IMO he had 5 guys on that 200920102011 offense that were Hall of Very Good and contributed to them being an elite team overall .