Saints RB McAllister gets several carries (1 Viewer)

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Saints RB McAllister gets several carries on day one

Mike Wallace

7/28/2006

The opening day of camp proved eventful for a number of Saints players with Mississippi ties.

Running back Deuce McAllister, a Morton native who attended Ole Miss, took several carries — and absorbed plenty of contact — while testing his surgically repaired knee.

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Good to hear!

 

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per AP

McAllister, wearing a black sleeve on his surgically repaired right knee, took part in all first-team drills. But more telling for Payton was a set of timed 300-yard shuttle runs he put the team through earlier in the day during sweltering heat.

``I was pleased with how he ran. I was pretty excited about it,'' Payton said. ``I don't know if he's 100 percent yet, but he's progressing.''

Their performances enlivened a crowd of 1,720 in the stands at Millsaps College. Fans howled a prolonged ``Deuce'' on several occasions and shouted Brees' name as well.

McAllister - a Mississippi native - boldly said he intended to give Saints fans every reason to keep calling his name come fall.

``My goal is to make the Pro Bowl and put this team in the playoffs. It's going to take 1,400 or 1,500 yards to do it,'' he said.

However, he later said he couldn't be certain that he's as healthy as he thinks he is ``until you really get that first hit on it. That's when you really will know.''

``I feel good about it. ... The burst (of speed) is coming. I'm able to make the cuts that I want,'' he added.

 

[King of the Jungle]

Reggie who?

 

[Zigg]

Reggie who?

Reggie Bush, he's pretty good too.

 

[MLBrandow]

Reggie who?

Reggie Bush, he's pretty good too.

He's a wide receiver I thought.