List of New Orleans Saints starting quarterbacks

These quarterbacks have started for the National Football League's New Orleans Saints. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Saints.
[edit] Regular season

List of all New Orleans Saints quarterbacks The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Season(s) Quarterback(s)
2011 Drew Brees (9)
2010 Drew Brees (16)
2009 Drew Brees (15) / Mark Brunell (1)
2008 Drew Brees (16)
2007 Drew Brees (16)
2006 Drew Brees (16)
2005 Aaron Brooks (13) / Todd Bouman (3)
2004 Aaron Brooks (16)
2003 Aaron Brooks (16)
2002 Aaron Brooks (16)
2001 Aaron Brooks (16)
2000 Jeff Blake (11) / Aaron Brooks (5)
1999 Billy Joe Tolliver (7) / Billy Joe Hobert (7) / Jake Delhomme (2)
1998 Kerry Collins (7) / Danny Wuerffel (4) / Billy Joe Tolliver (4) / Billy Joe Hobert (1)
1997 Heath Shuler (9) / Billy Joe Hobert (4) / Danny Wuerffel (2) / Doug Nussmeier (1)
1996 Jim Everett (15) / Doug Nussmeier (1)
1995 Jim Everett (16)
1994 Jim Everett (16)
1993 Wade Wilson (14) / Mike Buck (1) / Steve Walsh (1)
1992 Bobby Hebert (16)
1991 Bobby Hebert (9) / Steve Walsh (7)
1990 Steve Walsh (11) / John Fourcade (5)
1989 Bobby Hebert (13) / John Fourcade (3)
1988 Bobby Hebert (16)
1987 Bobby Hebert (12) / John Fourcade (3)
1986 Dave Wilson (13) / Bobby Hebert (3)
1985 Dave Wilson (10) / Bobby Hebert (6)
1984 Richard Todd (14) / Dave Wilson (2)
1983 Ken Stabler (14) / Dave Wilson (2)
1982 Ken Stabler (8) / Guido Merkens (1)
1981 Archie Manning (11) / Dave Wilson (4) / Bobby Scott (1)
1980 Archie Manning (16)
1979 Archie Manning (16)
1978 Archie Manning (16)
1977 Archie Manning (9) / Bobby Scott (3) / Bobby Douglass (2)
1976 Bobby Scott (8) / Bobby Douglass (6)
1975 Archie Manning (13) / Larry Cipa (1)
1974 Archie Manning (11) / Larry Cipa (2) / Bobby Scott (1)
1973 Archie Manning (13) / Bobby Scott (1)
1972 Archie Manning (14)
1971 Archie Manning (10) / Ed Hargett (4)
1970 Billy Kilmer (11) / Ed Hargett (3)
1969 Billy Kilmer (14)
1968 Billy Kilmer (11) / Karl Sweetan (2) / Ronnie Lee South (1)
1967 Gary Cuozzo (10) / Billy Kilmer (4)

Black Friday 2011 AFTER Thanksgiving

Black friday offer smartphone 2011The toy superstore became the latest retailer to throw down the holiday shopping gauntlet, announcing that most locations will be opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night for Black Friday deals on select merchandise.  Toys “R” Us has also released its Black Friday ad, and the 9 p.m. deals on toys include a Huffy 3-2-1 convertible tricycle for $49.99, a Star Wars flying remote control Millennium Falcon for $24.99, and Razor scooters for $19.99.

Not all of the bargains are for kids, either: In addition to toys, Toys "R" Us is offering a Sylvania 7-inch tablet PC for 74.99, as well as a $50 gift card with the purchase of an Apple iPod Touch. (Toys “R” Us isn’t licensed to offer discounts on the Apple products themselves.)

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The 9 p.m. opening means that unless another retailer has something up its sleeve, Toys R Us will once again be the earliest of the Black Friday openers (last year it got things started at 10 p.m., the only major retailer to do so).

The announcement comes a week after Walmart released its own Black Friday 2011 ad, uncharacteristically early, and revealed that select Black Friday deals would be available at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving night.

The “Toys R Us” ad is just the latest in a slew of stores that have posted their Black Friday ads over the past few days, including Kmart, Macy’s, Sears, and electronics giant Best Buy. All but Kmart and Sears will be open by midnight after Thanksgiving. Best Buy won’t open until midnight, but will offer vouchers to redeem for select items to customers waiting in line as early as 10 pm.

Why the early hype? For one, more and more shoppers are venturing out on Thanksgiving: According to the National Retail Federation, 22.3 million people shopped either in stores or online during Thanksgiving Day in 2010, which is nearly double the number of shoppers just five years ago. As the economy has soured and consumer spending has declined, getting an early jump on Black Friday profits has become critical to retailers.

Second, bricks-and-mortar stores are under more pressure than ever to find ways to compete with online vendors. A record 33.6 percent of Thanksgiving weekend customers did their shopping online last year, according to the National Retail Federation. Online spending increased 33 percent from 2009. In-store shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend, by comparison, saw a 6 percent increase from 2009.

Most stores are responding by getting more involved in the online game: Toys “R” Us says it will have most of its 9 p.m. Thanksgiving night deals available online at toysrus.com as well.  For its part, Walmart recently introduced a mobile app for the iPad and iPhone, which includes a price comparison feature, an inventory tracker that can determine whether or not a specific product is in stock at a customer’s local store, and a voice activated shopping list.