Michael Lewis and Tyrone Hughes were always meant to go into the Saints Hall of Fame together.
Both men played in exactly 63 games for the Saints, making their marks as electrifying return specialists who turned in one All-Pro season apiece and posted nearly identical statistics in their time in New Orleans. Both players are New Orleans natives, the first two to be tabbed for induction into the Saints Hall of Fame.
And they’ve known each other for years.
When Lewis and Hughes got together this week to be present for the Saints Hall of Fame announcement, they revived an old, playful argument.