Mark Ingram suffers injury setback
 

At least the Saints don't need him at this point. Chris Ivory is holding his own, there is no serious drop off with Ingram out.

Would like to have another option for the playoffs....just in case.

It's a shame the lions took Joique bell, we could have activated him just in case

That's the beauty of having the beast CI back. With PT and CI we're good to geaux

Ingram suffers turf toe setback
 

New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram missed practice on Thursday after suffering a setback Wednesday with his turf toe injury and will likely miss a fourth consecutive game this week.

Coach Sean Payton said Ingram, who was injured in a Dec. 4 game, re-injured the toe while practicing on a limited basis Wednesday and had to be held out of Thursday’s workout as the Saints continued preparing for Sunday’s game with the Carolina Panthers.

The Saints hoped to have Ingram back for the playoffs, if not Sunday’s game, but now it’s not known when he might return.

“He got it again and had some soreness in it, so we backed off,” Payton said after Thursday’s practice. “He had been making progress, and I would say he had a setback (Wednesday).”

When asked if it would be tough to work Ingram back into the mix at halfback with Chris Ivory, Pierre Thomas and Darren Sproles all healthy, Payton said they’ll continue to evaluate Ingram weekly.

“We just have to wait until it’s healthy,” Payton said. “It’s real simple.”

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Turf toe is nothing to play through. If it doesn't heal 100%, it'll continue to worsen.

Depending on the severity of the setback, IR may be on the horizon.

Now aren't we all glad we had 4 stud RB's on the roster?

Overall this report is good news-- Carolina with two hurt D-lineman cancels out losing 1/4 of our running backs

Oh no! Our Package of Violence might have to play again? What a world, what a world!

“We just have to wait until it’s healthy,” Payton said. “It’s real simple.” End of it.

With Ivory in the mix, not a problem. He is running like a train. Ingram is a rookie and a work in progress anyway.

Did we make a mistake losing Joique Bell? He looked freakish in pre-season.

Good question.

If we wanted to keep him, we would have had to cut someone off the 53, and activate Joique for 3 games.

That means we'd have 5 RB's on our 53. I'm not sure anyone has that many active RB's.

In hindsight... Would it have been worth it?

Oh I agree!

This is an honest-to-God bummer. I can't even imagine what is going through this young stud's head. He has got to be prematurely fearing for his career.

Once he gets back in the game, he'll be hungry as Ivory was!

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