Saints’ Chris Ivory is on the roster bubble
 

Chris Ivory is a talented running back with experience, 1090 yards and 6 touchdowns on 216 yards (5.0 YPC), but he’s buried on the depth chart in New Orleans’ deep running back group, behind Mark Ingram, Darren Sproles, and Pierre Thomas, and SportsNOLA’s Brian Allee-Walsh believes he’s on the roster bubble as the Saints may not want to carry 4 running backs in 2012. Allee-Walsh also mentions Ivory’s history of injury problems as an obstacle to him making the roster. If he is cut, don’t expect him to last long on the open market. He’s too talented not to make someone’s final 53 and he only recently turned 24. The Saints might actually be able to get something for him in a trade. They should at least explore the possibility.

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Ivory is in the final year of the 3-year, $1.22 million contract he signed in 2010. He'll only count about $490K against the cap this season, a bargain if he can stay healthy (yes, big "if").

I like Ivory, and considering only Sproles played all 16 games last season, letting him go with such a friendly contract might be a mistake.

I agree.

Ingram went down playing against the Colts when he should have been on the bench, and PT was knocked out of the 40-whiners game.

It would help a helluva lot if Tusk would learn how to catch for screen plays!

I think Ivory would excel if he gets a few screens and delayed hand offs a couple of times a game, we know how he runs. A few blockers in front of him with open field, that could be the ticket. I wouldn't want to be a corner or a saftey trying to tackle him in open field.

In addition, if Ivory plays out this contract he'll be a restricted free agent in 2013, giving the Saints options if they'd like to keep him around.

Banyard baby......

Why the thumbs down? This is good news. It means we now have enough talent atthe position that we can discuss him being on the bubble.

He catches just fine, that is when Brees actually hits him with the ball.

I'd definitely be open to a trade of Ingram. Poor vision, injury history too, small RB not much power and hasn't done anything catching the ball either. Just saying.

We dont know enough about him yet.

IMO, Saints fans are blaming the opening day loss last year to the Packers on Ingram.

Every person watching that game knew the Saints were going to try and run it in; if Payton had called a play-action or QB sneak; the Saints would have scored a TD for sure. We would have still needed a 2-point conversion to tie it; maybe Ingram could have run that one in!

Wow, 4 wrongs in one statement.

yep

It's too early on Ingram, but that balance sheet is definitely not in his favor in regards to return on investment...

Then, again, it's not like we'd had the pick this year...

Officially the stupidest thing I've heard today.

How does two minor knee scopes equate to injury history?

I'm not sure how Ivory though is on the bubble other than his contract situation - and the Seahawks loss had a number of lessons including...

You can never have too many good running backs...

whats new? he is always on the bubble since he has been here

I stand with Marlboro Man... at least before talking about a trade of Ivory. That's borderline insanity.

P.T. is now concussion-prone. Ingram is stub-your-toe prone, Ivory is pull-hammy-prone. Only Sproles is touchdown-prone.

There's a whole lot of injury-prones on this team. Moore. Graham. Colston.

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