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TheOak 08-03-2012 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Utah_Saint (Post 423594)
It would be great to have a good cowbell back to compliment Pierre's elusiveness and Sproles quickness. Ivory is a beast but can't seem to stay healthy for any length of time. We can break down stats all day long but when it comes right down to it...when the Saints run the ball, they win.

I heard Ivory learned how to change direction in the off season.... maybe he will look at defensive linemen as obstacles and not targets.

Either way they need a new stat for him.. YAR. Yards After the Run... Somehow the pile he is in keeps moving.

Danno 08-03-2012 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SloMotion (Post 423343)
I like this kid ... for all the talk (not here, but in general) about the risk of taking a RB in the first round, Ingram is exactly the type of RB you go after in the first round. He was still on the board when the Lions took Fairley in the 2011 draft, and while I'm sure Nick is going to work out, I desperately wanted Detroit to take Ingram as the solution to their problems in the backfield ... I have high expectations for this guy.

And what people seem to ignore is that he was a very late 1st rounder. Its not like we burned a top 10 pick for him. He was 5 picks from being a 2nd rounder.

I think he'll silence most of his critics this year. I'm sure there will be some that expect him to be Adrian Peterson, but thats a bit unrealistic.

ChrisXVI 08-03-2012 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 423710)
And what people seem to ignore is that he was a very late 1st rounder. Its not like we burned a top 10 pick for him. He was 5 picks from being a 2nd rounder.

I think he'll silence most of his critics this year. I'm sure there will be some that expect him to be Adrian Peterson, but thats a bit unrealistic.

Agreed! We came off of a playoff loss against the Seahawks where our RB's were so banged up that DeShawn Wynn was getting carries lol. It was absolutely the right choice to draft Ingram after that. As to the other point, it is unrealistic to expect Mark to be like Adrian Peterson... His successor Trent Richardson will do that! (Pensacola, FL... I have to represent lol!)

SloMotion 08-04-2012 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Danno (Post 423710)
And what people seem to ignore is that he was a very late 1st rounder. Its not like we burned a top 10 pick for him. He was 5 picks from being a 2nd rounder.

I think he'll silence most of his critics this year. I'm sure there will be some that expect him to be Adrian Peterson, but thats a bit unrealistic.

I know, another diamond-in-the-rough RB passed on by Detroit ... do you know they could have drafted Ray Rice ('08) also? ... and I agree, Ingram is ready for a breakout year and by that I mean he's ready to live up to his rep in college ... runs between the tackles, decent hands, great compliment to PT & Sproles, NFL pedigree ... the Saints running game is unstoppable as it is, and then you factor in the O/Line? ... and besides, Ingram looks like he's having fun in training camp ... a happy running back is a productive running back.


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