AlaskaSaints

I don't think we should do ONE THING to change our offense. NOT ONE THING.

I would like to see more of Joe Morgan, though. If we lose a receiver.

Alaska

Marlboro Man

Personally I'm not impressed. While healthy I saw Ingram missing some holes and not showing very good vision for a RB. The easiest position in football by most pundits is the RB spot, and Ingram to me left a lot to be desired. I don't think we needed him, I think it was a luxury pick and it's gonna come back to haunt us in this up coming draft.

Danno

We didn't have a healthy RB on the roster. It wasn't a luxury pick at all.

Beastmode

True, but there were solid RB's in the late rounds. Look at Stevan Ridley. I do think it was a good move though, Ingram likely dropped about 5 spots from where he would have been in most drafts. I believe Payton went and did it thinking this year's 1st he would likely get a RB anyway so why not.

MatthewT

Overall, the only thing I was disappointed with Ingram was the injuries, but in the NFL those things do happen. For the most part, he did his job. One thing to remember is he did not have an ideal situation to work with. Playing on a team that is pass first, and uses 3 running backs in a rotation, pretty difficult to get a grove on.

AlaskaSaints

God forbid he'd have been the only back to groove on...

But I'm with you, Matt. In a way. Because I'm hoping for more than the best.

Alaska

SapperSaint

Here are some Rookie stats:

I will leave AP out of this, because he's a freak.

MJD: 941 yards, 5.7 average, 13 TD's (More than AP)

McFadden: 499 yrds, 4.4 avg, 4 TD's

PT (Rookie): 252 yrds, 4.8 avg, 5 TD's

PT (2011): 562 yrds, 5.1 avg, 5 TD's

MI: 474 yrds, 3.9 avg, 5 TD's

Is what we expect from rookies too much? If we take what rookies do their first season, PT would be gone. I think stats can be misleading sometimes. Lets look at Darren Sproles' numbers...

DS (career): Rushing: 1,757 yrds (603 with Saints), 5.2 avg, 8 TD's

Recieving: 2,110 (710 with Saints), 9.1 avg, 18 TD's

Now those are not really impressive numbers. But who wants Darren off this team?

The Saints are not a rushing juggernaut team. We have 4 RB's that are great. That is a very good problem to have. None of our RB's are gonna have 1,000 yrd years. Our offense isn't set up to do that. I was very happy with Mark this year. Hate he had the toe injury. I really think he would have finished with 600 yrds this year. I understand your disappointment, but again, don't we expect too much from our rookies?

I would compare College guys going into the NFL; like expecting a person who has been driving a car for 20 years to getting in a NASCAR racecar and saying, "Win or else".

"We are number one. All others are number two, or lower."
-The Sphinx
http://blackandgold.com/groups/28-ou...tsman-s-corner

Danno

"The only thing keeping Mark Ingram from being Rookie of the Year is me". -Sean Payton

SapperSaint

and Chuck Norris

st thomas

i'm glad u brought that up danno.payton believed, i were not disappointed at all with ingram give him 25 plus carries a game with this (passing offense)and see where this thread goes. its not fair to grade him when he was sharing lots of carries.