Mark Ingram....

TheOak · 04-30-2012, 07:40 AM

Interesting what you hear about Mark Ingram after his first season with the Saints.... Some say he didn't preform well... Others say he didn't preform as expected.... I have heard we made a bad draft pick trade to get him (even though we would have lost that first round pick this year).

In my opinion we shouldn't have expected too much from Ingram... Yes he was a first round draft pick and with that honor comes expectations... high ones at that.

However, how much can you REALLY expect from a rookie with no preseason camps or training at all?

Can you really expect a rookie to walk into a game with a new QB (to him), new play book (to him), new line (to him), and the pressure from actually playing in the NFL. Besides having little or no familiarity with what he is working with, he has to also become able to make decisions at a lot quicker pace than he is used to...

This will be a good year to see how well Ingram will really pan out...

Averaging 4 YPC in that environment is not bad at all as far as I see it.

His season average was better than
McGahee
green-Elis
Rice

04-30-2012, 07:40 AM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,039	Mark Ingram.... Interesting what you hear about Mark Ingram after his first season with the Saints.... Some say he didn't preform well... Others say he didn't preform as expected.... I have heard we made a bad draft pick trade to get him (even though we would have lost that first round pick this year). In my opinion we shouldn't have expected too much from Ingram... Yes he was a first round draft pick and with that honor comes expectations... high ones at that. However, how much can you REALLY expect from a rookie with no preseason camps or training at all? Can you really expect a rookie to walk into a game with a new QB (to him), new play book (to him), new line (to him), and the pressure from actually playing in the NFL. Besides having little or no familiarity with what he is working with, he has to also become able to make decisions at a lot quicker pace than he is used to... This will be a good year to see how well Ingram will really pan out... Averaging 4 YPC in that environment is not bad at all as far as I see it. His season average was better than McGahee green-Elis Rice Halo and SapperSaint like this.
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