Mark Ingram's role becoming clear

alleycat_126 · 11-28-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by darstep

Someone needs to tell Ingram to be decisive.
Year two, he is still running up peoples back and stopping his forward momentum.
He won't get a 2nd chance in the NFL to get going again.
Pick a gap, stick your head in it, and drive forward!
Learn how to be happy with 3 or 4 until something breaks for him.
Break it outside if it's all stacked up, but do it quickly.
He still seams to be cutting his big boy teeth.
I hope he gets there sooner rather than later.

This offense stunts his growth as much as him just hitting the whole and getting the 2.2 yards per carry. Looks like Alabama backs need 20 touches per to notch good games. We don't have the carries for him to be a successful back, and we are all over the place with the backs we do have.

For me shipping 2 or even three backs wouldn't be out of the question if I could get one or two who I knew would be there healthy when I needed!!!!

SaintsBro · 11-29-2012, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by alleycat_126

if I could get one or two who I knew would be there healthy when I needed!!!!

We tried that already, it didn't work, maybe you don't remember '10? That's a huge part of why Ingram is here. That's basically why the "3-headed monster" of Thomas/Bush/Bell in '09 has become the "four headed monster" of today.

Also, people tend to argue in circles about this stuff, I do like the discussion, it's fun. But I say, again and again, Mark Ingram is here for TOMORROW, not today. He is very likely going to be the guy who takes Pierre's place as workhorse back in 3-4 years. The same way Pierre was groomed to take the mantle over from Deuce. We're just not seeing it yet.

11-28-2012, 07:49 PM	#1
alleycat_126 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Katy, Tx a suburb of Houston Posts: 2,089	Re: Mark Ingram's role becoming clear Originally Posted by darstep Someone needs to tell Ingram to be decisive. Year two, he is still running up peoples back and stopping his forward momentum. He won't get a 2nd chance in the NFL to get going again. Pick a gap, stick your head in it, and drive forward! Learn how to be happy with 3 or 4 until something breaks for him. Break it outside if it's all stacked up, but do it quickly. He still seams to be cutting his big boy teeth. I hope he gets there sooner rather than later. This offense stunts his growth as much as him just hitting the whole and getting the 2.2 yards per carry. Looks like Alabama backs need 20 touches per to notch good games. We don't have the carries for him to be a successful back, and we are all over the place with the backs we do have. For me shipping 2 or even three backs wouldn't be out of the question if I could get one or two who I knew would be there healthy when I needed!!!!

11-29-2012, 07:21 AM	#2
SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Mark Ingram's role becoming clear Originally Posted by alleycat_126 if I could get one or two who I knew would be there healthy when I needed!!!! We tried that already, it didn't work, maybe you don't remember '10? That's a huge part of why Ingram is here. That's basically why the "3-headed monster" of Thomas/Bush/Bell in '09 has become the "four headed monster" of today. Also, people tend to argue in circles about this stuff, I do like the discussion, it's fun. But I say, again and again, Mark Ingram is here for TOMORROW, not today. He is very likely going to be the guy who takes Pierre's place as workhorse back in 3-4 years. The same way Pierre was groomed to take the mantle over from Deuce. We're just not seeing it yet. Shoe. likes this.

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