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I think so, this guy has done it every level and he can do it at the NFL level. Take advantage of having the plethora of running backs the Saints do & keep handing him the rock until he comes out of his funk ... or his contract runs out.

... Bell is doing AWESOME in Detroit! Sent Kevin Smith packing, took over Mikel Leshoure's spot in the RB hierarchy and handled all the RB duties after Reggie Bush went down vs ARI. Yeah, he's doing great! ... but with all the backfield talent NO had at the time (and still does), he was the odd man out, :).

I coveted Ingram in that draft, and wanted to see the Lions draft him so he could play close to home (and they needed a running game). Whatever Loomis saw in him to trade up for, is still there, they just gotta' apply some of that famous New Orleans voodoo & bring it out. Oh yeah, he's blowing it out his arse right now, but deep down, there's an RB in there somewhere ... the kid's got the pedigree, :).

... one or the other, in hopes he straightens up & flies right in order to increase his trade value or his value to the team ... he was a first round draft pick, you gotta' get something outta' him.

Final thought: He's gonna' go somewhere else & be successful ... just a hunch, :).

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You should probably attach the YPC to that as well. Statistically, those numbers are very misleading... and you know it.

Guess that phrase is right. Stats don't lie... people use stats to lie.

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Ingram needs to be pushed that's all, same thing as last year. We need a headbanger to push him. Robinson might do it , C. Benson would take his job.

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Give all the touches you give Ingram to Pierre Thomas !

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P.Thomas-5.9
D.Sproles-3.6
M.Ingram-2.8

P.Thomas is an exception....the dude is a beast. Your right, stats can be misleading,but aren't YPC stats also? I have no idea why you think I'm using stats to lie....I'm making a point that Ingram is not all to blame here. He may not be the back we all expected him to be, but he's not as bad as some make him out to be.He had a couple decent runs, but people act like he did absolutely nothing at all. If that's the case, lets all bash Sproles for his 3.6 YPC game. Well look at that-I used a YPC stat!

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When you have RB by committee and RBs that have versatility you should probably look at stats differently. As far as for efficiency its all about YPC.

Thomas 5.8 YPC
Sproles 3.7 YPC
Ingram 2.5 YPC

If you want to look at production per touch then you need to add receptions in there also.

Thomas 9 touches 5.3 yards per touch (48 total yards)
Sproles 13 touches 4.7 Yards per touch (62 total yards)
Ingram 8 touches 2.5 yards per touch (20 total yards)


If you want to look at total yards as you did then you should probably recognize that Ingram had more carries than either PT or Sproles and had less yards.

Thomas 5 for 29 yards
Sproles 7 for 26 yards
Ingram 8 for 20 yards

Just looking at total yards is what announcers do to make a comment more glamorous. If Ingram has 40 carries than he would have a 100 yard game... You know who gets 40 carries per game? No one. Guess who gets 30 carries per game.. No one yet this year on any team. The best running backs in the league ave 25 carries per game.

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Thomas and Sproles are used in the screen and pass game. That makes a difference. If Ingram was used that way, we may have a different player on our hands.

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Look brother, is he horrible? No

Here are my issues with ingram:

1. We is a 1st round draft pick getting out run by Undrafted Free Agents.
2. He is "supposed" to be our punch it through short down, goal line back.. He is not getting 1st downs and he is not getting TDs.

Here is a question for you, Its the NFC Championship game, Saints 9 Falcons 14 we have ball on the 3 yard line with 5 seconds left on the clock.

Is Ingram your guy?

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I agreed with the original concept of Mark Ingram and why he's here -- that it's the end of 2010 and we have NO un-injured running backs left, so you get a stout bruiser back from the SEC, that you know plays against good defenses week in and week out as a workhorse back, you bring him in to complement our other backs, extend the lifespan on Brees' arm and eventually replace PT. I get THAT, it all makes perfect sense, on paper.

But it just isn't working.

Trading up to get him, which a lot of people didn't like, but again that is sort of a Payton thing that he does -- be aggressive, take your weakest weakness and not just fix it adequately, but turn it into your biggest strength. (Drafting Morstead is in that category, as is the original pickup of Drew as well.).

But again,it's NOT working.

It gets into this other psychological thing that Sean Payton does -- he senses a problem, and then he finds somebody to be THE GUY to fix it. Hartley is an example -- we had TURRIBLE luck with kickers when Payton first got here. So he went out and found Hartley, our loveable emo headcase kicker, and now Payton sticks with him even when people are calling for his head.

So whether Payton can admit that "HIS GUY" who was supposed to solve the problem, isn't working out....whether he still believes in Ingram or not....well that's another question entirely.

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Are you saying that Sean Payton, often called one of the best play callers in the NFL has a brain fart every time it comes to Ingram?


I get that you like him and are trying but there is no silver lining. So PT is an exception in comparison.. Are all of our RBs an exception in comparison to Mark Ingram?

Mark Ingram Career: (28 games)

TDs - 10
1st downs - 59
YPC - 3.8


Chris Ivory Career: (26 games)

TDs - 8
1st Downs - 75
YPC - 4.9