Saints G.M. says option call on Mark Ingram was strictly business
 

Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis said the decision to not pick up the 2015 option on the former first-round running back was simply about dollars and cents.

“That’s a financial decision,” Loomis said, via Katherine Terrell of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “The amount of the tender vs what the market for running backs has been. We like Mark, we told Mark before we made that decision that it wasn’t reflective of what we thought about him, it was just a business decision. …

“We have high expectations for him and I hope he has a great year.”

Of course, the decision was easier with defensive end Cam Jordan, who has performed well enough to justify his $6.97 million option.





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Re: Saints G.M. says option call on Mark Ingram was strictly business
 

Loomis said they have high expectations from him.......he better pound the rock like a convict on a chain gang. :smile:

Re: Saints G.M. says option call on Mark Ingram was strictly business
 

In my opinion this is the teams way of saying to Ingram that its time he went and earned his contract

He performed really well as soon as the offensive line got it together, as did all our other RB's, 5 mil is not a figure we pay for RB's on our team though

I hope our O line can pick up where they left off, Ingram and Khiry were really dicing up that Seattle Seahawks D, our passing game let us down massively

I also loved seeing ingram turn the corner and put his shoulder down towards earl thomas, showed just how physical he can be

Re: Saints G.M. says option call on Mark Ingram was strictly business
 

Wow, can we post about 7 million more Mark Ingram / 5th year option threads?