Mark Ingram rushes for career-high 172 yards in win over Packers
 

New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram had never carried the ball in an NFL game as many times as he did against the Green Bay Packers in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night.

The fourth-year pro rewarded the Saints for those 24 rushing attempts in a huge way: with a career-high 172 yards and one touchdown as New Orleans routed Green Bay 44-23 to improve to 3-4.

Ingram got 124 of his ground yards on 14 carries during the third and fourth quarters as the Saints outscored Green Bay 28-7 to blow what had been a 16-16 halftime stalemate wide open.

It was only the second time Ingram had eclipsed the 100-yard mark since entering the NFL as one of the Saints’ first-round draft picks in 2011. The only other time he had done that was during a memorable 49-17 pummeling of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football in the 10th week of the 2013 season, when Ingram rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries.

“We were just clicking,” Ingram said afterward. “They did a great job of just getting a push off the ball and creating seams for me to run through and just be able to run hard — all credit to the line. Without them, nights like this aren’t possible.”


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Ingram was fun to watch last night.

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All this talk about Khiry Robinson being the next Curtis martin

I think Ingram has proved he's out best runner this season, sign him to an extension!

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If anybody has earned money, it's Ingram. Fans put him to the test and he has responded. He showed up Eddie Lacey last night. He brings intensity every down. Pay da man!

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I've backed Ingram since the beginning....I've always knew he had the talent to be a really good back. Just keep in mind the Packers have a 31 ranked run defense. He should be running like that against them. But yes, he was really fun to watch last night!

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I often wonder if that 5th year option/ decline from the Saints front office brass has Roll tide running with a vengeance and 'chip' on his shoulder for 2014?

One thing I can say is that you will never question his heart and desire.

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Keep it in perspective; Packers D is not very good. I do think Ingram needs to see more 20+ carry games, he gets rolling and is no doubt the best RB we have. Might not be a bad idea to get away from the RBBC for awhile.

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So happy for Mark Ingram. We all saw it. He ran like a pro last night. Credit to the Oline, playcalling and his running. Thing of beauty to see it.

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Wait what?we committed to the running game all year we're in the top 5 rushing this year

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That boy sure is a runnin' fool.

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Our offense is far superior to last year. If it gets into gear it could be better than 2011. I feel like if our defense got to last years levels, we'd have the best team in the NFL. Nobody else is really standing out besides Dallas and Denver. We need to commit to running with Ingram. I actually think he'd be injured less if he got more touches.

Defense is getting better. Last year we actually struggled defensively at the beginning of the year before turning it into gear. That leaves me rather optimistic for the rest of the season.

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Forget it, he'll never understand.

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Please continue to feed this monster. Im so glad Payton continued to call his number.

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The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Wait, I told you we were great!!! (till the next game) LOL

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oL seems to finally have this Zone blocking thing down which fits Mark style and it is what he is use too

Add in the fact he finally got to pound the rock for what 80% of the running plays proves what most have said about him. he needs a large bulk of carries.

nice night all the way around for him. surprise contribution in the passing game to boot. his off season work is showing

shame Lelito is still a work in progress in the screen game. he miss judge who to block more than once limiting Marks yardage in the passing game. But Tim did show signs of improvement in pass protection. so there is an upside. next year he might be ready.

Carolina will be different beast all together. so enjoy it while we can it is a short work week

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MI is looking a lot better, making those cuts and heading upfield much much better than earlier in his career. He's coming around.

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I've found it easier to not argue with him, and ignore the blowing of his own horn...

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Yep, I just updated my ignore list. Unfortunately you still see their nonsense when someone quotes them.

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Congratulation to M Ingram and OL. I was one pulling my hair when Chris Ivory & Darren Sproles was traded instead of MI. I am preparing to jump on MI bandwagon but I need a little more evidence that this was real, after the Carolina game I believe I will have know doubt if he is ready to carry the full load

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It doesn't hurt that GB is the worse rushing D in the league...

Lets keep things in perspective.

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That I didn't know until today, but still good to see though

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170 yards rushing is 170 yards rushing; no matter who gets the yards and you act like you're the reason the run game was successful... And yes, you don't have a clue what you're talking about, but keep screaming run the ball :rolleyes:

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I gotta give some love to Cadet also. When called upon he delivered. He'll likely never be a Sproles or Thomas but he's fine for that 4th RB special teams guy.

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You've got to be one of the most narcissistic posters I've seen on this sight in the last 10 years. Your posts are some of the most blatent, self righteous and ignorant of any that I've seen. I have no idea how a person can make a very vague comment like "run the ball effectively and we'll win" and pretend that when the team does do so that you've looked through a crystal ball.

That's like me saying "If we win the turnover battle we should win 90% of our games". Then gloating about it after it happens like I'm some sort of football god.

I understand that everyone on this sight has opinion. Most of time they are debatable or at least relevant. But your chest thumping, gloating and painfully obvious "opinions" show you're blissfully unaware of your own narcissistic tendencies.

I've never called someone out on this sight. Never really argued with someone. I have never put anyone on my ignore list. You're the first. Congrats. From this point on I will be able to go to a thread without having to scroll through avoiding your ridiculously annoying posts that show all you want is a pat on the back or a "holy cow man! You were totally right!"

You're so full of yourself its annoying.

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He beasted. Good to see him playing well. I hope we can afford to keep him.

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Cadet has not been a popular player on the message board, but we saw last night when he gets a chance he can be pretty productive. He'll never be Darren Sproles but he can be a poor man's PT. That's not bad when he's your fourth option.

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I'd like to see us limit the carried of Robinson and Thomas when they return, and keep it as the Ingram show.

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I mean I don't know of why people do this, and you are right. You attack the defenses weakness. It is true that running opens everything up, but if you are not successful at it, like we weren't against Detroit you have to pass and use the run just to keep them honest. Like you said- everything in context

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Agreed, I haven't been a fan of cadet but when called upon last night he made the plays and extended some key drives for us. Deserves some credit.
All round great team win.

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Dude, take a second and then take one good deep breath. No one here is disagreeing with you that the saints should "CONTINUE" to run the ball. They have been doing that all year but you're making it seem like they have some how just committed to the run because you told them to lol. Dallas has the best rush offense in the league and they are averaging 159 yards/game. We're averaging 133 yards/game. That's not bad. Unless the NFL outlaws passing nobody is going to be averaging 200+ yards a game regardless of how good your backs are because there are teams in the league that can actually play good rush defense. Having a balanced is attack is important but somehow saying we should be averaging 200+ yards a game is just silly.

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People can say "Oh we played against the second to worst run defense in the NFL"

That still doesn't change the fact that Ingram has a 5.7 YPC for the season so far

Ingram is the type of runner that will wear a defense down, he will get 5 or 6 yards here and there and then he'll explode for a 30 yard gain

There is no perfect formula for winning in the NFL, nothing that says if you run the ball you'll win, the biggest thing our offense did was play mistake free, that's when we are most dangerous

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Mark Ingram was he best football player in that entire draft , problem is we stashed him on the sideline with Sproles , Ivory , Thomas , Cadet , all taking snaps away from him. Add the fact that we pass 45+ times a game , and his history with being knicked up and you get what we got.

People screamed bust from the top of the Superdome , not even giving the kid his fair due.

I want to keep him , problem is he's probably performing this way because he know this is the only way the salvage his reputation in hopes to sign somewhere else because lord knows between Byrd Graham Brees and Jordan's upcoming date for an extension we probably won't have the resources to sign him to an effective deal.

His career would be unbelievable in Seattle where they I bet you are licking their chops on him with their lynch situation going sour.

We have to restructure somewhere or cut a back to make room for him. He not only wants the contract , he wants the carries.

Can we give that to him ?