MatthewT

I seriously don't have time to make stuff up. If these reports are true or not may be another story...

Saints RB Mark Ingram suspended four games for PEDs - NFL.com

Report: Suspended Saint Mark Ingram wants a new contract – ProFootballTalk

Beastmode

He'll get traded with RB injuries around the league. He could conceivably never play another game in black and gold.

jeanpierre

The warning signs were there...

SmashMouth

And he wants a new contract to boot... SMDH

What about the years it took him to get with it... did he forget about that?

jeanpierre

Ingram, drafted in 2011 with a first round pick that cost a 2011 second round pick AND a 2012 first round pick, didn't have a 1000RuYd season till 2016...

1043RuYds to be exact - pedestrian by elite RB standards...

That move, coupled with Bountygate, left the Saints with no first round picks in 2012, so Goodell penalized the Saints with Two (2) second round picks...

It's complicated will be on his Saints HOF plaque in the opening statement...

gulfgambler

Thanks, twenty two!!!!!!!!!

SmashMouth

Saints' Mark Ingram switches agents heading into contract year | NOLA.com

voodooido

PED's according to the NFL could mean so many different drugs. Not sure why he did not check with the team or the league before taking something. Makes me think he knew it could possibly make him piss dirty. Going into his final year of his contract makes me wonder if he will play another down as a Saint. A team may give us a rd 4 or 5 right now. I'd pull the trigger all day for a rd 4. Hate to see him go but AK will show out in the first 4 games.

Audiotom

bucs browns falcons giants

weak part of the schedule

WillSaints81

and that is also the Ingram-friendly portion as well. When Ingram comes back, he'll have one primetime game against Washington before more rest. So he won't get to start his bounce back quest until week 7, and that's at Baltimore. Then he goes to Minnesota, and then plays at home against LA. I have a feeling we won't be able to exploit the LA defense without heavy use of Kamara, who is going to be needed in that game, like he was last time.

But when Ingram does well against the bengals, eagles(not a good run defense away from home and against good offenses), and falcons.....everyone will say he's back to his old self and that he never got a chance to get going because of a tough schedule.

I felt we were gonna take a step back anyway because we don't have the track record of having an even better season after having a bounce-back season. And when you were two to three plays away from having HFA, then you had your best effort that season and will have to wait your turn again. So losing Ingram those first four weeks is gonna hurt because now the saints will be giving the defense less rest passing the ball.