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re: What has Mark Ingram done to earn the most carries?
Posted on 7/11/13 at 1:15 pm to JPLIII
Posted on 7/11/13 at 1:15 pm to JPLIII
quote:I just want consistency. For a while it seemed like a wasted play to hand him the ball because he was getting stuffed for no gain or 1 yard. I'm not expecting 100 yards a game, but i just want 3 or 4 yards per carry almost every time
All different runners than Ingram. And again, I'm not an Ingram guy, but I wonder exactly what type of numbers everyone expects him to put up. And I'm also not saying we SHOULD give him more carries, I like our offense the way it is. But what I am saying is that for the type of runner he is, it isn't conducive for him to be the big yardage number guy everyone seems to expect him to be. The way our offense is designed and with who we have throwing the football, none of our running back can, or will, be big yardage number guys
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Posted on 7/11/13 at 1:17 pm to Melvin
quote:Not everybody can be Chris Ivory.
I'm not expecting 100 yards a game, but i just want 3 or 4 yards per carry almost every time
Posted on 7/11/13 at 2:23 pm to Melvin
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i just want 3 or 4 yards per carry almost every time
Good....his average has been 3.9 yds the past 2 yrs.
Posted on 7/11/13 at 2:42 pm to Melvin
quote:He's consistently gotten 3.9 YPC for two years.
I just want consistency. For a while it seemed like a wasted play to hand him the ball because he was getting stuffed for no gain or 1 yard. I'm not expecting 100 yards a game, but i just want 3 or 4 yards per carry almost every time
Look, you have a different NFL these days. These guys don't get 35 carries a game week in and week out. Ingram might see 10-15 snaps a game. He's sharing carries with Thomas and Sproles, not to mention the Saints run a pass-first offense. It's kind of difficult for one guy to be the workhorse when there is no consistent workload. That being said, 3.9 YPC is most definitely acceptable.
What you guys have to understand is that you have a square peg in a round hole with Ingram and the Saints offense. The Saints made a statement drafting him after the injury-plagued RB situation the year before Ingram was selected. They had to do it. So, they did it.
I don't know if this whole Ingram thing is a troll attempt, I don't come here that often anymore to know.
Posted on 7/12/13 at 4:41 am to Melvin
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I just want consistency. For a while it seemed like a wasted play to hand him the ball because he was getting stuffed for no gain or 1 yard. I'm not expecting 100 yards a game, but i just want 3 or 4 yards per carry almost every time
And all Mark should want is consistency. You can't bring a guy in for just one or two plays at a time. Juggling your RBs like that won't work for everyone. Let them have drives to themselves other than when Sproles needs to come in for third and long. If being smarter with how and when he gets his snaps is too much to ask, then I hope we trade him to a team that won't juggle him on and off the field every other down.
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