re: How much money will Ingram ask for?

Carolina also limited Marshawn Lynch last week to 14 carries, 62 yards (4.4ypc) so their "ranking" isn't the whole story. This was the 2nd best run defense in the league last year allowing 3.95ypc. YPG alone isn't the best indicator of how good a defense is against the run. If I run it 10 times and net 60 yards, I only hit them for 60ypg, but the 6.0ypc tells the story that you're extremely porous. This is entirely true for a team that goes RBBC, no single RB will have explosive numbers, but if you add it up it will. The first 2 games were RBBC, correct? So you can't expect Ingram to have 100+ yards on 10-15 carries.

This year:
Atlanta: 24th ranked run defense: 128.0ypg; 3.98 ypc
So his 4.6ypc was better than they allowed on average.

Cleveland: 30th ranked run defense: 143.4ypg; 4.83ypc
So his 7.5ypc was better than they allowed on average.

Detroit: 2nd ranked run defense: 74.0ypg; 3.25ypc
So he shite the bed on this one. They bottled him up, but if you go back and look at the PFF scores and the game, the run blocking was atrocious. Cumulative score on run blocking for the OL: -1.9. This was a bad game for everyone involved, I've rewatched this game because I was bored and the yards for loss/stuffed at the line were all behind tackles that couldn't make a block at all. This was the whole arizona game from 2013 all over again.

Green Bay: 32nd ranked run defense: 153.4ypg; 4.77ypc
So his first game as the lead back playing 75+% of the snaps, his 7.2ypc was higher than they allowed on average and he did more ypg than they allowed on average.

Carolina: 27th ranked run defense: 131.9ypg; 4.84ypc
This is an interesting one. He had 30 carries, 3.33ypc and 100 yards which is a nice 100 yard game, but the ypc is lacking. Short week, but your starting RT got knocked out of the game, yur Fullback had a score of -1.1 on 13 run blocks, and both of your guards scored negative PFF scores. I believe roughly 8 of his runs were within the carolina 10 yard line and he gained 0-3 most of the runs which negatively skews his YPC. That isn't an excuse, but red zone running plays typically net lower YPC.

So really, as the lead back he's had one great game and one decent game.

As RBBC, he had 2 above average games and 1 bad game.

So...I'm not one to sunshine pump, but I'm seeing a trend here. He isn't terrible, but half of you can't shake off the first 2.5 years of Ingram.

Oh, I forgot to add this:

@ Carolina
Ingram: 51/77 snaps (66.2%)
30 Runs (58.8%)
14 Passes (27.5%)
2 Run Blocks
5 Pass Blocks

Cadet: 22/77 snaps (28.6%)
2 Runs (9.1%)
19 Passes (86.4%)
1 Pass Blocks

Vs. Green Bay
Ingram: 55/69 snaps (79.7%)
25 Runs (45.5%)
20 Passes (36.4%)
6 Run Blocks
4 Pass Blocks

Cadet: 14/69 snaps (20.3%)
1 Run (7.1%)
13 Passes (92.9%)

That means we weren't as balanced in using him to keep defenses honest, but he still produced relatively well. Keep ing