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So giving the ball to less talented backs doesn't impact your chances of winning?

Do you realize how razor thin the margin between winning and losing is in the NFL?

How did giving the ball to the less talented backs in the Detroit game work as far as what they produced compared to Ingram?

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No, actually it wasn't. My inference was that playing the more talented back more gives you a better chance of winning than playing a less talented back more.

Pretty fricking logical to me.

Yeah, mixing in Khiry and Pierre this past Sunday night would have caused the Saints to lose, right? You wouldn't have been in favor of using Khiry and Pierre then to help keep Ingram fresh, especially considering the short turnaround to the Thursday night game?

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I think Payton is trying to win each individual game at this point.

He won't risk a player who is injured for 1 week, but if a player is cleared to play and is cleared for full snaps, he's going to use him that way. If not, Jahri Evans would be given a rest when he has a lingering injury.

I think Payton believes in his other RB's enough to get some use out of them while still keeping his short and long range plans in effect.

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Posted by TigerBait1127

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Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:42 pm to The Pain Train

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Are you able to not make completely out of touch inferences from what I am saying?

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How did giving the ball to the less talented backs in the Detroit game work? Should the Saints never throw the ball to Josh Hill or Ben Watson because they are less talented than Jimmy Graham?

Well Robinson fumbled the ball...

Also,

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Are you able to not make completely out of touch inferences from what I am saying?

b/c that might be the dumbest reach I've ever seen

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eah, mixing in Khiry and Pierre this past Sunday night would have caused the Saints to lose, right? You wouldn't have been in favor of using Khiry and Pierre then to help keep Ingram fresh

I never said any of that actually. If Ingram needs to come off the field, he can come off the field. Ingram should get the majority of the snaps followed by PT in passing situations. Robinson should only play if Ingram needs a rest.