re: I'll be the first one to say it

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Saints dont run the ball much.

13 times last game. Payton is a great coach, but he's somehow retarded regarding the run game.

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yeah, I can't really figure that out but I guess we aren't as fortunate at TE this year... run blocking wise I mean.

you look back at one of the best years we had running wise and balance.. the Super Bowl year. Shockey was a good blocker.

in 2011 when the run game was good you had 2 backs (PT and Sproles) who could do it all and then you had Ingram as a rookie. Ivory played some too.. that's a beastly RB group right there.

I don't think the Saints would ever really have a big time bell cow runner even if they did run it more. The ball usually gets spread around too much for that I think.

I think another area where we've failed lately is getting a RB to fill that big void left by PT and Sproles... especially PT cause he got a lot more calls up the middle than Sproles did running. Both were great pass catchers out of the backfield of course too. PT was a little better at keeping defenses on its heels I think cause of his running ability inside.

he was the steady swiss army knife for the O for awhile there. Finished with 4.6 yards per carry as a Saint and went over 3700 yards rushing and 2600 yards receiving.