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re: Goodbye Mark Ingram; Hello Latavius Murray

Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:08 am to
Posted by Chad504boy
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Member since Feb 2005
166289 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:08 am to
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MI got greedy.


That's 100% unfair. Mark Ingram is a damn good and deserving back. Its how the cookie crumbled.
Posted by HollierThanThou
Member since Jan 2012
6209 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 10:11 am to
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That's 100% unfair. Mark Ingram is a damn good and deserving back. Its how the cookie crumbled.



I support a chad post

Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
11712 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:11 am to
quote:

MI got greedy. Bye Felicia.


If the reports are true Baltimore offered him double what we did. No one in their right mind would turn that down.
Posted by LlyodChristmas
The Abandoned Jazzland
Member since Jan 2013
2168 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:27 am to
Why couldn't we have just slapped the Franchise Tag on Ingram? This is looking like Drew's last year so if we could've kept him around for just one more year then let him walk if he wanted to the year after. I'm happy he's gonna go get some big money somewhere but it would've been sweet to keep him around to get a ring this year
Posted by BBATiger
Member since Jun 2005
16518 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:27 am to
Please don’t put Heisman Trophy as a reason to keep Ingram.
I think this is a great move. Kamara is now #1, and Murray’s style fits the duo need. He also fumbles less.

Ingram 15 fumbles on 1569 touches
Murray 8 fumbles on 1027 touches.

Murray will be a pleasant surprise, and the extra money will strengthen the roster.
Posted by LlyodChristmas
The Abandoned Jazzland
Member since Jan 2013
2168 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 11:33 am to
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Murray will be a pleasant surprise, and the extra money will strengthen the roster.


The production will never be the reason to question this. Ingram was a great lockerroom guy. A team leader. He and Kamara got along better than I've ever seen two RBs in their prime. Also, Mark's deal with the Ravens is only 1.5M less than Latavius. No reason we couldn't make that move. Maybe Latavius produces and surprises us but as of now, this looks bad on our part.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
19837 posts
Posted on 3/13/19 at 7:54 pm to
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He also fumbles less.

We're his 3rd team in 6 years, apparently he does a lot less. Stop making this guy out to be some steal, if he were good he'd be locked down long ago.

Again, I hope I'm wrong, but nothing suggests this is an upgrade.
Posted by NOLAManBlog
The Big Nasty
Member since Dec 2012
1157 posts
Posted on 3/14/19 at 2:53 am to
Cant the saints just trade to have Ingram
Posted by WicKed WayZ
Louisiana Forever
Member since Sep 2011
31589 posts
Posted on 3/14/19 at 3:10 am to
He’s not an upgrade but he’s a hell of a lot better #2 option than some other teams have and a lot better than what we had behind MI and Kamara last season. Murray won’t put up Ingram’s numbers because I doubt he gets that kind of workload but he’s going to touch the ball 5-7 times a game and maybe more depending on the game plan.

Murray excels when he’s not the only option. He’s not a world beater but he’s a proven guy, good at the goal line, decent hands and is big and strong in pass pro. He doesn’t excel in a lot of areas but he’s solid in a ton of them. I imagine his use won’t be similar to Ingram’s but he will play significant snaps and I think he will do fine. He doesn’t have a lot of mileage on him which is good.
Posted by Laaz2750
Los Angeles
Member since Aug 2008
8381 posts
Posted on 3/15/19 at 10:15 am to
Murray must read this board regularly....

quote:

“I’m a downhill runner, one cut and go,” he said. “I try not to do too much dancing. I like to think I have a nose for the end zone”
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This post was edited on 3/15/19 at 10:16 am
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