OK, I know a lot of players can have a great preseason and it doesn’t mean too much, but maybe playing Khiry Robinson over Mark Ingram would be a wise move at this juncture. 9 carries and 11 yards against the falclowns?! Really? I don’t see how Robinson could have done too much WORSE than that… In fact, if we gave the ball to Jed Collins 9 times, we’d probably get better results.

XBuddy Dee’s Ghost, Staff Saints Writer/Analyst

I, for one, am sick of being in denial about our 2010 1st rounder. No I don’t hate him. In fact, I still like him because he’s a well-mannered guy and has a lot of heart. But so did the “Little Train that Could”. But the difference between that train and Ingram is that the train in the story actually gets over-the-hill. Ingram, in real life does not. And in real life, even if the little train made it over the hill, he’d still get waived for a bigger better train during the offseason.

It is becoming clear to me that Mark Ingram doesn’t have the ability to play at the NFL level, at least not yet. No, not even as an Mike Bell-type rusher in a pass-heavy offense. So what would be the harm of making him IA for a couple of games and seeing if Robinson – or even Cadet could do better? We still have Pierre and Darren Sproles to take up the slack.

I’m going by the old motto “Fool me once, shame on you…fool me twice, shame on me”. I stuck up for Ingram for the last year and a half but no more. Pierre Thomas and Sproles seem to do just fine with the offensive line we have right now. I truly hope Ingram can prove me wrong and then I can eat some sweet humble pie. Until then I’m saying Khiry Robinson (or perhaps Travaris Cadet) could compliment Thomas/Sproles better than Mark.

This “running back by committee” crap happens “de facto” when you don’t have a valid #1 running back. Other teams see Ingram on the field and know its a run play. But right now, we’re in too fragile of a situation to try out new systems. Right now a dream come true would be if we get a big lead over TB this week and Khiry Robinson gets a few touches and plays like he did in the preseason where he showed ability to catch and run hard.

Robinson or Cadet? I don’t even care at this point. Other teams would be confused by the new faces in the saints backfield. You could call it the “Mike Bell effect”. Ingram did not earn the right to be the workhorse back in the committee system. Other teams don’t respect him. He is an easy mark.. (ahem)…”Easy Mark” Ingram should be his nickname.

We are just letting him have the spot because we don’t want to look stupid in the Saints Front Office.

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