Mark Ingram 18 for 97 (5.4 ypc) 1 TD

Anyone who ever slings crap about Ingram again after today deserves to die in a fire.

When it counted most, when running matters most, in a cold weather road playoff game, he came through big time.

It is easily the best road rushing performance for a Saint in our 47 year history.

Here's the history of the top rusher in each of our road playoff games:

1/6/1991 Gil Fenerty 8 for 29 (3.6 ypc) Hilliard 4 for 13 (3.3 ypc) Heyward 4 for 10 (2.5 ypc) Fourcade 2 for 13 (6.5 ypc) 0 TDs for all
1/6/2001 Aaron Brooks 5 for 29 (5.8 ypc) RBs: Chad Morton 5 for 25 (5 ypc) Ricky Williams 6 for 14 (2.3 ypc) Terry Allen 1 for 1yd 0 TDs for all
1/21/2007 Reggie Bush 4 for 19 (4.8 ypc) Deuce 6 for 18 (3 ypc) Karney 1 for 11 (11 ypc) 0 TDs For all
1/8/2011 Julius Jones 15 for 59 (3.9 ypc) 2 TDs Reggie Bush 5 for 12 (2.4 ypc) 0 TD
1/14/2012 Chris Ivory 9 for 23 (2.6 ypc) 0 TD Pierre 1 for 6 0 TD Sproles 3 for 3 0 TD
1/4/2014 Mark Ingram 18 for 97 (5.4 ypc) 1 TD

I've been neither an Ingram basher, nor an Ingram defender. I've mostly waded past the 10 bazillion threads on him. Now single game criticism, whatever, that's fine, but the BS of bashing him as a bust has got to stop now. Today is the final nail in that coffin.