The journey of Chris Ivory: Dismissed, discarded and, finally, celebrated

I don't dislike Mark Ingram. He's a fine back. And he must be a leader in the locker room based on the staff's love of him. But at no point in his career has he been the best back in the roster. He is a fairly "complete" back. But Ivory was clearly a better runner. Same with Khiry. Spiller is clearly a better receiver and I'd like to see what he could do with more chances to run (and not just on the 3 plays he's in which alerts the whole D he's getting it). This is not an anti-Ingram post. But a post noting how strong Ivory and others have been (at lower cost) and maybe we'd better served letting those guys handle things. I'd be thrilled with a backfield of 50/50 Khiry/Spiller. Just as I would've been fine if they'd chosen Ivory over Ingram three years ago.