It's not how many yards you rush for, it's how efficiently you run the ball. I'd much rather only have 120 yards a game getting 5 yards per carry than I would 200 yards at 3 yards per carry.
We've elected to go with the least efficient back in the Payton era.
The drafting of Ingram is where so many things went wrong with this team. Imaging if we stayed put, drafted Justin Houston or Richard Sherman. Then in 2012 drafted Bobby Wagner or Alshon Jeffery with the pick we gave up to get Ingram.
Hindsight is 20/20. I thought the Ingram pick was going to pay off. I thought he was better than he is and I was wrong. The difference is the Saints can't seem to admit the mistake and instead sign him to a big contract and insist that he be the feature back in our offense.
We've changed the blocking scheme to fit an average at best RB, changed our game plans to fit Ingram and we've become more predictable on offense because of it and the team has suffered. Now it looks like we'll be parting ways with another back better than Ingram just because the team wont admit Ingram isn't who we thought we were drafting.
The seasons in which Ingram touches the ball the most, we've had our worst seasons. The seasons in which he touches the ball the least we've had our best season. When he's been healthy we've been a .500 team. When he's missed games we've been one of the best teams in the league.
Don't get me wrong the team has had many other problems but this is the one that could have been handled very easily and a long time ago.
It isn't Ingram's fault. The guy comes out and runs hard, he puts in the work in the offseason, he just isn't very good.