The journey of Chris Ivory: Dismissed, discarded and, finally, celebrated
He played 14 games in 2013, and 16 games in 2014.
He has played in 4 games this year, running 460yds on 83 carries for 5.5ypc.
Chris Ivory the "fumbler" has lost 3 fumbles in his career.
I haven't gone thru this thread to see who or what prompted your comment in defense of Ivory's so-called fumbling issue........but I really would love to know where he's getting that reputation from. Literally within this past week, me and another Saints fan were having a discussion about Saints RBs over the years......and Ivory was brought up. This guy, who by and large is a fairly knowledgeable fan of the Saints and not just some drive-by fan who suddenly noticed New Orleans had a team in 2009, said....and I quote.........."the only thing you had to watch with Ivory was that he'd sometimes fumble".
The guy lost 2 fumbles EVER as a Saint....both of which were in his rookie season. I would genuinely love to know what prompted this fumbling reputation. People on this forum have said it.........people NOT on this forum have said it......where are they getting it from? Considering Brees threw over 20 INTs in 2010, I think I can live with an undrafted rookie RB turning it over twice and then never doing so again, while leading the team in rushing yards and averaging over 5 YPC that same season...
Edit: for perspective, Deuce McCallister lost 13.....yes, THIRTEEN LOST FUMBLES in his career. And I'm pretty sure I never heard any Saints fans put the "fumbler" label on him. I'm gonna assume that some of those were bad exchanges on handoffs from Brooks that ended up being "credited" (gee thanks for the credit, right?) to Deuce. Still, 13 is 13. Obviously Deuce carried the ball a lot more than the likes of Ivory, Ingram, Pierre, etc........so he should get more room for error.............but it goes to show a guy like Deuce can LOSE a double-digit number of fumbles (he had 20 actual fumbles), and not even get the slightest hint of a "fumbler" label, but Ivory turns it over twice as a rookie and it somehow stays with him...