The Problem with Mark Ingram

I like Ingram and I have always wanted him to have success just because he's our running back and we used a first-round pick on him. I never understand why some fans seem to root against a guy even if it hurts the team. And I'll never understand why it would ever matter where a guy on your own team that you live and die for happened to play his college ball.

That said, I don't think Ingram is running as violently as he did the previous two or three seasons. When Ingram was getting 100-yard games, he was hitting holes hard and running violently. Not many backs can actually run like that regularly, but the ones that do are usually successful. I'm sure it's hard on the body and mind to keep up that kind of physicality in playing football, so I'm not calling the guy out on it or anything at this point. Just an observation.