On Monday, Mark Ingram said goodbye to the Baltimore Ravens. On Tuesday, the Ravens said goodbye to Ingram.
The NFL team dispensed with running back with one season left on a three-year $ 15 million contract he signed in 2019, after eight seasons with the New Orleans Saints.
“We are making the difficult commercial decision to terminate Mark Ingram’s contract,” said Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta. “Mark is a talented winner who brought passion, endurance, leadership and chemistry to the Ravens. He contributed in many significant ways on and off the field, and we wish him the best in his career. ”
Announcing the launch of the former Alabama All-American, the Ravens posted a video on social media about their time in Baltimore, with an emphasis on the 2019 season, when Ingram’s infectious personality and Pro Bowl ball bearing helped the team winning 14 of his 16 regular season games under the “Big Truss” mantra.
Ingram and the Ravens did not achieve the same level of success in 2020.
Ingram had started the first six games of Baltimore in the 2020 season when an ankle injury sustained in the 30-28 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on October 18 left him aside for two weeks.
Upon his return, Ingram ran 7 yards on seven loads, while playing 23 snaps in two games before being pushed aside again – this time during the Ravens’ coronavirus outbreak. He went from November 23 to December 5 on reserve / COVID-19 and lost a game.
Ingram returned to the field when Baltimore started running back and ran 28 yards in six races in a 34-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on December 8. It started the following week, too, but the first crack of the game was the only one that Ingram played in the Ravens’ 47-42 victory over the Cleveland Browns on December 14.
After that, Ingram played in one of Baltimore’s remaining five games, running 39 yards on nine loads in a 38-3 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on January 3 at the end of the regular season.
After running 1,018 yards and 10 touchdowns on 202 loads and picking up 26 passes for 247 yards and five TDs in 2019, Ingram had 299 yards and two touchdowns on 72 loads and six receptions for 50 yards in 2020.
On Monday night, Ingram posted a thank you note to the Ravens, his fans and his teammates on his Instagram page and wrote: “I look forward to my next opportunity because the best is yet to come.”
In 132 NFL regular season games, Ingram has 7,324 yards and 62 touchdowns in 1,595 race attempts and 260 receptions for 1,895 yards and 10 touchdowns. He played in seven postseason games with 299 yards and a TD in 71 running attempts and 10 receptions for 57 yards.
Ingram received Pro Bowl invitations in 2014, 2017 and 2019.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @ AMarkG1.
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