Mark Ingram could see that the New Orleans Saints' offense

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was doing fine without him while he was at home in Florida www.saintscheapshops.com , watching on television like any other fan during his four-game suspension.The veteran running back also would like to think New Orleans could be even better with him in the game plan, particularly in light of how fresh and motivated he feels after spending a month away from the club."I've had a lot of stuff pent up and built up and I'm ready to go. I'm hungry and ready to play ball and just help our team," said Ingram, whose suspension stemmed from his use of a banned substance. "They've been playing well, so I'm just trying to make us stronger and make us more explosive."Ingram joins a unit that has averaged 418.3 yards and 34.3 points per game. Alvin Kamara, the 2017 offensive rookie of the year, has gotten more work in Ingram's absence and has responded by devastating defenses with his dynamism on a variety of runs and receptions.Kamara leads the NFL with 611 yards from scrimmage (275 rushing, 336 passing) and is tied with several players for the NFL lead in TDs with six."He's been a monster, man, just being able to carry the load and what he's doing is special," Ingram said.Now the Saints will see if Ingram and Kamara — a tandem called "Boom and Zoom" by many fans — can again co-exist in the same backfield as well as they did last season."I'm not worried about it," Ingram said. "I'm going to just do me. I'm not Alvin. Alvin's not me so I'm just going to do what I do, do what I've been doing to get to this point in my career."Saints coach Sean Payton said he will have to "figure out the balance" of snaps between the two Pro Bowl running backs starting with Monday night's game against the Washington Redskins."Of course, you have a little bit more versatility with someone with Mark's experience and I know it will be good for us offensively to have him back," Payton said.Although the Saints have been among the NFL's top offenses through the first four weeks, Payton said Ingram's return is "significant in a number of ways," ranging from his aptitude in pass protection to the way his presence allows the Saints to reduce the physical toll on Kamara."We talked all offseason about how this first month was going to be without Mark," Payton recalled. "The idea was for us to kind of keep those touches (for Kamara) in a similar area (to last season), the playing time in a similar area — and of course we weren't able to do that. In other words New Orleans Saints T-Shirt , his numbers did increase, and yet there's a wear and tear that takes place with that. When you're looking at a 16-week season, we look at it as having two outstanding running backs and I think they complement each other extremely well."Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Ingram's return "changes a lot" because of how much harder it is for defenses to anticipate where the ball will go when both Ingram and Kamara are on the field together."Those two guys being in the game together, it's a tough deal," Gruden said. "You know in-between-the-tackle runs will be more prevalent now. The power running game is back up and running. The things that they haven't it done without Ingram, they might do this week."Saints players often refer to Ingram as the consummate teammate — someone whose energy, unselfishness and work ethic are contagious.Ingram's affection for his teammates was apparent last Sunday night when he drove out to the airport to meet the team after New Orleans' victory over the New York Giants."I was excited that they won, so I just wanted to experience that a little bit," Ingram said.Left tackle Terron Armstead described the scene at the airport as "just joy," adding, "Mark is a guy loved by the entire locker room and organization. It's just his energy that he brings. His positivity he brings to the team.""Mark is a huge addition," Armstead added. "I feel like our offense works best when — not just the offense, our entire team works best when the run game is going. When we can impose our will on opposing defenses."Ingram spent the past month in Florida, staying in shape with former NFL receiver Anquan Bolden — a long-time workout partner."He's retired, but he goes to work out every single day," Ingram said. "It was good to have a buddy to be able to work with and not just be out there putting in the work by myself."Saints players and Payton said Ingram looks ready."I mean, he wasn't gone for a year-and-a-half, or been a castaway on an island," Payton said. "It was four weeks. He's in good shape."Madden Ratings give Saints lots of love New Orleans Saints Hats , but snub league’s best o-line EA Sports helped out our drive for offseason content with their initial player ratings for Madden NFL 19!21 different New Orleans Saints received initial grades over 80, with the top scorers consisting of:1.95 - Cameron Jordan2.91 - Drew Brees, Michael Thomas4.90 - Marshon Lattimore5.88 - Alvin Kamara6.87 - Ryan Ramczyk7.86 - Mark Ingram II8.85 - Demario Davis9.84 - Marcus Williams10.83 - Cameron Meredith, Patrick RobinsonThe Madden developers are buying into the hype on several additions, most notably at linebacker (Davis), receiver (Meredith), and cornerback (Robinson).That’s encouraging on some level.Among the rookies, Marcus Davenport takes the lead at 75, with Tre’Quan Smith and Boston Scott tied at 72.Other draft picks Kamrin Moore (6, Natrell Jamerson (67), Rick Leonard (65), and Will Clapp (62) sit clearly behind them, while rookie quarterback J.T. Barrett (65) rounds out the pack.But here’s the rub.Despite paving the way for historically-great running back production, the Saints’ offensive line is rated pretty poorly.Andrus Peat was given a mere 72, while the only member of the group to make the Pro Bowl (Larry Warford, at 77) had the second-lowest grade among the five starters.Ramczyk played incredibly well for a rookie, but there’s no way he should have the highest grade of the bunch at 87.It gets laughable when you look at other contenders for the league’s best o-line.The Dallas Cowboys rested too hard on their laurels last season, allowing 153 quarterback pressures on just 522 dropacks (a rate of 29.3-percent) and getting Dak Prescott sacked 32 times.They struggled on the ground, too New Orleans Saints Hoodie , with Ezekiel Elliott gaining a very average 4.1-yards per carry.By the way, Dallas only had to trot out 8 different line combinations all season - the Saints deployed 18, and allowed a pressure rate of just 19.8-percent.I’ll give the Eagles credit:they had to use an insane 28 different combinations of blockers, but made it work thanks to top-to-bottom depth.They still allowed 154 pressures on 600 combined dropbacks between Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, and Nate Sudfeld, a rate of 25.6-percent.But strong individual performances from players like Jason Kelce and Brandon Brooks kept things running smoothly up front.They’re the only squad I could be talked into competing with New Orleans for football’s best.On the other side of the ball, Marshon Lattimore joins the league’s elite cornerbacks with a score of 90.That ties Seattle Seahawks icon-turned-San Francisco 49ers signee Richard Sherman.Jacksonville Jaguars standouts Jalen Ramsey (97) and A.J. Bouye (94) lead the pack, while names like Desmond Trufant (93), Patrick Peterson (92), Xavier Rhodes (92), and Darius Slay (91) stand well within Lattimore’s class.Another year of pro experience could see the 22-year old overtake each of them.That’s fantastic news considering the Saints now have an elite talent in the secondary to bookend with Cameron Jordan up front.Jordan was given the third-highest grade of all left ends at 95, placing just behind a former Defensive Player of the Year in J.J. Watt (9 and one of the game’s great young defenders in Khalil Mack (9.If Davenport can help out on the other end and progressing interior linemen like David Onyemata and Sheldon Rankins continue to make strides, Cam may even reach that 98 rating.But let’s not miss the forest for the trees.Madden ratings are even more subjective than Pro Football Focus ratings, and less substantive than metrics like Pro Football Reference’s Approximate Value.It’s just silly numbers thrown around for us to argue over in July.
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