This past Sunday was a brutal one for the NFL has a rash of injuries claimed some of the top stars in the game as no team was safe from the slew of injuries.
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One team that suffered a pretty bad blow was the New Orleans Saints. Not only did the team lose to the Cleveland Browns, but running back Mark Ingram is going to miss a month with a hand injury he suffered in the loss.
According to two reports from Mike Garaflolo from Fox Sports and Adam Schefter from ESPN, Ingram will miss at least a month meaning the Saints will need to adjust even more to get ot of their 0-2 hole.
Saints RB Mark Ingram is expected to miss about a month with a hand injury he suffered Sunday, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 15, 2014
Saints will be without RB Mark Ingram for about a month, source confirms. Hand injury, as @AdamSchefter tweeted. Surprise there.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) September 15, 2014
Ingram was finally starting to get the opportunity to emerge as a top back in the NFL as ever since being drafted out of Alabama, he was held back by being in a running back committee. With Darren Sproles and Chris Ivory gone, Ingram was in line for major production this year, but that will now once again fall on Pierre Thomas.
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