By Pat Yasinskas
The depth the New Orleans Saints accumulated at running back is looking more important than ever as the team gets ready to enter the playoffs.
For a lot of teams, news like the reports that rookie running back Mark Ingram will have toe surgery and miss the postseason would be devastating. For the Saints, it’s not that big a deal.
That’s a big difference from last season, when the Saints had a bunch of injuries and basically ran out of running backs in the postseason. That was a major reason New Orleans lost to Seattle in the postseason.