New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams, costing Ingram owners a fantastic fantasy matchup. Ingram bruised his heel on Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts and will be inactive on Sunday.
Mark Ingram Injury Update: Fantasy Implications Of His Out Status
In place of Ingram, the Saints will mix and match Darren Sproles and Pierre Thomas in the backfield. Thomas will likely get a lot of the carries between the 20s, while Sproles will get most of the third down carries and a host of red zone carries. I would argue both are solid starts this weekend against a Rams defense that was shredded by DeMarco Murray last week.
This might be going a bit overboard, but if you have both Thomas and Sproles and are short a running back this weekend, you might actually want to start both running backs against the Rams. That is not exactly a common move, but there are occasionally matchups where it makes sense. This is one such matchup.
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