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Mark Ingram knows that if you fumble, you can't play

METAIRIE, La. – Mark Ingram told it like it is Wednesday.

Yes, he admitted, his first reaction was that “it sucked” when he got benched after a first-quarter fumble in the New Orleans Saints’ 25-20 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

But the responsibility for making sure it doesn’t happen again? All his.

“It's just, man, you have to take care of the football. If you fumble, you can't play. And I know that, ever since pee-wee,” Ingram said while addressing the media for the first time since Sunday's game. “I haven't been a fumbler.