METAIRIE, La. (AP) Mark Ingram clearly has no intention of playing second fiddle to Adrian Peterson in the New Orleans Saints’ backfield.
That doesn’t mean there will be an internal rivalry or any animus in the club’s running backs room, or that Ingram is even sensitive to the considerable attention Peterson’s arrival in New Orleans has received.
Peterson ”is one of the best running backs that’s ever walked on this planet, especially in our generation,” Ingram said during Saints minicamp this week.
”He is a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, clearly, right?” Ingram continued. ”I’ve admired him ever since he was a freshman at Oklahoma.