The Saints only gave up a 2024 seventh-round draft pick in their trade for Mark Ingram (Twitter link via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com). The Texans — in the midst of a major reboot — effectively moved the running back in a salary dump. 
Ingram has also inked a brand new deal with his old pals (Twitter link via Field Yates of ESPN.com). Ingram is now signed through 2022 thanks to a one-year extension that could pay up to $2.8M next year. He’ll also take a haircut for this year — his salary has gone from $1.5MM to $1.075MM while his per-game bonuses have been wiped out. Ultimately, he’ll carry a cap charge of just ~$657K for the Saints this year. Next season, he’ll collect $1.5MM in salary, plus a $300K roster bonus, $500K total in per-game perks, and another $500K in potential incentives.
The 2011 first-rounder spent the first eight seasons of his career in New Orleans, tallying 55 total touchdowns. In those last two Saints years, he formed one of the league’s best RB duos with Alvin Kamara. He’ll look to recapture that magic again as the Saints try and lessen Kamara’s workload. So far this year, Kamara is averaging 19 rushing attempts per game, up from the 11.2 totes per contest he averaged previously.
Ingram is expected to make his New Orleans re-debut on Halloween when the Saints host the Buccaneers.
He’ll also take a HAIRCUT for this year?!
Yeah that was either a horrible attempt at cutesy wordplay or autocorrect not detected due to lazy copy editing.
It’s Zach links do you really expect more ? Or correct for that matter?
It’s a fairly well-known financial term:
link to en.m.wikipedia.org
Yeah, a haircut. It’s a term for reducing salary. It was used correctly.
That’s one expensive haircut
Haha of course it’s a Zach links article. It’s about Ingram yet his stats are missing and we get Kamaras. Can we get rid of Zach links already he’s proven time and time again he is awful
The comments on these trade rumors sites are far more embarrassing than the sloppy copywriting. You are all heroes in your own stories. Take a bow. If you think you could do better (which you couldn’t), apply for a writing position. This website is always hiring.
Some of the criticism is valid but we need to keep in mind that the content is being provided for FREE.