re: Is Nick Fairley a bust? Detroit is not using their fifth year option

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The Barners came from everywhere to damn Mark Ingram.

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Nobody outside of Alabama's fanbase will back up the notion of Mark Ingram not being a bust, and with good reason... Whether it comes from him just not being good enough, having no motivation, or whatever...he has just been bad and his performance hasn't reflected the draft spot he was taken in.

Career stats: 356 carries, 1,462 yards, 11 touchdowns, 4.1 yards per carry. That averages out to 119 carries, 487 yards, and 3.6 touchdowns per season, and that's terrible for a 1st round running back.

In fact, if Mark Ingram would have come out in the 2013 or 2014 NFL Draft, it's likely he wouldn't have been chosen until the 3rd or 4th round, maybe even later than that.