Chris Ivory: New Orleans Saints RB Not Expected To Play In Week 15

December 19, 2010   ·   Andrew Leigh   ·   Jump to comments

Chris Ivory has dealt with a hamstring injury throughout the week that kept him out of practice, and it is looking like he won't be healthy enough to go for the Saints in their Week 15 game against the Baltimore Ravens.
According to ESPN's Rachel Nichols, Ivory went out onto the field during pregame warm-ups and tried to test his injured hamstring to see if he'd be healthy enough to play in Baltimore. However, he was never able to push his leg to full speed and the word from the Saints is that they'd prefer that Ivory didn't try to play through the injury this week.
So that leads to the speculation that Ivory will be inactive, and it makes a lot more sense when you consider that New Orleans now has both Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush back healthy at running back after early season injuries. Ivory had become their leading rusher and the running game had flourished with him coming out of the backfield, but the extra options make it less necessary for the Saints to rush him into ...

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