Saints' Mark Ingram: Absent Thursday with illness

Ingram missed Thursday's practice due to an illness.

Coming down with an illness midweek is clearly better than doing so closer to game day, but Ingram's status should nonetheless be clarified on Friday's injury report. On the season, Ingram has 40 more carries than his next closest teammate and is averaging 4.1 YPC, but the 100-yard threshold hasn't been reached, which isn't a surprise with six such outings in 66 career games.