OWINGS MILLS, Md. A year after leading Lamar Jackson’s MVP campaign with the mantra “Big Truss”, Mark Ingram will be released by Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday, league sources told Adam Schefter, ESPN.
Ingram, 31, has been a healthy scraper for four of the Ravens’ last five games this season, including both playoff games. The Ravens will create $ 5 million in a salary period by releasing the ten-year veteran.
A Pro Bowl player in 2019, Ingram did not have the same explosiveness as this campaign, and he is slowly being phased out of the Ravens’ game plan and finishing with a career-low 72 series. Baltimore ends with the No. 1 offense in the NFL by relying on rookie JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
Ingram said goodbye to the Ravens via social media on Monday, calling the team “a first-class organization.”
Ingram posted on Twitter: “I love the right people in the flock who support and love me! My blood brothers, who are understood, need to be explained. The best is yet to come, can not wait! See how God work. #GodWins #BigTrussForever. “
Thank you Mr. Bisciotti and the Ravens for the first-class organization. I love the right people in the herd who support and love me! My blood brothers, who are understood, need to be explained. The best is yet to come, can not wait! See how God works.# GodWins #BigTrussForever pic.twitter.com/Hx0GZrSIrz
– Mark Ingram II (@ markingram21) 19 January 2021
Ingram, a first round by the Saints in 2011, spent his first eight seasons in New Orleans, reaching the Pro Bowl in 2014 and ’17. He signed a $ 15 million three-year deal with Baltimore in 2019 and immediately injected high-energy and leadership into the locker room.
Ingram scored 1,018 yards and in his first season with the Ravens scored 10 touchdowns, pushing Jackson’s run for the NFL MVP by exclaiming, “Big Truss!” in news conferences after the game. Teammates explained that ‘Big Truss’ means trust and faith, a phrase that says, ‘Got your back.’
In 2020, Ingram loses his starting job halfway through the season and continues to mentor Dobbins, the player who replaced him.
“Mark is an amazing guy – a big brother to me,” Dobbins said at the end of the regular season. “He still texts me every day. He’s still happy for me every day. He actually helped me with the process, and taught me to do things to keep me mentally prepared, to stay stuck. He is just a wonderful guy. “
Ingram would earn $ 5 million in 2021, the last year of his contract.