The New Orleans Saints knew all offseason that running back Mark Ingram wouldn't be around for the first four games, but it's still been odd for players not to have one of the vocal leaders around the facility early this season.
"It's been an adjustment for sure," left tackle Terron Armstead said. "Not just him as a player, him as a person, the energy he brings, the leadership. Mark has a special aura about himself that he just brings that to everybody in the locker room."
Ingram is in the midst of a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, a penalty that was officially handed down in May.