OWINGS MILLS, Md. – A year after leading Lamar Jackson’s MVP campaign with the “Big Truss” mantra, Mark Ingram will be released Tuesday by the Baltimore Ravens, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Ingram, 31, has been a good goal for four of the Ravens’ last five competitions this season, including both playoff games. The Ravens will create $ 5 million in salary cap room releasing the ten-year veteran.
A Pro Bowl player in 2019, Ingram did not have the same explosiveness as this campaign and was slowly being eliminated from the Ravens ’game plan, finishing with a minimum of 72 runs. Baltimore ended the No. 1 offense in the NFL relying on rookie JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
Ingram said goodbye to the Ravens via social media on Monday and called the team a “top-notch organization.”
Ingram posted on Twitter: “I love the real people of the nation of the flock who supported me and showed my love! My blood brothers, what is understood, must be explained to Ain The best is still ahead, I can’t wait!
Thanks to Mr. Bisciotti and the Ravens for being a first class organization. I love the real ones of the flock nation who supported me and showed love! My blood brothers, what is meant is to be explained to the Ain. The best is still ahead, I can’t wait! Look at God working.#GodWins #BigTrussForever pic.twitter.com/Hx0GZrSIrz
– Mark Ingram II (@ markram21) January 19, 2021
Ingram, selected for the first round by the Saints in 2011, spent his first eight seasons in New Orleans and reached the Pro Bowl in 2014 and 17. He signed a three-year, $ 15 million deal with Baltimore in 2019. , who immediately injected a lot of energy and leadership into the locker room.
Ingram gained 1,018 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in his first season with the Ravens, defending Jackson’s NFL MVP career exclaiming, “Big Truss!” in post-game press conferences. Colleagues have explained that “Big Truss” means trust and faith, a phrase that says, “I have my back.”
In 2020, Ingram lost his initial job in the middle of the season and continued 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. In fact, he helped me with the process, teaching me things to do to help me be mentally prepared, to stay closed. It’s just an amazing guy “.
Ingram had planned to earn $ 5 million in 2021, the last year of his contract.