The Mark Ingram Miracle
December 6th, 2022
Call it a miracle. Call it supernatural. Call it a bizarre gift from the football gods or an insane gift from a hated rival.
Down two scores late in the fourth quarter last night against the Slimy Saints, Andy Dalton dumped off a 2nd-and-long pass to three-time Pro Bowler running back Mark Ingram. The Heisman Trophy winner made the catch and scampered to the first-down line and shocked the world by running out of bounds short of the sticks.
A screenshot is above and the video is below.
Ingram took a knee on the sideline and it seems that somehow he had a moment of temporary insanity. The Bucs then stopped the Saints on third down and the rest is unforgettable and glorious Bucs history. A 16-3 deficit was erased in less than six minutes — and the Bucs needed every second.
Ingram took to Twitter and issued an apology in the wee hours.
“I’m sick about this one. Regardless of circumstances or how I feel I have to get that fresh set of downs for the squad. I apologize to my teammates my coaches and my city for a crucial mistake. We work way too hard and sacrifice blood sweat and tears. I will be better.”
Ingram is a 12-year veteran who has played in a ton of big NFL games, and in college.
Man, weird stuff sure does happen when Tom Brady gets into fourth quarters.
That’s cool. No need to get a first down there Mark Ingram. pic.twitter.com/Lpmg8lvrQx
— Andrew Perloff (@andrewperloff) December 6, 2022
December 6th, 2022 at 4:22 pm
Or just call it what it was. Dumb luck.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:22 pm
Play of the game. Thanks!
December 6th, 2022 at 4:28 pm
Done on purpose; NFL is rigged, setting the stage
December 6th, 2022 at 4:29 pm
Again, TB12 is a blessing, but the Aints are one of the few teams more poorly coached than we are
The drops, this play, the stupid throw on 3rd down immediately after
Not getting the final FG that would ended the game – they looked JUST LIKE US at Cleveland
December 6th, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Thank goodness for that stupidity by Ingram, he must have been coached up by Todd Bowles. What a complete idiot he is,can’t coach, hell do you remember Cooper Kupp last yer we were 2 plays away from back to back Super Bowl games and that idiot left single man coverage and couldn’t communicate the proper blitz coverage. TODD BOWLES IS THE WORST COACH IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME , INCLUDING POP WARNER.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Darden placed on waivers
December 6th, 2022 at 4:46 pm
Call it todays players. He pulled a hammy and looked out for No. 1
December 6th, 2022 at 4:46 pm
I’m curious why White wasn’t going all out to knock him out of bounds before he reached the first down as they both approached the sideline. Instead, White changed his angle to intersect with Ingram past the first down? Geez, thanks Ingram!
December 6th, 2022 at 4:49 pm
Maybe he didn’t want an encore tackle from Devin White…..White put Ingram out of the game temporarily on an earlier sideline play…..the same Devin White who took out America’s Quarterback, I believe Dak Prescott & Kenny Pickett…..
Maybe not….but it’s a good thing he pulled a “Glennon”
December 6th, 2022 at 4:50 pm
Also heard he’s a distant cousin of Rojo. Could be in the DNA
December 6th, 2022 at 4:52 pm
Doctor said,
“ Darden placed on waivers”
I hope this is true. About damn time. His refusal to catch punts, his running out of bounds and falling down at the fist sign of a tackler coming, his inability to gain Tom Brady’s trust, and the overhyping of geniuses like Maniacbuc make me want to toast to this news.
Please bring back Cyril Grayson to fill the practice squad spot, as one of the WRs there will almost surely be promoted.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:52 pm
this is what you call Divine INtervention…… 🙂
December 6th, 2022 at 4:56 pm
The cherry on top of the amazing Tom Brady comeback last night was how it was over the Saints. And how crappy they just feel today.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:57 pm
Interesting, we needed a similarly dumb play from another Pro Bowler against the Rams to pull out that game.
December 6th, 2022 at 5:05 pm
They waived run out of bounds Darden – wonder if ran out of the building as fast as heads for the sidelines every time he catches he’s a punt!!!
December 6th, 2022 at 5:06 pm
Darden got waived. Bout dam time
December 6th, 2022 at 5:07 pm
Darden being cut confirmed.
Maniacbuc, who said he was the best athlete on the team, sure had that inside information. And his hate for Scotty was pathological.
What did Aikman say last night? “Great route by Scotty Miller.” Funny as we were assured that Scotty is a horrible route runner.
If we could only make a coaching change from Bowelswich now, who knows how far this team could go.
TOM – demand to take it over or you’ll go nuclear. No wiggle room left.
December 6th, 2022 at 5:10 pm
The game was rigged!
December 6th, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Or he didn’t want to get hit again late in a game…
December 6th, 2022 at 5:14 pm
Brady is going to set the record for the worst regular season record to have win the SB
RIGGED AF
December 6th, 2022 at 5:18 pm
He certainly let up on that play. No question about it. Maybe he was injured and didn’t want to take a hit. Your team record is 4-8, up with the lead with only minutes left. You are already up there in age and hurting with an injury. His mind made the split-second decision to bail out.
December 6th, 2022 at 5:21 pm
keanu Neal!! dude made the play of the game.. defense was gassed and about to give it up..
December 6th, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Darden is gone and that’s fine.. the kid is scared shi**less out there..
I’ts a mans game, he doesnt want to get in the mixer and get hit.. i dont blame him.. haha worst job in America.. nfl punt returner..haha
December 6th, 2022 at 5:38 pm
Yah. Dumb dumb move
Neals hit on taysome saved the day. 3 rd and 19 or something crazy.
December 6th, 2022 at 5:50 pm
That was a classy tweet by Ingram. Bucs coaches could take a lesson in accountability from him.
December 6th, 2022 at 5:50 pm
Prolly been said, but, one word…..Vegas. GO BUCS!!!
December 6th, 2022 at 5:52 pm
You always need help in a situation like that. Brady and co. took advantage. Still had to go out there and do it, but that was huge
December 6th, 2022 at 5:59 pm
Ingram’s faux pas wasn’t any more detrimental than Adebo’s 44-yard DPI on the following series that gave us the ball on the Saints’ 1-yard line on our 2nd-and-20 play. Actually less IMO, because the Saints still had a 3rd-and-1 but didn’t make it.
Still, there’s usually an element of Lady Luck involved in most NFL games. Last night was no exception.
December 6th, 2022 at 6:08 pm
Stop the nonsense , the Bucs are getting the ball back two more times with one more stop. It didn’t that cost them the game. Last few minutes of that game was about the goat not about the other stuff. The haters in the trolls just can’t stand what he does in clutch situation. They don’t understand it.
December 6th, 2022 at 6:09 pm
Very Calvin Ridley-esque.
December 6th, 2022 at 6:14 pm
Good coaching by bowles is why Ingram did it.
December 6th, 2022 at 6:34 pm
The DPI was an obvious call Evan had him beat so he panicked and grabbed him Miller should have got one too the guy just got there early.
December 6th, 2022 at 6:38 pm
He got hit pretty hard a few plays earlier probably had a lot to do with that business decision.
December 6th, 2022 at 7:11 pm
Most players run out of bounds instead of taking contact for extra yards.
It’s a “career decision.”
You need to coach them up. In the 4th, you go hard for the first.
December 6th, 2022 at 7:31 pm
This season will be uniquely special for long time Bucs fans. And I mean Bucs fans in particular. Our record this year has hovered around typical for a Bucs record, historically speaking. The frustration and disappointment that Bucs fans typically experience on a year to year basis has been all too familiar this year. We’re used to it! If this were any typical Bucs season with any other quarterback and the score was 3-16 with less than 6 minutes to go I’ll wager that there are very few Bucs fans that would not have changed the channel rather than watch the unfolding that they knew was coming in those final 6 minutes. And THAT is exactly why this year is special for us. Because no matter how hard the team has sucked this year I would conversely wager that very few Bucs fans gave up hope and turned off the game last night. That’s right! Not this year! Not now! We’ve always known better than to have that four letter word “HOPE” ringing in our ears. We’re Bucs fans, Hope?!?! Really?!?!? Get f’n serious. But now, now we’re being seduced by that vile temptress named Hope. And damnit, this Bucs fan is ok with that. Take me, Hope, you wicked succubus!!! I’m all in on it! I’m yours! Let’s f’n GO!!!
December 6th, 2022 at 7:39 pm
No big conspiracy, it just seems pretty clear he thought he was past the 1st down maker. Thankfully, he made a big mistake and it helped the Bucs.
December 6th, 2022 at 8:09 pm
This is one of a handful of easy plays that would have sealed it for the Aints. Bucs really didn’t deserve the Brady save.
December 6th, 2022 at 9:35 pm
As lifelong Bucs fan this game is. Rigged.
December 6th, 2022 at 9:52 pm
You clowns saying the NFL is rigged are hilarious.
Love how the NFL rigged it so the Bucs would lose last week on a fluke 4th down catch to send the Bucs to a mighty 5-6.
December 6th, 2022 at 10:36 pm
Or call it a point shaving game! A lot of strange drop passes and mistakes by the Saints! Ingraham stepping out of bounds early was just one of them! How about sure handed landry dropping two easy wide open passes last night! Heck of a come back by Brady and the boys but referee calls and crap that went on in that game last night on NO side of the ball makes me wonder!
December 7th, 2022 at 12:41 am
Old School,
I do realize that cheating is part of the game, but the fact that the go-ahead TD by the Bucs (with very little time left on the clock) was called back on a ticky tack holding call kinda kills your theory doesn’t it?
December 7th, 2022 at 4:31 am
I love the Tom Brady comebacks as much as anyone, but they’re not a 100% sure deal all the time.
o Green Bay game (14-12): TB12 engineered a great TD drive that ended with 18 seconds left; we missed the 2-point conversion that would’ve tied it 14-14 … incomplete pass.
o Pittsburgh game (20-18): TB12 engineered a great TD drive that ended with 5:17 left; we missed the 2-point conversion that would’ve tied it 20-20 … incomplete pass. (Steelers were in range for a FG IF they’d chosen to kick one instead of running out the clock, but they might’ve missed)
o Ravens game (27-22 loss): TB12 engineered THREE scoring drives in the final quarter (2 FG & 1 TD). On the 2nd of those drives, Bucs SHOULD’VE walked away with a TD (but settled for a FG), because of (1) a holding penalty on 3rd-and-6 on Donovan Smith, and then (2) a false start on Fournette on 4th-and-Goal from the 3-yard line when we were going for it that set us back & we ended up kicking the FG.
o Browns’ game (23-17 loss): The Bucs last 7 drives (2nd half & TO) resulted in 6 punts & 1 end-of-game series (4 plays). A TD or FG on any one of them would’ve won the game for us. Didn’t happen.
Point being: it’s unfair to Tom Brady, or any other QB, to expect that THEIR heroics in comeback situations will win the game every single time. Doesn’t happen that way. TB12’s The GOAT when it comes to hurry-up drives late in the game, but what goes on BEFORE those last-minute drives is almost always more telling in the game’s outcome.
4th quarter comebacks are relatively rare in the big scheme of things. In his 23 year career, Brady has played in 330 games. Of those, he’s had an astounding 44 comebacks in the 4th quarter (13.3%). Two of those have come this year (Rams & Saints). THAT’S impressive, but still far from a sure thing. What IS a sure thing is that you always have a chance with Brady as your QB.
December 7th, 2022 at 8:39 am
Rigged
December 7th, 2022 at 9:11 am
No one mentioning how White was out of position? Ingram is the LB’s man to cover.
December 7th, 2022 at 9:27 am
I don’t know what’s worse, the TROLLS who are yelling RIGGED to get a response, or the people falling for the TROLLS.
December 7th, 2022 at 10:03 am
The things people do to not get shoulder pad hugged from DW
December 7th, 2022 at 3:02 pm
Izod,
Not if it is about the Aint’s keeping the game close or close to the point spread! There are so many ways the NFL cheats it is sickening! But hey still a great comeback!
December 7th, 2022 at 8:42 pm
I am sick of watching these horrible bucs and being told they are coming together. They have absolutely no offense. NONE. I am not sure if it is Leftwich, the line or the running backs or a combination of all these. TB has great, experienced hof receivers and his arm seems fresh. They shouldn’t have to scramble 14 points in the last 5 minutes for a total of 17. The Bears score 17 points. Houston scores 17 points.Bad teams score 17 points. TB is not Phil Sims, just managing a game. He is the GOAT, he has been through, seen and played every type of game and won most of them. I don’t know what the answer is, maybe BA, but these guys will be going home quickly if things don’t change