Saints’ Mark Ingram cherishing playoff run as uncertainty looms

METAIRIE, La. — Mark Ingram readily acknowledges that his last game with the Saints could come Sunday, when New Orleans hosts the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game.

Ingram hasn’t given up on bucking conventional wisdom and remaining with New Orleans, even though his contract is expiring and the Saints will have to worry about signing younger, more productive running back Alvin Kamara to his second NFL contract in the next couple of years.

Combined, Ingram and Kamara give the Saints one of the most formidable backfield tandems in the NFL — and an answer to the Rams’ Todd Gurley and C.J. Anderson, who ripped Dallas’ defense to the tune of more than 200 yards rushing Saturday night.