reggie bush doesn't run between the tackles because he doesn't want to. you're exactly right, ut had a player named sean williams i believe who came in with ricky williams. he was about 5'9" and a buck eighty, and he ran between the tackles. ahman green isn't much bigger than bush and runs between the tackles. bush isn't a running back and never will be.
Saints' jet-setting superstar a first-class dud in opener http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10337299 fun article
STFU! REGGIE BUSH IS MARKETABLE DAMN IT! MARKETABLE!!!! jk. thanks for the read. Saints' jet-setting superstar a first-class dud in opener Gregg Doyel Sep. 7, 2007 By Gregg Doyel CBSSports.com National Columnist Tell Gregg your opinion! INDIANAPOLIS -- Reggie Bush partied at the Playboy Mansion this offseason. He ate at the White House. He filmed a commercial in Spain. He attended a Grammy gathering with big-voiced R&B star Ciara, and he began a relationship with big-bootied sex-tape star Kim Kardashian. Here's one thing Reggie Bush didn't do this offseason: Improve as a football player. What happens when the ultimate X-factor becomes a nonfactor? Well, this pretty much says it all. (US Presswire) What happens when the ultimate X-factor becomes a nonfactor? Well, this pretty much says it all. (US Presswire) Then again, let's be fair. Bush did hurt his ankle a few months ago ... playing in a celebrity basketball game in Las Vegas. What a knucklehead. After a rookie year in which he caught 88 passes, ran for 565 yards, returned a punt for a touchdown and helped the New Orleans Saints reach the NFC Championship Game, Bush had the opportunity this offseason to live the life of the jet-setting young superstar. And by God he took it. He became the centerpiece of at least nine national advertising campaigns, with the commercial shoots and photo shoots and everything else that goes with it. He was a paparazzi magnet in Hollywood, where he bought a $5 million offseason home. He missed a month of offseason workouts with teammates. The Saints let Bush have his fun this offseason, presumably because he was exhausted after playing 22 games last year, exhibitions and playoffs included. Bush was far from the only Saint, or only Saints rookie, to play so many games, but he was the only one named Reggie Bush. This is a guy who has been handed everything, including his place of residence at college, since he was a teenager. Hard work and crazy genetics got him this far, but Bush spent his first NFL offseason betraying both. Which brings us to Thursday night, a 41-10 loss to the Colts. In the first game of his second NFL season, Bush was terrible. He made bad cuts. He dropped two passes. He got run down by two linebackers. His final numbers were inflated by the Saints' final drive against a disinterested, prevent-playing Colts defense, and still his final numbers were ugly: 12 rushes for 38 yards, four catches for 7 yards, one punt return for 2 yards. The better second-year back in this game was the Colts' Joseph Addai, who went No. 30 overall in the 2006 draft -- 28 spots behind Bush -- but with 1,081 rushing yards nearly doubled Bush's rookie output. That continued Thursday, with Addai rushing for 118 yards and even outproducing Bush through the air (three catches, 25 yards). But Bush has other things over Addai. It was Bush, not Addai, who witnessed the running of the bulls this offseason in Spain. It was Bush who was invited to play in that celebrity basketball game during the NBA All-Star Break. And who snagged Ciara, and then Kardashian. And who became the NFL's second busiest endorser, after Peyton Manning. And it was Bush who went from star to stiff. Bush wasn't just human Thursday night. He was bad, physically and mentally. His first touch was a punt return early in the first quarter, when he wiggled and juked and danced for two yards before being corralled in the open field by Colts immortal Matt Giordano. Moments later Bush pulled in his first reception on second and 4, and with the RCA Dome crowd groaning at all the open field in front of him, he cut into the teeth of the defense and was tackled short of the first down. That drive later ended when Bush was obliterated in the backfield for a 3-yard loss. The Saints offense struggled until its third possession, which Bush killed when he dropped a pass on third and 3 from the Colts 16 -- forcing the Saints to settle for a field goal. Before the half was finished, Bush would be chased down by Colts linebacker Rob Morris on the left corner, and by linebacker Freddie Keiaho on the right corner. In fairness to him, Bush wasn't the reason the Saints got rolled Thursday night. Addai was better than Bush, true, but Manning was better than the Saints' Drew Brees. Colts receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne were better than Marques Colston and Devery Henderson. The Colts defense looked faster than the Saints defense. Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri was more accurate than Olindo Mare. This was domination, up and down both sides of the ball and on special teams. But that's where Bush comes in. The Saints picked him No. 2 overall to be an athletic equalizer. He's supposed to shrink the gap between teams like the Colts and Saints ... not blow it wide open. Bush's final play of the game was an interception that Giordano returned for a touchdown. An instant before Bush could grab Giordano from behind, he was taken out by a sloppy offensive lineman. Bush slowly stood, walked to the bench and sat down with his head in his hands. An hour later, while most of his teammates were climbing into jeans and T-shirts, Bush lovingly pulled on a crisp yellow Oxford, beige tie, light brown three-piece suit -- vest buttoned to the hilt -- and leather wing-tips. He placed a diamond into each ear. He wheeled a designer handbag and slung a Heisman Trophy backpack over his right shoulder. He looked a lot better in the locker room than he looked on the field, I'll tell you that. And then Bush disappeared, leaving for the team bus. Saints officials said he would return to meet the media, but he never did. The media understood. Reggie Bush had just spent three hours embarrassing himself on national television. He wasn't coming back.
Not that I don't enjoy a nice fun round of Pile-On-Reggie-Bush, but everyone needs to keep in mind that Deuce wasn't much more effective last night against the Colts, and he IS a run between the tackles kind of back. I think it is much more likely that Indy just clogged the middle damn well last night, and didn't allow Reggie to get around the outside like he likes to do. Reggie's not going to be the superstar he was billed as when he was drafted, but I still think he will be a top 10 RB in the league at some point or another.
you're right, its just one game, but he still will never be a good running back because he doesn't run inside. the nfl is just too fast
If you watched the game, the 2nd half the Saints pretty much abandoned any running game using Deuce. I'd know since I paid close attention because I have McCallister on my fantasy team. Sean Payton decided to go with Bush almost exclusively in the 2nd half and paid for it. There was one sequence in the 3rd quarter where Deuce actually ran for a 1st down but then got pulled immediately in favor of putting Bush in. And the look on Deuce's face was priceless. As much as I want Bush to succeed, he looked really lost out there last night. Any time the ball was in his hands, he tried to avoid the middle as much as possible.
Could you little girls start a Colts/Saints thread if you want to talk about that game? Quit polluting the TEXANS/CHIEFS thread with whether or not Reggie Bush can run between the tackles. Seriously. Give it a rest. Texans 24 Chiefs 13 I think our D causes at least 2 turnovers and we win easily.
Has anyone heard any news on how dunta is doing after the robbery? Hopefully he isnt messed up in the head, cuz thats pretty scarry stuff. He is by far the best defensive player we have, regardless: Texans 21 Chiefs 17
Bush NEEDS to start watching some Brian Westbrook Video and learn what he's supposed to do. You can't get away with that juking nonsense in the NFL, people are just too fast. I always envisioned Bush as a stronger and bigger version of Westbrook but there's no discipline in his running and he's just out of control as if he's in a video game. I thought he would be better between the tackles than Westbrook because his body could take more punishment. But instead its like he hasn't changed one bit from college.
Man! I come here to read about the Chiefs & Texans only to find that a Reggie Bush knife-fight had broken out...
That's one of the worst things about having a bad team... the suck ass announcers you get every week. I swear I'm tired of Don Criqui and Ian freaking Eagle. Texans 27 Chiefs 17
Texans start off hot and don't look back...After seeing Hard Knocks, we should roll... Texans: 31 Chiefs: 10 btw, Gonzales' wife is f'n hot...
Actually, I'm pretty sure Ian and Soloman got promoted to a higher "ranking" in team in the off-season... judging by the fact that they were selected to call one of the national pre-season games.
This year they are ranked at #5 which is one better than last year. Here are the rankings for this season: 1. Jim Nantz/Phil Simms 2. Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf 3. Dick Enberg/Randy Cross 4. Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon 5. Ian Eagle/Solomon Wilcots 6. Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker 7. Don Criqui or Bill Macatee/Steve Beuerlein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_on_CBS_commentator_pairings I'm sure we'll see plenty of the 4-7 announcers this season. I could be wrong but I don't remember ever having a top three CBS announcing crew call a Texans game before. Maybe this year is the year we finally get one of the big guns.
