This isn't comparable. Bush isn't the starting RB so he isn't put in favorable situations when he rushes the ball. Its usually on 3rd down plays out of the shotgun, or toss sweeps to the outside. Starting running backs get carries on 1st and 2nd down in traditional running formations with traditional run blocking. Plus the defenses the saints have gone up against are are significantally better then the defenses Lundy has faced recently.
Shouldn't someone who was supposed to be the best player in the draft at least crack the starting lineup? Once? Bush is the only player picked in the top ten that isn't starting for his team. But he was the #2 RB on his college team too, so I guess he's used to it.
Wali earned his way as a starter. Kubiak benched his REAR after he missed blocks at the beginning of the season. To say that Wali is outperforming Bush because Wali is a starter and Bush is a backup is "HOT AIR!" If the last 2 weeks had been reveresed and Bush would have had 93 yards then 116 yards the next week; everyone in the National Media would be gloating in the Texans faces!!! Right now the media is REAL QUIET. But they are just inching for when Bush has his next big game which in all likelyhood would be his first big game! Depending if you think a playmaker on kick returns qualifies him. All and all, the Media is proving to Texans/Williams/Kubiak that eating crow isn't something they do in public. A shout out to Kubiak for selecting Williams a head of Bush.
Every single week since the start of the season, in my Sporting News magazine, there's been a Subway ad for Reggie Bush which lists his rushing and receiving stats for the preceding week (in bar graph format). This week, however, the bar graphs are gone. Now, in their place, it simply says "Check out all the latest Reggie Bush news at [insert web site here]". (Strangely enough, the "Reggie Bush Stat Tracker" header is still at the top, though.) Man, even Subway, who employs Jon freaking Lovitz to shill sandwiches, is embarrassed by Reggie's crappy stats. My, how the tide has turned.
Look, it's nothing personal but Bush is NOT earning his $64 Million paycheck day with his performances. Yeah B'More is the REAL deal. I think they are more likely to go to the Super Bowl than Peyton's group. They look REALLY good. Bush is only getting a mulligan right now because Deuce, Drew, Horn and Colston are carrying that team. Colston has been UNBELIEVABLE!
But you have to look at the "whys?" when you give this rhetoric. Just like I've said (and many others), why isn't Bush put in "favorable situations?" It's because he's not even the best running back on his team. Something that a running back selected so high SHOULD be.
Look, I'm not a Bush Hater or a nay sayer!! But the only thing I want to get to is that Bush "is not", "was not" and "has never been" a can't miss talent. As it is, he could go on to have a hall of fame career, he could surprise us all and challenge all of the rushing records and maybe even set them during his NFL career. But, the facts are that he has gotten off to a real slow start for the hype he came into the league with. Continuously everyone you heard stated how Reggie was the only can't miss prospect in decades. How he was the best player to come into the NFL in 20 some odd years. Reggie is talented with tremendous athleticism. But so was Metcalf, Hall, etc.
You went from bashing everyone that didn't like Bush to making excuses for the guy. Like others have posted, why is it that Bush, the so-called "greatest prospect to ever come out," the next Barry Sanders and Gale Sayers, can't believe the Texans passed on him, etc...isn't being put into favorable situations? Just last week you were saying how Bush is awesome and that he is the reason for success, now you're blaming it on the coaches and the schemes? At least you admitted that he hasn't ran the ball like you thought he did, but you have to understand that this was the EXACT style he ran at USC, the guy naturally runs for the sidelines because he is use to beating defenders to the corner, this won't work in the NFL. Until Bush learns to duck his head and run between the tackles, I don't think he'll have the success everyone thought he would have.
Is it comparable to these other RB's that are splitting carries? Bush 2nd Overall Pick 70 Rushes for 212 Yards 0 Rushing TDs J.Norwood (and this guy has to share carries with Vick too) 47 Rushes for 321 yards 1 Rushing TD M.Drew 62 rushes for 264 yards 3 rushing TDs J.Addai 87 rushes for 447 yards 1 Rushing TD L.Maroney 86 rushes for 361 yards 3 rushing TDs L.Washington 86 rushes for 397 yards 2 rushing TDs Considering that Bush gets the ball thrown to him a lot (since he can't run) and that he still hasn't scored more TD's than most of these guys, I would say he is sucking ass right now. Waiting on your next excuse........
I'm not sold that Mario was worthy of the #1 pick, but I am certainly sold that Bush wasn't the right pick for this team. We need a true RB, and I don't feel comfy paying a RB so much when their career spans aren't that long.
What we should've done was offer Carr and Andre Johnson to the Titans for their #1 pick. Then drafted VY and Mario, Demeco, signed Moulds and another FA wide receiver. Yeah, it would have made us weak at receiver. So what. There will be other premier receivers come down the pike. Shoot, we coulda made a real good run at T.O. How about that team? Vince, T.O., with Marco and Demeco on the other side?
Kubiak's made some pretty solid draft choices so far. Lundy, Ryans, C. Spencer, O. Daniels look like a good core. And if Mario plays up to expecations, then it would be even better.
Looking at the draft so far, it is the best the Texans have ever had from top to bottom. It's a shame that Don Dayne took out Charles Spencer But, most of the picks are starting to shape up. I was disappointed that Jopporu was let go, but with Daniels playing the way he is, then Japporu would never have gotten time to get on the field. "Good Luck Jopporu" Surprisingly, Mario with 3.5 sacks is still not a force. He is a good player, but he needs to be a disruptive force. But we all should have "HOPE" that he perform at the elite level sooner rather than later.
I don't think Kubiak would have traded our 2 premier players to division rivals during his first month on the job. My dream scenario during the draft was for the Texans to draft VY and wait for McNair to be released and sign him (I don't think Adams would have traded him to us). Traded Carr for someone's 2006 2nd Round pick (maybe we even could have gotten a 1st from Buffalo or something). But back to Lundy, he's looking really good right now, good to see some type of running game. Too bad Carr couldn't capitalize with it.
This explains things. It looks as if Bush sprained his ankle in week 1 of the NFL season. When a player depends on speed and burst the way that Bush does, an ankle injury can slow you down. I'd venture to say this is on of the reasons he hasn't ran all that well. The guy has been playing injured. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...F?slug=ap-saints-bushinjury&prov=ap&type=lgns METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Reggie Bush said his left ankle injury against Baltimore was more of an aggravation of a sprain that occurred in Week 1 at Cleveland, something he expects to keep playing with. "I'll be ready for Tampa," Bush said Monday between meetings and treatment at the New Orleans Saints' training headquarters. The sprain is "something that's kind of been lingering since that first game and hasn't been 100 percent since," Bush said. "I've just been kind of playing through it. ... It just kept getting better and better every week, and I got to the point where I was feeling pretty good, and now I'm right back to the point where I started. "But even then I was able to play through it, so it's really just a matter of me taking care of it," Bush said. Bush, the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner and second overall pick in last spring's draft, left the Saints' 35-22 loss to Baltimore on Sunday in the fourth quarter after being tackled by Bart Scott, who rolled over Bush's lower legs as the two spun down. Bush said he was unsure how the pain would affect his practice schedule and that he would follow the orders of coaches and trainers. "In Reggie's case we're in pretty good shape," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "Everything's clean in the X-Ray and the MRI." Bush has been effective much of this season both running and receiving, getting clutch first downs that have helped sustain scoring drives, but he has rarely broken off big gains. His only touchdown was a crucial one, however, a 65-yard, late-game punt return that lifted the Saints (5-2) to a victory over the Buccaneers. He averaged nearly 107 all-purpose yards during the Saints' first six games. Bush was having his worst game of the season against Baltimore, however, running for only 16 yards on five carries and gaining only 5 yards on four catches. He also had thrown an interception on a halfback option pass and was involved in a fumble on a handoff from Drew Brees.
Hey they have to make excuses for Reggie and that is sad. Just say he has not lived up to the hype yet. When Mario struggles people go nuts especially the media. Reggie does and ouch his ankle is hurting.
