I've stated many times in other threads like this one that I would like to see the Texans draft D'Brickashaw Ferguson. LT is our immediate need and he could potentially be the franchise bookend tackle tht the O-Line sorely lacks. I'd also like the Texans to pick up Leonard Pope, TE out of Georgia (hoping he slips to the 2nd round). Lets face it Bennie Joppru will never take the field as a Texan, and if the coaching staff gets replaced he will most likely be one of the first let go.
Reggie Bush has 140 carries. Lendale White has 156 carries. I draw two conclusions from Pete Carrol giving Lendale "not in the same stratosphere as Reggie Bush" White more carries than Reggie Bush. 1. He is worried that Reggie Bush can't take the pounding. 2. Lendale White is a better inside runner than Reggie Bush. This is not an auburn situation because Williams and Brown were on the same talent level. Reggie Bush is supposed to be a once in a generation talent. Why doesn't he have the most carries on his own team? If Carrol is just keeping him rested, you would still want Bush to have significantly more carries than White if he's that much better. In the NFL, number 1 means Reggie Bush is going to be a glorified Brian Westbrook. Number 2 means you probably take him out in short yardage situations, but he's still a really good back. If either of my conclusions are true, Reggie Bush isn't worth the 1st pick in the draft because a back of the same caliber can be found lower in the 1st round. Regardless, a running back needs a good offensive line. That should be priority number one.
....or 3. They blow out half the teams they play and there is no need to play Reggie Bush when you have another good running back that needs carries.
Yep. This allows you to get the most value from your #1 pick. Teams like the Dolphin, Browns, Cardinals, and possibly the Jets will be salavating at the chance of getting Leinart. I don't think anyone can doubt our OL is the biggest hole, now you have the opportunity to pick up a franchise type tackle, and you don't take it? No one is saying Reggie isn't a talented player, and no doubt he'll be a good back for a team that NEEDS a RB. But like Rocketman95 put it, it's not like he's the best RB to ever come out. There have been PLENTY of RBs that are suppose to be the next great one. Big time tackles don't come out very often.
Some have criticized him because he all of a sudden comes up with these seemingly bogus injuries whenever going up against a top tier DE, such as the guy from BC. However in the games that he has played this year, he has completely dominated.
ummm White has more carries than Bush because USC blows most teams out and there is no need to keep feeding the ball the your best player when you are up by 5 touchdowns. Why would he be like Brian Westbrook? Warrick Dunn is smaller than any of them and is a successful running back so I wouldn't go with the size argument either.
Does White get the majority of his carries in garbage time? Would you select Warrick Dunn with the first pick if he was just now coming out?
Except that he gets those carries in crunch-time too. There have been two games were USC was fighting for their lives the whole game (ASU, ND). In those games, White had 29 carries, Bush had 32. You'd think in games where your season is on the line, you'd go to this once-in-a-lifetime back a whole lot more than your other pretty-good back.
Except you neglected to mention that White had 10 carries for 26 yards against ND while Bush had 15 carries for 160 yards and 3 scores in the same game. And against Arizona St. both had roughly the same carries (LenDale with two more) and both went over 150 yards with 2 scores each. Not to mention that White is a non-factor as a reciever. Stop trying to put LenDale in Bush's class. He's not.
Reggie Bush can be a better prospect than Lendale White and still be overrated. If he was as good of a running back as he's made out to be, Lendale White would not be getting so many of his carries. Reggie Bush is an exciting player. He's very good at catching the ball and returning punts and kickoffs. He's really, really fast. I'm not convinced he's going to be an 25+ carry guy in the NFL. He's not playing at a Barry Sanders or Ladanian Tomlinson level. He's not worth the 1st pick.
Okay, thanks. If kevwun says it, it must be true. You must know something different than the NFL scouts that would beg to differ or the NFL teams that will line up to take him. You spoke of drawing conclusions earlier but the only conclusion that I'm drawing right now is that you have seen very little, to absolutly no USC football. All of the points you have tried to make have been short-sighted.
I thought internet message boards were for discussions and opinions, guess I was wrong again. Running backs are rarely taken 1st overall and I don't think Reggie Bush is one of the rare ones (I'm sorry about giving my opinion again). He's still going to be taken high. He's not going to have a chance to prove me wrong if the Texans draft him first and he routinely gets engulfed by 2 or 3 defensive lineman as soon as he takes the handoff because the oline still sucks. When a team has a good offensive line, productive running backs can be found in the 1st three rounds alot easier than an all pro left tackle can be. Charlie Casserly has even managed to find one.
Maybe. Maybe not. It's one thing when you have an opinion and you state it as such; it's another when you distort your opinion and pass it off as if it's fact. Not only that, you create narrow sighted scenarios that hardly encompass the whole situation, and pass those off as the be all, end all of scenarios.
Is it really necessary to put "in my opinion" behind every one of my sentences? I think everyone on this thread except you understood that.
