Oct 1st 2008 9:00AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Saints
Remember when Reggie Bush was one of the most exciting football players any of us had ever seen at USC, and everyone said the Saints got a steal when they made him the second pick in the draft? What happened to that Reggie Bush?

He certainly wasn’t on the field on Sunday in the Saints’ win over the San Francisco 49ers. Bush had 10 carries for 31 yards, had eight passes thrown to him and caught five for seven yards, and fielded one punt, which he fair caught. Did you ever think, when you watched him at USC, that you’d see Reggie Bush have the ball come to him 19 times in a game, and that he’d have 38 yards to show for it?

Bush has been in the league for three years now, and it’s clear that he just isn’t making it as a running back. In fact, the way the Saints used him on Sunday provided a good example of how not to use Reggie Bush.Continue Reading