Reggie Bush a Packer in 2010?

[gbgary]

I'm not going to copy and paste the article but this guy on a Saints board did.

http://blackandgold.com/saints/22332...ns-2010-a.html

They have awesome avatars.

[Scott Campbell]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

[The Shadow]

I'm pretty lukewarm about Reggie Bush.
I wouldn't give up a great deal for him.

[3irty1]

I'd like to see how he does in a different offense. I'd get pretty excited about a pickup like that and I think Mike McCarthy would too. He's a versatile weapon.

[gbgary]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

[Smidgeon]

I don't understand this. I've never seen this cat play, but Wiki tells me he's shorter and skinnier than Bush. At best they'd have equal speed as Bush is like lightning. Bush played much tougher opposition and carried a team in college. What has Spiller done? I just don't see this cat stacking up favorably to Reggie, who was a freak of a prospect.

Food for thought. Coming into the 2008 draft, Chris Johnson was sometimes described by draft pundits as a "poor man's Reggie Bush" based on the comparison of measurables and the relative qualities of USC versus East Carolina. However, ultimately it would be considered unreasonable praise of Bush to call him a "poor man's Chris Johnson" as Johnson does something in the NFL that Reggie Bush has never done, to wit, "run like a man possessed."

To my eyes, it's a similar story with Spiller. He's fast and shifty, but he plays like a man possessed, contributes mightily in the running game, the passing game, and on special teams and he has carried Clemson more than Reggie Bush ever carried USC (recall that his best USC teams had Matt Leinart, Steve Smith (NYG), LenDale White, and Dwayne Jarret all of whom merited premium picks in the NFL draft; how many offensive players from Clemson this year are going to go in the first three rounds? At most two (WR Jacoby Ford is a borderline third round pick, IMO).)

Bush was a guy who made spectacular plays in college because he was at all times the best athlete on the field. Spiller makes great plays in college not only because he's probably the best athlete on the field, but also because he appears to want it more than anybody else on the field. When bowl season comes around, make sure you catch Clemson's game. I may just be especially high on this guy, but I think Spiller could be special. The only knock on him is that with his size, he's very unlikely to be able to be a workhorse back, though he is solidly built. But hell, we could really use a RB who's at least moderately explosive when he gets the ball. I would say Spiller compares positively to Bush (in college) in terms of his vision, instincts, and patience as a runner (i.e. he sets up his blocks very well). Spiller also breaks a ton of tackles for a guy his size, more than I remember Bush doing (though to be honest, I don't remember too many tacklers being in position to make tackle Bush at all when he was at USC.)

I have a hunch that Thompson may be really high on this guy too. He's scouted Clemson pretty hard over the past 2-3 years and yet never drafted anybody from there (Spiller's a senior).

Do you have a guess where Spiller'd go? Since we're going to win the Super Bowl (), will GB even have a chance at him?

[mission]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

woohoo? really? the mavs?

one of the luckiest roll shots ive seen in recent memory...

[gbgary]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

woohoo? really? the mavs?

one of the luckiest roll shots ive seen in recent memory...

yup...love the mavs! dirk just admitted it was pretty lucky.

[Partial]

I don't understand this. I've never seen this cat play, but Wiki tells me he's shorter and skinnier than Bush. At best they'd have equal speed as Bush is like lightning. Bush played much tougher opposition and carried a team in college. What has Spiller done? I just don't see this cat stacking up favorably to Reggie, who was a freak of a prospect.

Food for thought. Coming into the 2008 draft, Chris Johnson was sometimes described by draft pundits as a "poor man's Reggie Bush" based on the comparison of measurables and the relative qualities of USC versus East Carolina. However, ultimately it would be considered unreasonable praise of Bush to call him a "poor man's Chris Johnson" as Johnson does something in the NFL that Reggie Bush has never done, to wit, "run like a man possessed."

To my eyes, it's a similar story with Spiller. He's fast and shifty, but he plays like a man possessed, contributes mightily in the running game, the passing game, and on special teams and he has carried Clemson more than Reggie Bush ever carried USC (recall that his best USC teams had Matt Leinart, Steve Smith (NYG), LenDale White, and Dwayne Jarret all of whom merited premium picks in the NFL draft; how many offensive players from Clemson this year are going to go in the first three rounds? At most two (WR Jacoby Ford is a borderline third round pick, IMO).)

Bush was a guy who made spectacular plays in college because he was at all times the best athlete on the field. Spiller makes great plays in college not only because he's probably the best athlete on the field, but also because he appears to want it more than anybody else on the field. When bowl season comes around, make sure you catch Clemson's game. I may just be especially high on this guy, but I think Spiller could be special. The only knock on him is that with his size, he's very unlikely to be able to be a workhorse back, though he is solidly built. But hell, we could really use a RB who's at least moderately explosive when he gets the ball. I would say Spiller compares positively to Bush (in college) in terms of his vision, instincts, and patience as a runner (i.e. he sets up his blocks very well). Spiller also breaks a ton of tackles for a guy his size, more than I remember Bush doing (though to be honest, I don't remember too many tacklers being in position to make tackle Bush at all when he was at USC.)

I have a hunch that Thompson may be really high on this guy too. He's scouted Clemson pretty hard over the past 2-3 years and yet never drafted anybody from there (Spiller's a senior).

Good post. I'll be all for an athlete like him, either way. I've been calling for the scat back type guy for a few years now. Recall my affinity for Teddy Ginn and Percy Harvin. We desperately need a star athlete.

[mission]

Some Spiller highlights... don't know why it says heisman in 2010 since he wont be there but you know about those south carolina guys.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdTU4Tiv-o&feature=fvw

[Brando19]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

woohoo? really? the mavs?

one of the luckiest roll shots ive seen in recent memory...

yup...love the mavs! dirk just admitted it was pretty lucky.

At least Dallas has something goin' for them this week.

[gbgary]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

woohoo? really? the mavs?

one of the luckiest roll shots ive seen in recent memory...

yup...love the mavs! dirk just admitted it was pretty lucky.

At least Dallas has something goin' for them this week.

it was great at work today!! wore Packers cap even though i've got an office job.

[Brando19]

Reggie Bush is not an every down back. He'd compliment Grant, not replace him.

i agree. if the saints can't figure out what to do with him clueless mm won't either.

I think the Saints have it figured out pretty well. He's a great change of pace guy.

the key is getting him in space.


(dirk just got the game winner in ot. woo hoo!)

woohoo? really? the mavs?

one of the luckiest roll shots ive seen in recent memory...

yup...love the mavs! dirk just admitted it was pretty lucky.

At least Dallas has something goin' for them this week.

it was great at work today!! wore Packers cap even though i've got an office job.

Haha! I did, too! Two of my coworkers are Dallas Cowboys fans and I had a gooooood day at work today.

[MJZiggy]

My Packer fan buddy and I weren't depressed. It was a nice shift.

[Lurker64]

Do you have a guess where Spiller'd go? Since we're going to win the Super Bowl (), will GB even have a chance at him?

It's hard to tell with RBs, but I'd say probably anywhere between 11 and 30. On one hand, he's probably the best RB in this class by a good margin, and has a chance to be a dynamic playmaker in the NFL (the players in the NFL right now most like him are Chris Johnson, Reggie Bush, and Darren Sproles which is pretty good company.) On the other hand, this is a pretty stacked draft at a lot of positions other than RB, and in these days RBs tend to be not command premium picks except for clear freaks of nature/once a generation prospects. Also, team priorities have a lot to do with who gets drafted. There weren't many people last year who had Beanie Wells below Donald Brown on their RB boards (in fact, many people had Beanie Wells ahead of Moreno); however the Colts needed an RB and they took Donald Brown ahead of Wells because Wells really isn't any good at catching the ball. So this year the question for teams drafting a RB high is going to be "Do I take a dynamic playmaker who won't play every down like Clemson's Spiller or Cal's Best, or do I take a less spectacular back who can carry the load like Georgia Tech's Dwyer or Stanford's Gerhart." Different teams will answer that question differently.

So I guess that's a long way of saying "I don't really know" but unless he wins the Heisman, tears up the senior bowl, and tests ridiculously well at the combine, he probably won't command a super-premium pick so the Packers could have a shot at him.