Bush, Saints Agree To Deal

[BallHawk]

Saints fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Reggie Bush is reporting to camp. The Saints' first-round pick has agreed to a six-year contract, Len Pasquarelli reports. The deal is expected to be signed Sunday.

[Fosco33]

Re: Bush, Saints Agree To Deal

Saints fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Reggie Bush is reporting to camp. The Saints' first-round pick has agreed to a six-year contract, Len Pasquarelli reports. The deal is expected to be signed Sunday.

Good for NO, Bush, the city, etc.

Now, we really will see Hawk tag him in week 2 at Lambeau.

[MJZiggy]

Will he last 'til week 2? Is the o-line at NO good enough to keep him from getting clobbered?

[Fosco33]

Will he last 'til week 2? Is the o-line at NO good enough to keep him from getting clobbered?

You've got to hope so - he's so damn quick we'll see how long it takes for him to get tackled....

But they do have to play the Browns at the Dawg Pound week 1 - so you could say 'pounded' instead of 'clobbered'.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I want to hear from all of the folks that jumped to conclusions and ripped Bush a new asshole earlier in the week when a report (e.g. conjecture) came out saying he might hold out for the year.

Don't know why people don't like him. He was a team player at USC, and he seems like he's a pretty damn good kid for being so talented (spoiled). Some speculated he wouldn't play for New Orleans. He said otherwise and proved it here. He's said and done all of the right things since being drafted. Give the kid a break. He's done nothing wrong.

[Fosco33]

I want to hear from all of the folks that jumped to conclusions and ripped Bush a new asshole earlier in the week when a report (e.g. conjecture) came out saying he might hold out for the year.

Don't know why people don't like him. He was a team player at USC, and he seems like he's a pretty damn good kid for being so talented (spoiled). Some speculated he wouldn't play for New Orleans. He said otherwise and proved it here. He's said and done all of the right things since being drafted. Give the kid a break. He's done nothing wrong.

Damn straight! I can't wait to see him play - it's gonna be sweet.

[NewsBruin]

This also means that the saints have four decent-to-great backs and still have a need at linebacker...

[the_idle_threat]

I want to hear from all of the folks that jumped to conclusions and ripped Bush a new asshole earlier in the week when a report (e.g. conjecture) came out saying he might hold out for the year.

Don't know why people don't like him. He was a team player at USC, and he seems like he's a pretty damn good kid for being so talented (spoiled). Some speculated he wouldn't play for New Orleans. He said otherwise and proved it here. He's said and done all of the right things since being drafted. Give the kid a break. He's done nothing wrong.

I'll admit I thought "Oh no, here we go ..." when I heard about Bush's potential holdout. It's well known that he had high contract demands, leading Houston to go in another direction with the eminently-more-signable Mario Williams.

Now, I don't think he's a bad guy at all ... it's just that when a 20 or 21-year-old kid is told by everyone that he's one of the all-time great talents before he's even played a down, he may begin to believe it ... and if he's told he should get the moon and three stars in hs rookie contract, he may very well demand it.

I'm a bit surprised and very happy for the league in general that he came into the fold so quickly.

[Fosco33]

This also means that the saints have four decent-to-great backs and still have a need at linebacker...

Bennett for Taylor kind of deal?

Then move Barnett to Sam and have Hodge in the middle. With a Bennett/Green/Gado (Herron as 4th option, if needed; Pooper playing some FB again) combo attack.

Is that what you were alluding to?

[the_idle_threat]

I thought he was implying a Hawk-for-Bush kind of deal.

[Fosco33]

I thought he was implying a Hawk-for-Bush kind of deal.

The Saints won't give up Bush w/o facing another set of riots in NO - oooohh, too soon? it's almost been a full year...

The reason I think Bennett would be in the mix: his two teams of choice were the Cards and Packers during FA; ZBS; Taylor/Bennett coming off recent injuries and the deal would benefit both clubs. It's apparent we have a need at RB and could manage with our LB core minus Taylor.

[the_idle_threat]

I just looked at the Saints' roster, and I don't see them being 4-deep in quality RBs. They have Deuce McAllister coming off an ACL tear, Reggie Bush, and Michael Bennett. Unless I missed somebody, I guess the 4th guy would be Aaron Stecker, and he's really not all that good. He had a big opportunity last year with McAllister down, and only managed 363 rushing yards and no scores in 4 starts. For comparison, Gado had almost 600 yards and 6 scores in 5 starts, running behind our very suspect line.

I don't see the Saints looking to trade Bennett with the uncertainty of McAllister's recovery, and with Bush being a rookie who did not carry the load in college.

[woodbuck27]

From PFT:

WHERE'S THE BUSH NUMBERS?

Though it's not yet been 12 hours since word broke of an agreement between the Saints and tailback Reggie Bush, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2006 draft, the absence of any hard numbers regarding Bush's deal makes us think that agent Joel Segal isn't as happy with the outcome as he otherwise might have been.

Alternatively, the silence could be a sign that Segal has yet to come up with an effective way of spinning the contract as being somehow better than the deal signed by No. 1 overall pick Mario Williams.

The likelihood that the news of the contract was spoon fed by Segal to ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli makes the absence of details regarding the financial package seem even more strange to us.

Stay tuned.

[HarveyWallbangers]

PFT = The National Enquirer of the NFL

[BallHawk]

PFT = The National Enquirer of the NFL

Good comparison. I do enjoy their pics of the day, though. Some of them are really funny. Such as...


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