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What do you think reggies new role on the team is more carries ?? Less ?? Or would whoever philbin brings in use him like they did in NO... Thoughts???
 
if they pay attention to the NFL, they'll use Bush in a similar way he was used this past season. Unless we draft Richardson. I would shoot for at least 20 touches a game for him. We found something that worked. No need to reinvent the wheel regardless of the offense
 
I think it depends on how Thomas develops as a pass blocker/receiver and who we draft. There's talk Richardson may fall to us, and we'd be crazy to pass over a guy that will come in and can be a focal point for the offense.
 
state06 said:
if they pay attention to the NFL, they'll use Bush in a similar way he was used this past season. Unless we draft Richardson. I would shoot for at least 20 touches a game for him. We found something that worked. No need to reinvent the wheel regardless of the offense
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Bingo, no need to change what was working with Reggie
 
He'll probably become marginally more involved in the passing game, but as a rusher he'll definitely return to 1000+ yard territory...assuming he stays healthy (knock on wood).
 
Use him like daboll did. Reggie has more speed then Ryan grant and grant has had huge carries this year. I think we will see more Reggie screens too. We were horrible running screens this year (thanks Colombo and Carey )
 
I think Reggie proved he can carry the rock as a featured back, but lets remember he is still injury prone so we shouldn't all of a sudden think he is Michael turner and give him the rock 30 times a game, use him in the flat and in space, but I think we need to bring some competition in for daniel thomas, we still need a bruiser to share the load with reggie bush, is daniel thomas that guy? IDK, he showed signs of it this year, but he was very inconsistent, maybe we could pick up somebody like ben jarvis from NE, I would love to see reggie and ben jarvis in the backfield, that would be a nice combo.
 
Another thing I can't wait to see is if they use clay like they did with kuhn and I think since clay is way more usuable then kuhn it'll be intresting to see if we can get some tds not fgs
 
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What do you think reggies new role on the team is more carries ?? Less ?? Or would whoever philbin brings in use him like they did in NO... Thoughts???
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New Orleans was an incomparable waste. I always thought Reggie had grounds for a lawsuit. They'd give up if his first handful of touches were unproductive, particularly on the road, and spend the remainder of the game sending him on mindless sideways decoy roles.

The biggest mistake I saw many analysts make last offseason was asserting that if Sean Payton couldn't figure out what to do with Reggie Bush, then nobody could. It was exactly the opposite. Miami was fortunate that somebody like Belichick didn't realize how poorly the Saints used Reggie.

Granted, I'll squawk now because I happened to get this one correct, posting on the Miami board on Rivals.com early last August that Reggie was the Dolphins' most talented skill position acquisition since Paul Warfield and would have a breakout year. Not exactly a difficult handicap. He was finally back at a warm weather home outdoor site, with a grass field, and plenty of I formation. Sound familiar? USC. It's like a horse race where you throw out the most recent irrelevant outings and find a winning race six months or a year earlier that mirrored the current scenario.

In 30 years evaluating stats, the single most meaningless and misleading number I've ever seen was Reggie Bush averaging 3.3 yards on grass as a Saint.

In 2012 I'd like to see more downfield routes, including out of the slot. He still hasn't been used in that mode as a pro as much as Carroll and Leinart did at USC, where he averaged 13.7 yards per reception. Conventional wisdom is those were dump off catch and run routes against overmatched defenses but anyone who followed it at the time remembers Reggie bursting past linebackers and making grabs in the secondary. We showed glimpses of figuring it out late last season. You have to be bold with a talent like that.

Regardless, Reggie won't be as effective in 2012, nothing resembling 5.0 yards per rush. Too many burst plays, defying probability in terms of a repeat. Besides, after an 0-7 start, or similar, you apply a modifier of at least 10-15% in meaningless games. Not merely game results, but individual player indications. I warned about that a few years ago in regard to Nate Garner, that anything he did late season while closing out the string couldn't be taken at face value toward a starting role the following year. Identical for John Jerry this time. It's more difficult to explain than to sense, after 25+ years as a handicapper.

Matt Moore fits also, all the traits that made him a backup sprouting to the forefront.
 
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