But what I didn’t know was that Bush, whom the team traded a 2012 late-round pick and safety Jonathon Amaya to New Orleans to acquire this offseason, was the WORST rated tailback in the NFL according to ProFootballFocus.com.
Not one of the worst.
Not the worst amongst starters.
THE WORST tailback in the NFL five games into the 2011 season.
ProFootballFocus.com, which rates every snap of every game for every player in the NFL, isn’t the end all, be all. The website isn’t the gospel when it comes to position ratings, or player evaluations. But it is a starting point, and usually provides plenty of hints.
For instance, rookie
Mike Pouncey has been pretty solid this season. What do you know, he’s the second best center in the NFL according to ProFootballFocus.
The hint I got today was that Bush was rated 111, dead last amongst every single tailback who has carried the ball this season. That includes former Dolphins tailback Larry Johnson, and present ones like
Steve Slaton and
Lex Hilliard.
YIKES!
I was so stunned by my discovery I checked into his ratings from past seasons. Bush finished the 2010 season rated the NFL’s 35th best tailback by PFF (not bad). In 2009 he was No. 12 (even better).
So why is he 111th now?
My guess is improper usage, and I talk about that during my Friday session with WQAM’s Gino Torretta show, which you can listen to by clicking this link.