1 good season in 6 does not warrant a trend. As I mentioned, and you ignored, IF he can consistently do what he did for a few more years, then great.
The record books are filled with guys that have 1 great season in their career...most of those names go unmentioned (Except Joe Namath).
Joe Namath averaged 14.7 yards per completion for his career, which is .7 better than Marino in his best season, the signature year of 1984. It was a gunslinger era with receivers battered and Namath was phenomenal to watch. He had many excellent seasons, hobbling around on woeful knees.
Sigh. I see many fans are still determined to knock and downplay Reggie Bush, regardless who he belongs to. It's been an ongoing theme on this site for years, with posters actually believing he didn't have an extraordinary skill set, and was no more than Lorenzo Booker.
Reggie was used horrendously by the Saints. I still think he has grounds to sue them. Particularly on the road Sean Payton would all but give up on Reggie if his first few touches weren't productive.
If Reggie had been drafted by a grass warm weather team out of college he'd have remained a legend throughout his career. The way it worked out, he took so much grief for not being an inside runner he over reacted to the criticism and bulked up too much, sacrificing some of his natural instincts and elusiveness to try to barrel past defenders when it wasn't necessary, or his best option. Only late last season did he get beyond that and start to run to daylight again.
I think there's some validity to the post earlier in this thread that Daboll used Reggie very creatively, and Philbin may not follow suit. Green Bay has featured reluctant rushes, the majority of them predictable stretch plays. Reggie applauded Daboll for the variety of ways he was used.
He certainly won't average 5.0 yards per rush again. That requires too many burst plays, which you can't depend on. For one thing, when a team starts 0-7 nothing can be taken at face value from that point forth. I fully grasp that, even as a Reggie booster. Everything fell into place for him, other than missing the final game.
He's an ultra competitive guy, someone who would have fit in beautifully on the early '70s teams. That's an aspect that was always overlooked by Reggie's detractors. The younger fans of this franchise have been brainwashed by too many grinning idiot players who don't really care how many games we win, as long as they can celebrate a sack or catch or pick when down 24-7.
