So what team really NEEDS Reggie Bush?

Everyone seems to want to be in on the Bush bowl but the two primary contenders kind of have running games already.

-Frank Gore is starting to really establish himself in SF and Maurice Hicks is improving as well. Both are young guys who are finally getting a shot over the much overrated Kevan Barlow.

-Houston has two bright spots on offense, Andre Johnson and Domanick Davis. Neither is used correctly but Davis provides a very potent ground game when they do use him.

-Green Bay has a decision to make with the injured Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport, both of whom are in contract years, but the replacement might have arrived this year in a very solid Samkon Gado.

-New Orleans has a pretty great RB named Deuce McAllister who will be back from injury next season.

It seems to me the only team really in this race that needs him badly is the NY Jets. Curtis Martin is finished and they have needed an explosive runner to take pressure off their QB for quite awhile. Martin was serviceable but no defense would respect him enough to not load up on the pass most of the time.

Those other teams also have a million other more pressing needs than RB, IMO.

I could see one of them taking him and trading their current RB for a lower round pick, or picking him and dealing him for a ton of picks ala the Ricky Williams to the Saints trade Washington made a few years back.

I just think it would be pointless for some of these teams to abandon their already established runners who for various reasons haven't been able to get the ball enough to be effective long term but posess a hell of a lot of talent.

Plus while Bush was impressive he does seem sort of like Brian Westbrook in some respects and while Westbrook is a nice receiver he does struggle to be the bulk of the running game when Philly needs him to be.

What do you guys think?

Rp

Green Bay: So Brett Favre doesn't have to look ridiculous trying to throw Hail Marys every other play. Hey, GB, try establishing a running game. If Brett retires you really ain't got shit.

Texans: Since the offensive line is about as formidable as soft cheese facing an onslaught of hungry rats, why not run the ball and give the QB a chance to avoid a career-ending injury for maybe a season or two?

Chicago: Adding a Reggie Bush to a team with that kind of defense should be a frightening thought to every other team in the league. The man is an offense unto himself. Chicago doesn't NEED Bush, but what a thought, eh?

Detroit: Just so Detroit fans will quit whining about their quarterbacks. Hey, Lions, you've got much bigger problems than the guy taking the snaps. Maybe it would take losing with a Reggie Bush to prove it to you.

and the way the NFL chews up running backs, Reggie Bush had better bulk way up to have a decently lengthy career.

I just don't think we'll see the likes of Walter Payton or Tony Dorsett or Emmitt Smith et. al. again, i.e. small quick backs who can consistently avoid getting the hits to compile record-threatening career numbers. In the past ten years the defensive players are so much bigger, faster, and stronger; the defensive schemes more complex, and the emphasis on stopping the run by defensive coordinators so intense that dominance by a running back -- any running back -- seems remote. (All that doesn't diminish the talents of someone like L.T., incidentally, who truly is one of the great ones.)

But just go back five years and look what happens to RBs. Here's a few names of guys who were at the top of the heap in 2000: Robert Smith, Priest Holmes, Corey Dillon, Ricky Williams, Mike Anderson, Charlie Garner, Duce Staley, Eddie George. Edgerrin James is the best of that lot today, and because of his injuries has slowed way down (and operates, fortunately, in an offense that spreads the field way out for him.)

Just look at one of last year's studs coming out: Cedric Benson. Right. Who?

To answer your question, I hope the Texans get him and trade him for four or five picks/players, because I just don't think he's big enough to take the pounding for more than a few years.

The NFL should make sure he goes to a team that isn't cursed.

They need him the most! Martin is done.

he, seriously, needs to have his fucking head examined. That would go down as the absolute most stupid move of the century for the Packers (though closely followed by letting BOTH starting guards go last year).