Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

When the New Orleans Saints used their first-round draft pick last week to select free safety Kenny Vaccaro, Malcolm Jenkins knew he had been put on notice.

How could he not? Jenkins was the Saints' starting free safety last season. Vaccaro's arrival was a clear sign that Jenkins was heading to a backup role ... or worse.

But Jenkins didn't want to create tension, so he decided to tweet Vaccaro a welcome message. It was opposite from the way Reggie Bush handled the same situation after the Saints drafted running back Mark Ingram in 2011. Bush infamously tweeted, "It's been fun New Orleans."

Sure enough, Bush was gone three months later.

"It makes it an awkward situation in the locker room," Jenkins said Saturday, according to The Advocate.

"If you kind of look back at history, you see when we drafted Mark Ingram, how Reggie handled it ... it was kind of the opposite."

We're amused by Jenkins' decision to publicly drag Bush into the conversation here, but this really was a move about self-preservation. Jenkins was a struggling starter on one of the worst defenses of all time. Entering the final year of his contract, Jenkins can make a) a good impression or b) plans for an exit.

He wisely chose the former.

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Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

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Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Class move.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Reggie Bush is right in the boat with Ricky Williams and Carl Nicks for me.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Time to step up like Malcolm can and prove his worth. I love the kid. He was thrown into a retarded attempt at a defense that had no chance of success and was repeatedly forced to try to cover the mistakes of CB's that were not fitted for zone defense. Of course he would look bad.

Understand what I am saying here ... Malcolm is the real thing.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I wouldn't want to be either

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I think he and Vacarro shud start together

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Yes, i agree, in certain packages.

Let's not get caught up on the depth chart on paper here fellas. Rob Ryan will use his players to their strengths and put them in situations to make plays.

Malcolm Jenkins (like Vacarro) was drafted for his versatility. He played well early on and struggled recently but I think most of us here agree we can attribute that more to Spags than MJ.

Harper still brings some value albeit at a hefty price, this season at least..

Vacarro and Jenkins will be playmakers under Ryan and who "starts" won't be important.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Smart move. They don't want a moody petulant child in the locker room (which is why they got rid of Bush)

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I'd like to see MJ moved to SS, and Vaccaro to FS. That could turn out to be the best set of safties in the league.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Class. No one wants to be rated with Bush when it comes to personality

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

If Jenkins didn't have his head in his butt he would not be in this position, I hope he gets traded, benched or flat out released, what a big bust!!

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

He's a bust!! Please get someone who can actually play football!! He's gone from corner{which he cannot play} to FS{ which he cannot play}. How much more do you need to see this, moving him to SS he want be any better there either!!

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

lol

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

As said earlier I feel he's been put in positions that made him look bad regardless of how well he can play. He's still one of my favorite players. Heh.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

No he is not a bust. A bust is a player like Sullivan that flames out real quick and never has any impact. Jenkins is a decent player with flashes of brilliance. Quite the difference.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

"He's gone from corner{which he cannot play}" What???? since when? He is a corner converted into safety thrown into 3 defensive schemes on the "Worse Defense" with little to NO pass rush and inconsistent CB play.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Since profootballtalk rated him one of the two worst safeties in the NFL. Guess who the other one is.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

bush i set aside from those two. he was just what this team needed at this time. in the end i was a bit shocked by it all but what the heck he saved the saints and kept them in new orleans. if he came back i would be ok with it.

nicks hurt but the money was a killer with the cap

ricky was a freak lost in time and space.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Bash away, the proof is in his play," bust."!!

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

And PFF ranked everyone on our 2012 defense worst in the league too. It was hardly just the safeties.

Why do people continue to reference PFF rankings only to our safeties? If the 9 players in front of your safeties suck, your safeties surely will too.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

He's not a bust. No where near it. I agree he has to step up this year, but so does everyone on our defense that remains from years past. The guy is a stud, he's got so much heart and athletic ability. I want to see him succeed as a Saint, as much as anyone else on our team...

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

The difference between Bush and Jenkins is that Bush had a market.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Know that Malcolm Jenkins is trying to stay disciplined it is good for him! Now Harper's is the one who's going to gone or cut!

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

So was the proof in his play when there was some semblance of a pass rush.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

We get to see this season, when we had something of a pass rush he was at corner not FS and moved to FS because he was to slow.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

So you don't think our safeties are a problem? If its all our DLine why did we take a safety with our first pick?

Our safeties had not INTs between the TWO OF THEM for TWO freaking years.

Quit being an apologist.

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I didn't say that its all our D-line's fault. I didn't say our safeties weren't a part of the problem.

If it was all the safeties fault, why did we go after CB/DE/LB so hard in free-agency with all those free agent safeties available?

Start paying attention.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I am paying attention.

Malcolm Jenkins is one of the worst players in the NFL. I will eat crow this season if this guy somehow turns into Sharper 2.0. I just don't see it happening - even behind a better defensive line.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

You must have been watching different games than me. It the right system Jenkins looks good.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

You're wrong! let me know how crow taste when you're done eating.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

He was moved to FS because the Saints felt as though he was versatile enough to do so and he played some Safety @ Ohio

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Apparently you aren't, since you claimed I said safeties weren't a problem and claimed that I said its all the D-lines fault.

Pay attention better.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I know its a what you can do for me now thing, but that Thanksgiving Day strip he did made my turkey taste better. Specially since my brother is a Cowboys fan. :)

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

That play, along w/ his running down of Vincent Jackson last year against TB, are two plays that are among the top plays in Saints history.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Hell, with everything we're arguing about on this forum, we'll all know what that tastes like come season's end.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Jenkins isn't going anywhere. I still think he can become a very good safety. I've given up on him becoming a star but that doesn't mean he's worthless. One of the worst players in the NFL? That's just ignorant.

Vacarro hasn't stepped foot on the field and some of you are anointing his the second coming of Ronnie Lott. The silliness in this thread is laughable.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

Boutte, its not just this thread. Absurdities are rampant in just about every thread lately.

It must just be off-season venting gone wild.

Re: Malcolm Jenkins didn't want to be like Reggie Bush
 

I believe if you put any corner or safety in the league in the same position it will be the same outcome if not worse. This defense is going to surprise a cracka this year. 13-3 makin it to the superbowl with a middle of the pack defense. WHODAT