Bashing is the name of the game when the New Orleans Saints lose.  Saints star running back Reggie Bush is not immune.  After fumbling a pitch-back reverse late in the game against the Bucs on Sunday, Reggie Bush reads more like George Bush in the media, forums and Saints blogisphere. 

There was a fumble that Reggie Bush was fortunate to recover. There were two short passes that slipped through his hands. Then there was the inaccurate, no-look toss on a botched trick play that may go down as the moment New Orleans truly blew its chance to get back into playoff contention.

Yet, more than any of those, the images that seemed to symbolize Bush's difficult second season occurred off the field at the end of the Saints' 27-23 loss to Tampa Bay.

 

Bush was walking toward the tunnel leading to the Louisiana Superdome locker room while what was initially called a fumble by Saints kick returner Lance Moore was in the process of being overturned. There were 14 seconds left, and head coach Sean Payton had to run Bush down and angrily order him back to the bench.

After the game, Bush sat in front of his locker for more than a half hour, still in uniform, with his hands on his head as he stared at the floor. He declined to speak with reporters.

On Monday, he was absent while reporters were permitted to talk with players in the locker room at the team's suburban training facility.  READ MORE AT WGSO.COM

 

In a New York Times article titled "Promising Season Is Bouncing Away From Saints’ Bush," Times writer JERÉ LONGMAN writes, "This is not the season Bush had planned, on or off the field."   Longman digs up some forgotten dirt reminding us that Reggie Bush "is being sued by a sports marketer who is seeking to recover nearly $300,000 in cash and gifts that he claims were provided to Bush and his family while Bush was a running back at Southern California..." and if the N.C.A.A. finds Bush guilty, "one of the penalties could be a revocation of the Heisman Trophy he won in 2005."  READ MORE AT NYTIMES.COM

 

In forums everywhere, not excluding BlackandGold.com, the fans are asking "if reggie would've gotten the ball to henderson everyone would be calling Payton a genius today instead of calling for his job." READ MORE IN THE FORUMS

 

Rotoworld.com, a fantasy football news source and fan site had a poster in their forum writes, "Every week this guy is listed as a #1 RB, and from the past couple weeks it seems like he cant put up #3 rb #'s.....He is in his second year, he had the starting job for awhile now and he still cannot put up 100yds rushing...he has score under 10points in my league the past few weeks, while ryan grant sits on my bunch.....is it me or is he the most overrated fantasy back." READ IT HERE