Danno

1. Reggie Bush actually has more receiving yards than rushing yards in his NFL career. If you don't believe me, go to NFL.com and look it up.

Because most of his receptions are swing passes at or very near the LOS.

2. Reggie Bush is still super fast and is hard to cover as a receiver.

Yet he never outruns anyone and rarely catches anything downfield. Wake me up when he breaks a long run.

3. Reggie Bush has a similar build to other wide receivers, like Devery Henderson, for instance.

Agreed, but he's never played WR and its not an easy position to learn. Numerous WR's as fast as Reggie used to be, never make it in the NFL, and they've played the position for years.

4. We need a breath of fresh air at the wide receiver position anyway and Reggie is already familiar with the Saints' offensive system and has chemsitry with Brees.

Why do you think we need a breath of fresh air at WR? We're loaded at WR.

Bush does have experience being the dump-off option and receiving easy to catch swing passes but has never played WR. He couldn't beat out Arrington as our 5th WR. When's the last time you saw Reggie dive to catch a pass? Ever?


Reggie is a scat back, and not a very good punt returner. Its all he'll ever be.

I think Devery Henderson would have more success converting to our scat back RB than Bush would converting to a legit WR.

iceshack149

What Danno said.

If Reggie stays he will keep his current position. Not WR or CB or QB.
RB. He continues to get less touches each year when he's actually healthy so if the Saints can get something appealing from another team, reggiebushmustgo.com.

And I don't know many people that consider Reggie Bush a bust.

ClintSaints

Some of his recpetions are swing passes. Many of them are down the seam.

Wide receiver is difficult to learn yet running back is not? Many tight ends in the NFL used to be running backs or wideouts. Some wideouts in the NFL used to be quarterbacks. Many cornerbacks in the NFL used to be wideouts and so on. I think someone can learn a new position, especially if he's already somewhat familiar with it.

Some of our wideouts are getting old. Some of them didn't perform up to expectations last year. Henderson and Meachem spring to mind. Both WR's had horrible drops last season. Meachem has had surgery for two years runnning and so has Colston. Henderson had sports hernia surgery last season. The only WR we have that I feel absolutely confident in to stay on the field is Lance Moore. And I wish we would try Arrington a few more times. He was very good in limited play during the season finale.

Bush dove to catch a beautiful pass in the playoff game against the Cardinals. I don't believe he should be doing kick returns anymore due to his propensity to fumble (see Cowboys, 49ers last season). If he were converted into a WR, maybe you would see him dive to catch more balls.

Regarding his ability to outrun anyone - this is exactly the point I'm trying to make. He doesn't work as a running back because when there's a row of defenders trying to stop him from running the ball, he becomes confused or he becomes too cute or he runs out of bounds. He wouldn't have that problem at wideout because he only has to beat one or two people. He is still exceptionally fast when he has an open field as evidenced in the playoff game versus the Cardinals. He basically missed all of last season, so there's really nothing from that season to talk about. He ran a 40 time of 4.38 and that's as fast as anyone else we have on the team.