Which Reggie Bush scenario would you like to see happen?

ClintSaints · 05-11-2011, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Reggie Bush
2010, ranked 53rd overall (6.6)
(ranked 24th among "qualified" returners)

2009, ranked 63rd overall (4.8)
(ranked 27th among "qualified" returners)

2008, ranked 9th overall (13.5, his best year)
(ranked 3rd among "qualified" returners)

2007, ranked 64th, (4.0, but he only had 3 for 12 yards)

2006, ranked 45th in the NFL (7.7)
(ranked 24th among "qualified" returners)

2010 NFL average is about 10.4 Y/PR, which he only surpassed in 2008.

Dead last in 2010 was 6.1 Y/PR, which he only surpassed 3 times in his ENTIRE career.

His career return average of 7.8 (skewed by 2008 (7.7, 4.0, 13.5, 4.8, 6.6)) would have ranked 23rd in the NFL in 2010.

Remove his ONE good year and he'd rank 30th in the NFL.

Of course, they don't count east-west yards, only north-south.

Even being ranked 53rd isn't that bad. Did you realize that literally HUNDREDS of players do punt returns on a yearly basis? Being ranked 53rd out of 200 is good. Being ranked 23rd is even better. And you can't remove his one good year - that one good year is PART of his career and can't be dislodged no matter how hard you try. By the way, did you bother to list how many attempts he's had in each of those years? You are cherry-picking data to support your conclusions. 7.8 yards is a good career punt return average no matter how you slice it. I could turn right around and say, "Reggie Bush has had good punt returns, except for the year 2009. If you take 2009 out of the equation, he's averaged 9 yards per punt return." And anyway, in 2008 he did 20 returns, which is a good amount of returns to do an average. He only ranks 9th because there are some returners who ran only 1 or 2 punt returns and had a really good runback in the one or two times that they tried.

Nice try though.

View Poll Results: Which Reggie Bush scenario would you like to see happen?
Reggie Bush stays with the Saints as one of the lead running backs	9	18.75%
Reggie Bush stays with the Saints, as a situational running back only	22	45.83%
Reggie Bush stays with the Saints, and the coaches convert him into a wide receiver	7	14.58%
Reggie Bush leaves the Saints, in exchange for one or more draft picks	8	16.67%
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05-11-2011, 09:24 AM	#11
ClintSaints 500th Post Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Glendale, CA Posts: 603	Originally Posted by Danno Reggie Bush 2010, ranked 53rd overall (6.6) (ranked 24th among "qualified" returners) 2009, ranked 63rd overall (4.8) (ranked 27th among "qualified" returners) 2008, ranked 9th overall (13.5, his best year) (ranked 3rd among "qualified" returners) 2007, ranked 64th, (4.0, but he only had 3 for 12 yards) 2006, ranked 45th in the NFL (7.7) (ranked 24th among "qualified" returners) 2010 NFL average is about 10.4 Y/PR, which he only surpassed in 2008. Dead last in 2010 was 6.1 Y/PR, which he only surpassed 3 times in his ENTIRE career. His career return average of 7.8 (skewed by 2008 (7.7, 4.0, 13.5, 4.8, 6.6)) would have ranked 23rd in the NFL in 2010. Remove his ONE good year and he'd rank 30th in the NFL. Of course, they don't count east-west yards, only north-south. Even being ranked 53rd isn't that bad. Did you realize that literally HUNDREDS of players do punt returns on a yearly basis? Being ranked 53rd out of 200 is good. Being ranked 23rd is even better. And you can't remove his one good year - that one good year is PART of his career and can't be dislodged no matter how hard you try. By the way, did you bother to list how many attempts he's had in each of those years? You are cherry-picking data to support your conclusions. 7.8 yards is a good career punt return average no matter how you slice it. I could turn right around and say, "Reggie Bush has had good punt returns, except for the year 2009. If you take 2009 out of the equation, he's averaged 9 yards per punt return." And anyway, in 2008 he did 20 returns, which is a good amount of returns to do an average. He only ranks 9th because there are some returners who ran only 1 or 2 punt returns and had a really good runback in the one or two times that they tried. Nice try though.