Reggie Bush (who?) says Saints can go 16-0, he’ll win MVP
For a role player, Reggie Bush sure makes news. He has reunited with Kim Kardashian, says Saints can go 16-0 and he will win an MVP.
Earlier today I posted an NFC South blog about how New Orleans coach Sean Payton is trying to keep everybody grounded despite the Saints’ 6-0 start.
I didn’t plan on following up right away. But I just found out Reggie Bush opened his mouth, which of course made my day and probably ruined Payton’s.
Bush, who has gone the wrong way in his career — from the second overall pick to a role player — predicted the Saints can go 16-0 this season. He also sort of predicted he’s going to win an MVP award, a Super Bowl and play in the Pro Bowl.
To think, when he reunited recently with underground porn queen Kim Kardashian, I figured that would be the dumbest decision he ever made.
According to a recap on ProFootballTalk.com, Bush appeared on SportingNewsRadio’s, “The Monty Show.” The show’s host set up Bush by asking him if he believed the Saints could go 16-0.
Rather than do the smart thing and issue the one-game-at-a-time ramblings coaches like to preach, Bush responded: “Can we go undefeated? Yes. I do think we have the players, the chemistry, we have the heart and dedication, the coaching staff, we have the players.”
OK. It’s not loud and obnoxious. But it’s the kind of statement that can come back to haunt a guy. And a team.
Bush, who hasn’t been nearly the star most projected, also was asked about criticism he has faced since coming into the NFL in 2006.
Answer: “Once I do win an NFL MVP, once we do win a Super Bowl, once I am in the Pro Bowl, it’s going to be that much more special because of all the criticism that I had to come through and because of the work I’ve put into it, it’ll mean that much more to me and I’ll appreciate it more.”
Alrighty then.
For what it’s worth, there was an interesting blog this morning by Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. It addresses Bush’s significantly reduced role in the Saints’ high-octane offense. The running back had only six touches (three runs, three receptions) in New Orleans’ 46-34 win over Miami Sunday. His 10.5 offensive touches per game this season represent a career low, down from 15.8, 19.3 and 15.8in his first three seasons.
On the bright side, he dined with Kardashian at Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale this weekend and made the Sports Illustrated cover, scoring a touchdown against the Dolphins.
By the way, my industry sources tell me that poor Kimmie was feeling very down and alone after her sister, Khloe, married Lamar Odom, and her other sister, Kourtney, announced she was pregnant. So she flew to New Orleans following Khloe’s wedding to reunite with Bush.
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hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:33 pm
looks like some falcons fans are converting….. congrats and welcome to the whodat nation newbie
Courtney
October 28th, 2009
5:34 pm
Reggie Bush is a moron. It makes you want to root against the Saints.
SuzyQ
October 28th, 2009
5:34 pm
DATS SOME FUNNY STUFF RIGHT DARE I GAR RON TEE
Jason
October 28th, 2009
5:37 pm
Maybe they can get the waterboy to help beat the falcons instead of bush. Pure H20.
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
5:42 pm
Texas2Step, please don’t bring up the Cowboys…..Romo vs. Brees??? Gee…I wonder who wins that debate!! Falcons have a better chance of slowing down the Saints. Our DB’s are young but your DB’s are aweful!!
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
5:44 pm
Courtney….Bush doesn’t play for USC anymore….Stop acting like that!
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:45 pm
we’re not gonna need any help jason. thanks anyway and enjoy the game
Dawg Fan in NOLA
October 28th, 2009
5:46 pm
I don’t see how Reggie can win MVP when even the most generous fan wouldn’t list him as one of the three most valuable contributors to the Saints’ offense.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:47 pm
whodat JAZZY
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:49 pm
you ga. people are really impaired in your reading . he said one day. he’s not giving up like say…………..turner for instance
Thomas
October 28th, 2009
5:51 pm
Funny response @5:15pm, hiramsaint! So true.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:51 pm
no , i really did!
Thomas
October 28th, 2009
5:53 pm
Reggie better be glad the Beer Man’s legs aren’t younger.
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
5:53 pm
Thomas…..that’s original!!
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:55 pm
they can say what they say but he is what he is. thats pretty freakin’ profound don’t ya think?
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
5:56 pm
Enter your comments here
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
5:57 pm
remember when we thought we might but we really knew we couldn’t. man it’s great to be a saints fan now!
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
5:58 pm
Let me get this straight…..Falcon fans are saying that they wouldn’t want Bush on their team?
Thomas
October 28th, 2009
5:58 pm
Yep, hiramsaint, too well.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
why would they ? they have stecker now!
Thomas
October 28th, 2009
6:00 pm
WHO DAT, y’all. Gotta hop.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
6:03 pm
later thomas……WHODAT
Dr. R
October 28th, 2009
6:26 pm
For the Falcons’ sake, let’s hope that cover jinx is in force this week. Didn’t quite throw Tebow off so its voodoo may be fading.
Yeah, the Saints won the first two months. But I seem to recall other teams jumping out of the gate like gangbusters and were never heard from again come December. So we’ll see how good they are then.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
6:35 pm
y’all need to worry how good we are monday night!
SeenThisB4
October 28th, 2009
7:04 pm
All you Reggie haters and that includes you Schlutz: If you truely believe that Bush is a bust, then don’t worry about him. Stop talking about him, stop writing columns about him, leave that up to the professionals at SI. In fact, the falcons should just leave him alone when he lines up out there in the slot. Just leave him one on one with one your linebackers. No sweat, he won’t hurt he, I promise. Just leave’em out there. Saints 48 – falcons 10
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:08 pm
seenthisB4– aren’t you being kind with the score ?
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
7:09 pm
Bush plays about 15 plays a game along with Special Teams…..I hope the Falcons are only game planning for him and just forget about Brees, Bell, Shockey, Colston, Moore, Thomas, Evans, Henderson, Peyton, greer, Sharper, Vilma, Shanle, Smith, Grant, Adeyole, Harper, Porter, OL, Hargrove, Gregg Williams, etc…..
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:14 pm
on the nfl network just now they showed the nfl fantasy and ryan and the whole falcons d got a sit’em. i guess they’re not expecting a whole lot out of them either!
WHO DAT!!
October 28th, 2009
7:21 pm
Saints 40-24 over ATLANTA! Those dirty birds will get a dose of the #1 scoring offense in the league!!! Reggie is decent, but an M.V.P. he is not as of right now. He must be thinking in a futuristic tense… Hey, dirty birds, yall can still part with us on Bourbon St. after we kick yall butts!!~~
BigHittas
October 28th, 2009
7:22 pm
Bush?
I thought he was no longer in office?
New York 1
October 28th, 2009
7:31 pm
You can see that these two Saints fans have suffered for a very long time and now that they have won a few games against some Detroit type teams that they are happier than ever before. Not too much past to be proud of, Katrina maybe and all the urine and puke smell in N.O. from years of loserville. IQ of a “Aint’s” fan –16-0. They have the talent but stupid fans. Who dat ?, that’s the remark of a well educated fan base. Darwin was correct in New Orleans, they came from apes and still act like them too. You people smell, hope the rest of your “footballish” team overcomes the fanbase and the Bush factor. Get 27 world championships and talk then, 6-0, that’s cute.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:35 pm
detroit type teams? you mean the bills , jets , giants?
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:38 pm
by the way n.y.1, those n.y. teams were all in a row and as it turned out …quite easy!
GaSaint
October 28th, 2009
7:44 pm
Jeff…As usual comments by athletes are taken out of context and the media (you included) run with it and make a story of it. That’s what you are paid to do. The reason Reggie’s role this year is limited is because the Saints are the most explosive team in the NFL. This team has more talent than three of the mediocre teams combined talent in the league. Their coaching staff has also been upgraded, which has really helped their defense with Greg Williams. Will they go undefeated this year. Probably not. Could they? As long as they haven’t lost a game yet, then the answer is yes.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:48 pm
right on gasaint
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
7:56 pm
New York 1….you really need a date!
New York 1
October 28th, 2009
7:56 pm
I can see haramheaint knows nothing of sports and sports history. He must have just jumped on a bandwagon. Do like the rest of you southerners and jump on the Yankee bandwagon. The Saints will not get you a championship. You guys are just losers from day one. Proud of what? 6 games that are losers too ! You must be proud of getting and extra 3 months of unemployment checks too. Go watch the Yankees game and see something really to be proud of, Saints, huh, get a life inbread retards. I hope the “coons” beat you and that Bushmouth6-0mvp. Go Yanks. I wish Louisiana had a baseball team we could stomp too.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
7:57 pm
or a clue
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
8:01 pm
baseball is a game. we do sports here and good lookin’ women– not those big nosed hairy armpit scags that haven’ t seen the sun in 6 mos. that you have in n. y. SUBWAY SWEEP courtesy whodat nation
Jazzy
October 28th, 2009
8:05 pm
New York 1, I guess the smell of New York has gotten to your brain. The yankees are really something to be proud of! $300 billion payroll and still haven’t one a championship in years. It is easy to win championships with the best athletes money can buy, and you still haven’t done it. Stop living with the memories of Babe Ruth. You weren’t living then….stop it!!! Be proud, you the man. Are you a Giants fan, or a Jets fan, or a Buffalo fan and just mad. No….I am sorry, you are a Lakers fan because they won the championship last year. Or you are a….lets see….a Penguin fan!! Just remember where your New York QB was born and raised.
MARTIN
October 28th, 2009
8:09 pm
Poor turdybirds fans talking smack about the saints, just wait until monday night. Drew Brees will throw for about 450 yards on that sorry secondary. Let’s not forget the saints or also ranked in the top four (nfl) in rushing. They are not just a team that just throws the ball. Also the defense is much improved, compared to the last couple of years. Then one person commented about Detroit scoring 24 points on the saints defense. You should know, due to the saints offense being so prolific, the other teams had threw the ball more, by that time the games were well in hand. Just remember one thing, monday night, the saints will hang a fifty spot on those sorry turdybirds. I hate the turdy birds as much as I hate the cowboys, however I will pull for any team that plays the turdy birds.
New York 1
October 28th, 2009
8:12 pm
Whodat ?, the answer to Whodat, that’s what you guys say when you are asked or axed, who is you father, Whodat be ? Answer- (S)Ain’t no tellin’ child. Bush MVP.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
8:16 pm
he’s just bitter like most new yorkers. imagine living there- foul people foul smells foul water. politics , i mean the list could go on & on. thats why your here isn’t it? trying to escape the stench of the rotten apple so much so that even the keyboard is a desperation attempt. just leave there man , come on down where your not snowed in all winter living like a rat, the air is clear the people are nice and the food is good. you can do it ! c’mon yankee boy , just do it!!!!
Falconwings
October 28th, 2009
8:18 pm
Martin , would you bet your moms pretty mouth on a fifty spot.
Summer
October 28th, 2009
8:23 pm
This is for Bush. Keep your mouth shut. We are winning and do not need any distractions. Thanks.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
8:25 pm
whats the matter falconwings , can’t find a woman your own age you sorry excuse for a person
MARTIN
October 28th, 2009
8:28 pm
Who is that idiot (new york 1) talking smack. He must be mad because the saints are the state champions of New York, after beating all three sorry New York teams this year. I would expect him to talk bs about the saints. Then he brings up bs about the sorry yankees. If I were the owner they better be in the finals with a payroll of 168 million. Even that want be enough to beat philly this year.
hiramsaint
October 28th, 2009
8:32 pm
i just hope the falcons can get the imprint of that star off their behinds before they enter our superdome. we’ll need the room to stick a fluer di lis on it so they have a little something to show their fans when they get back home
Booger
October 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
Joe Willie 21st century
Karen N.O. Deva
October 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
Let it go you guys. Talk afterwards. You’re wives are calling for you to take out the garbage and clean the kitchen. Ya’ll watch the games and we will spend all of your money and get real friendly with professional men not you jerkoffs. hahaha