It's amazing for me to see someone keep getting free passes and excuses for why they're not performing well just because they had an incredible college career and got drafted high.
I can give so many examples, ranging from Joey Harrington to Rex Grossman. But for me, Reggie Bush is the one who gets the biggest pass.
While guys like Harrington and Grossman had great college years, none of them had near the hype that was built up for Reggie Bush's career.
The media and all the experts expected Reggie Bush to be one of the greatest of all time. The media can't face the fact that they were wrong and are always making excuses for him and making him seem like he is doing better than he is.
The reason I feel the need to talk about him is because Reggie Bush isn't just a guy who isn't living up to the hype, he is a guy who just simply isn't a good running back.
Reggie Bush, the supposed explosive back, had only two runs over 20 yards last season, with his longest being 22 yards. Now it's not as if Bush is a power back. Bush is supposed to be the guy breaking long runs like he did in college.
Not only does Bush not have big runs, he doesn’t have big games. There were two running backs on the Saints that had 100 yard rushing games last season and neither of them were Reggie Bush.
Pierre Thomas had 105 yards in week 17 in his only start of the season. Aaron Stecker had 100 yards in week 14 in his first of his three starts last season. Both Stecker and Thomas were undrafted. Two undrafted players had 100 yard rushing games while Reggie Bush, the No. 2 pick, didn’t have one.
Bush averaged 3.7 yards per carry, while three other running backs on his team had higher averages than him. If you compare Bush’s stats to Stecker's, you can see that Stecker was a more productive player when he played.
Bush had six touchdowns (two receiving) on 157 rushing attempts and 73 receptions, while Stecker had five touchdowns on 115 carries and 36 receptions.
Stecker had one fewer touchdown on 79 fewer touches, not to mention Stecker wasn't given many goal line attempts until Bush got injured late in the season. My point is that Bush not only fails to explode for big runs and big games, but he also has trouble getting in the end zone. What good running back has trouble getting in the end zone?
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