New Orleans Saints Have Finally Hit the Jackpot with Reggie Bush

As the old saying goes, ‘Who would’ve ever thunk it?’

When the New Orleans were last seen, they were hoping (praying?) that the nightmare that was the 2005 season, would mercifully, come to an end.

Now the Saints, bolstered by the free agent signing of Pro Bowl caliber quarterback, Drew Brees and all-world talent running back, Reggie Bush, are looking like a team that could be nearly as explosive as any team in the NFC.
As another old maxim goes. ‘What a difference a year makes?’

In Brees, the Saints got a talented quarterback, who is still relatively young and who is coming off the best two years of his career. Whatever possessed the San Diego Chargers to part ways with Brees is beyond me but that’s their problem. Lord knows I have enough of my own.

At any rate, by acquiring Bush through the draft, to go along with Brees, instantly gives the Saints the ability to move the ball through both, the air and on the ground. And what did the Saints do to have Bush fall in their laps at numer two? Absolutely nothing at all. The team picking ahead of them, the Houston Texans, surprisingly decided to take gifted defensive lineman, Mario Williams, who could one day be either the next Reggie White or Lawrence Taylor.

Whatever the case for the Texans, it looks like this offseason will finally signal the end of an ignominious era of mediocrity and the beginning of a new mentality in New Orleans that hasn’t been seen since former head coach Jim Mora packed his bags and left the Big Easy quite a few years ago.

I believe Bush, is the next great running back to grace the NFL. Every now and then, the league is graced with the presence of a player so special that he has “Can’t Miss” written all over him. Reggie Bush is that player. The 6-0, 203-pound Heisman Trophy winner plays with a style that is eerily similar to the great Gale Sayers and will provide Brees with one of the league’s best dump-off options out of the backfield.

New head coach, Sean Payton, said the thought of passing on Bush never crossed the minds of any of the Saints front office personnel.