Reggie Bush a Seattle Seahawk?
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 at 1:01 am by Meerkat in Football, NFL Football, Seattle Seahawks
Though Reggie stepped up his game for the playoffs, I doubt he will return to the Saints.
Why? … Because the dude is one expensive role player.
Reggie’s salary in 2009 –> $ 2,585,000
Reggie’s salary in 2010 –> $ 8,000,000
Wow, that is a big jump for a returner/3rd-down-back.
Is he worth it? No. No way.
Obviously the fans of New Orleans love this guy, so the Saints must tip-toe around this situation lightly. And no matter how it rolls out, they gotta come out looking like the good guy. But then, that shouldn’t be too hard because they did just bring the city a Lombardi back from Miami.
Most likely, the Saints will try and convince ‘Mr. Kim K’ to take a massive pay cut to stay with a championship winning squad. And we’ll quickly find out how much of a nice guy Reggie really is … especially if the Saints decide to play hard-ball.
Well if Bush wants his cash, then the Saints might just point to his cell phone and instruct him to call around and see who can pay him his money. Or at least close to what he wants, because again, he really isn’t worth the 8-mill-a-year.
Penny pinchers like the Patriots and Eagles won’t be interested, they will hang up and laugh. But big spenders like Washington and Dallas will listen for sure. I can certainly see him in a Redskins uni playing in a Mike Shanahan style offense. Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is notorious for making it rain on free agents.
What about that former college coach, now in Seattle, taking a call from Reggie? What’s his name again … Pete something?
Now the Seahawks already have a 3rd-down-back in Justin Forsett, but is he a Pete Carroll guy? Will Carroll start from scratch and possibly bring in a splashy-former-trojan to make some waves? Highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened in the NFL to completely dismiss the idea. Certainly Bush is not needed to sell any Seahawk tickets.
How about this … maybe the Saints ask Reggie to play a little CB along with his RB/WR/KR/PR duties. Hey, Troy Brown mixed it up on defense with New England in 2006 as a slot DB on passing downs … and did quite well actually. And don’t forget about Deion Sanders as a PR/KR/CB/WR/DIVA.
Just maaaay-be Reggie could use his super-human-athletic-talent to perform awesomely on the other side of the line of scrimmage?
Or maybe he’ll just run to the biggest offer.
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21. Feb, 2010
That’s a lot of cash for a third down back (would he qualify as a Merril Hoge ‘Factor Back’?). Him coming to the Hawks would just add to the off field buzz, but they could use the cash to help fill their many other holes.