 | The Football Gods Are Watching
Reggie Bush angered the Football Gods earlier this season.
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| 2009 Season Preview: New Orleans Saints
Reggie Bush isn't going to be the running back many want him to be, but he's still one of the most dangerous players in the game.
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| Auditing The New Orleans Saints 2008 Season
The Saints lost six games by five or fewer points and instead of going 11-5 or 10-6, they were 8-8 despite being 10th in point differential.
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| What Has Bush Meant To New Orleans?
A lot has been said about what Reggie Bush brings to the Saints on offense. His recent injury has allowed us to take a look at how the team performs with, and without, him on the field.
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| Who Has Been Better – Thunder Or Lightning?
Reggie Bush and LenDale White have both played 35 games in the NFL, but which former USC tailback has been the better pro? It's probably much closer than you'd think.
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| Defense Allowing Too Many Point-Flirting Drives
The New Orleans Saints are 1-1 after losing a winnable game in Washington. There are a number of things that stand out as problematic yet solvable before they enter an eight-game stretch against just one 2007 playoff team where they must go at least 5-3.
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| 2008 Season Preview: New Orleans Saints
The Saints will bounce back from a disappointing 2007, thanks to improvement in both the pass rush and special teams return units. This group probably isn’t as dynamic as the 06 version that made it to the NFC title game, but the Saints drew a favorable schedule and have enough firepower to get back into the playoffs and pose a real threat once they get there.
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| Saints Pre-Draft Summit
With good health and the addition of two maulers on the offensive line, the Saints should vault right back into the elite of the NFC.
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| Who Are The Real Saints?
During the Saints' four-game run, Drew Brees had a 113.4 quarterback rating to go along with 11 touchdowns and just one interception. However, his numbers drop considerably when you isolate New Orleans’ five losses – a 63.5 QB rating, three touchdowns and 11 picks.
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| 2007 Season Preview: New Orleans Saints
The Saints return 21 starters from a unit that shocked the world and made it one step short of the Super Bowl. QB Drew Brees is as accurate as they come, and the offense gelled around his leadership and moxie. The RB pairing of Deuce McAlister and Reggie Bush is quite potent and allows the Saints to sport all sorts of formations and packages that create match-up problems for defenses.
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| 2007 Draft Review: New Orleans Saints
Saints fans might not have heard of, let alone seen play, most of their picks, but it’s a draft class that they’re going to love in a year or two.
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| Credit To Brees Is Still Understated
For years, the Saints relied on their defense to carry them and make up for any shortcomings that their talented, but erratic offense led by the enigmatic Aaron Brooks presented.
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| Brees Blows In An Offensive Explosion
Now the Saints sit at 9-4 and should get a bye in the playoffs, which is crucial in a possible Super Bowl run. That run will be on the back of this offensive attack, which just seems to be getting better and better any week. Defense wins in January, but with Drew Brees and this offense, the New Orleans Saints might just be putting that theory to the test.
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| 2006 NFL Team Preview: New Orleans Saints
It’s so politically incorrect to say anything negative about the Saints after all this franchise has been through in the past 12 months. But the bottom line is that this team resembles the second season of an expansion franchise: some very good talent in some key spots, but sorely lacking quality at others and having almost no proven depth anywhere.
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| Bush, Bush and Mo’ Bush – A Seed Sowed To Form Many Orchards
Playing 13 games as a freshman in 2003, Bush rushed steadfastly, rushed for 521 yards with 3 TD’s, while stepping up game with 314 yards and 4 TD’s complemented with 15 catches. Averaging 27.3 yards with 1 TD on KOR’s. As a sophomore in 2004, Bush rushed for 908 yards and 6 TD’s earning him 143 carries along with 509 yards with 7 TD’s on 43 receptions.
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