Dear Reggie Bush,You have an annoying habit of taunting your opponents. You did it in the biggest game of your NFL career, a playoff loss at Chicago, and you did it yesterday, costing your team 15 yards of field position in a close loss to the Redskins.
Most of the great running backs through history -- Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson -- have carried themselves in a dignified way on the field. Those men scored a combined 664 NFL touchdowns, and I can't think of a single time they danced or pranced or flaunted or taunted afterward. You would do well to emulate those men.
But there's something about your personality, I guess, that makes you enjoy taunting. So here's my proposal: Hold off on all the taunting until you've actually averaged 4.0 yards per carry in a season. So far your average yards per carry are 3.6, 3.7 and 3.3, and when you taunt people, you come across as someone who thinks he's better than he is. So let's get the average up to the 4.0 mark, and then, if you have to, go ahead and celebrate it by pointing in the face of an opponen.
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9-15-2008 @ 8:31AM
Josh said...
yeah, or atleast try winning some games and i don't know.. try to make sure the game you're playing in is close to over, so that your taunting doesnt give the other team any more of a reason to keep shutting you down like every team you come across.. here's an idea.. try not getting shut down before you start taunting.. rush for 100 yards one game before you start acting like you're something besides a bust
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9-15-2008 @ 10:37AM
Lee said...
The guy is just so "OVERRATED" and a OVER-PAYED!!! Hey Reggie, it's your third season, are you going to have that 1000 yd season for the first time in your career? If not, maybe you should make a ROOKIE minimun pay!!!
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9-15-2008 @ 2:54PM
William said...
Reggie couldnt do nothing against that skins defense, our rookie punter had to basically give Reggie a free run into the endzone with that weak ass, no hangtime punt. I could have scored a touchdown on that play, so that doesnt make you special Reggie. Go ask Clinton Portis who had 95+ yards and 2 TD's how to be a real, everydown, great running back, and you might do something. You are about equal with devin hester. Both of you are great on special teams but when it comes to being an everydown player, you cant hold it.
Jason Campbell WORKED that defense baby, the redskins DOMINATED the whole game, no matter how close the score was. We left alot of points on the field and we CANT do that anymore. We should have had 50+ points.
REDSKINS baby!
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9-15-2008 @ 5:30PM
tay said...
If it was a Terrell Owens/Chad Johnson type of taunt I'd understand. I think your comment, "...annoying habit of taunting your opponents," is being blown way overboard. And for the record Tomlinson has a little done a move after he scores. It's ok, man, its an emotional game. Reggie is an upstanding guy and he's just caught in the moment. Lets not make it more than it is...
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9-17-2008 @ 1:39PM
Paul said...
Reggie is a special talent and believe me other teams would kill for a player that's averaging over 140 net yards a game. He wants to win; he doesn't take plays off; he's already great and is going to improve. I'm glad he's in New Orleans, so I can see him perform.
9-15-2008 @ 3:33PM
stacy said...
excellent post, steph. however, you should've added earl campbell to that list. he was the epitome of class and talent at that position. both on the field and off. and he played in both houston AND new orleans.
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9-17-2008 @ 11:00AM
Ron said...
Yes try and run the ball not act like it. Reggie is very over rated and over paid. Also reggie can you at least try. they need to sit you on the bench seems like thats all you can do. I am a Saints fan we need people that can win and not just act like it.
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9-20-2008 @ 5:06AM
tay said...
some fan! Who scored the winning touchdown the first game? Who returned the punt that "should've" won u the second game. Get a freaking Oline that can block for its RB's and then talk about what Reggie can or can't do.
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9-24-2008 @ 12:29PM
Nunnya said...
LMAO @ Bush. What a CLOWN. Point well taken to the writer of this column. Reggie, average 4.0 ypc for ONCE. 3.6, 3.7 & er,um,ah...3.3?
Dear Reggie: you SUCK as a running back. Where do you get the gall to taunt ANYONE?
3.3
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9-24-2008 @ 12:32PM
Nunnya said...
3.3
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