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Reggie Bush Might Amount to Something One Day

Jan 13, 2007 – 9:28 PM
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Remember Sam Bowie? He was the guy the Portland Trailblazers drafted first second overall, right before the Chicago Bulls took Michael Jordan. I bring that up because there's a chance Mario Williams and the Houston Texans could be mentioned in similar terms in the not-to-distant future.

After Jeff Garcia unloaded a 75-yard touchdown pass to put the Eagles up 7-6 midway through the NFC Divisional playoff game, the Saints marched 78 yards in eight minutes before Reggie Bush rushed up the middle, found nothing, sprinted right -- and right past a Philly defender -- on his way to the end zone.

And while that play was impressive, it didn't come close to the display Bush put on earlier in the half.

On a first-and-10 on the New Orleans 36, the Saints ran Bush on a stretch play right. Bush waited patiently for a hole to develop, it never did, and he took over from there. After reversing field, Bush juked a few Eagles defender out of their jocks (one of whom was responsible for backside contain ... no dice) and 25 yards later the Saints had the ball on Philly's 39. Five plays after that, New Orleans took an early 6-0 lead.
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