uCubd for Sports Case Study: Reggie Bush 2010 Outlook

If Bush is a bust, then he's a bust with a Super Bowl ring. You can't say he held the team back with his selection. It's more that Bush came in with outsized expectations.
He's had some injury problems along the way and his speed wasn't quite the gamebreaking kind it was supposed to be. He simply couldn't outrun people, Tecmo-style. While he learned to avoid them in other ways, though, he got beat up. And before the '09 season his knee needed microfracture surgery, although he came back well enough to help the team.


With a year between him and the surgery, plus a full off-season spent on football rather than rehab, if Bush is ever going to reach those outsized expectations, this is the year. He knows the offense, has enough distracting options around him to keep the defense from spying him, and has Pierre Thomas to soak up some of those inside runs. (Funny thing here -- Thomas is barely bigger than Bush, but the 3-4-5 guys on the depth chart in New Orleans are much bigger, so factor that in on Thomas' expectations.)
Bush hasn't proven he can stay healthy, but aside from his rookie season, this is the healthiest Bush has been coming into a season. With projections very low on Bush, he could end up being a real value pick at RB2