tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post6442368093829013135..comments2024-03-11T15:46:13.155-04:00Comments on In The Arena: Ruminations About Competition: Monday Night Football Quick Hits: Wacky Night in New Orleans EditionDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444347475303187373noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-79642523573536807752008-10-10T19:42:00.000-04:002008-10-10T19:42:00.000-04:00Vednam:Bush may be a "flop" in terms of where he w...Vednam:<BR/><BR/>Bush may be a "flop" in terms of where he was drafted but, as I indicated in the post, I do think that he can be a productive player a la the Metcalf model. If I'm not mistaken, that was the comparison that I made when you initially asked my opinion of Bush a while back. <BR/><BR/>It certainly does seem that the "experts" who criticized Houston for not drafting Bush were dead wrong. I don't have a problem with someone expressing an opinion but some of these self appointed "experts" and draft gurus act like they are the only ones who know anything and that the people who actually do player evaluation for a living are idiots. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that we have already seen the best we will see from LT. The question is, assuming that he can get fully healthy again, how much longer can he still be a top flight back? In other words, I don't expect him to eclipse any of his previous single-season highs but if he can get healthy again I still expect that he would be one of the top two or three RBs in the league. Keep in mind that a toe injury ended the career of legendary tough guy Jack Lambert, so we have to wait and see how serious LT's problem is.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444347475303187373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-2220801092806522522008-10-10T18:04:00.000-04:002008-10-10T18:04:00.000-04:00Reggie Bush has turned out to be a flop, even if h...Reggie Bush has turned out to be a flop, even if he is a productive player. It looks like the Texans weren't complete idiots, and all the talk about Bush being the second coming of Barry Sanders was nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of running backs, David, what do you make of all the talk that Ladainian Tomlinson is declining? Certainly, LT has hit the age that most running backs start breaking down, but I wonder if it's not just a slump that he's going through (partially due to his injured big toe).vednamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144638228173993116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-64511743120883846032008-10-07T20:26:00.000-04:002008-10-07T20:26:00.000-04:00anymous reggiereggie bush played great you dont ki...anymous reggie<BR/><BR/>reggie bush played great you dont kick it to him 3 times straight like that it was foolish he looked like reggie from usc he can only run wide is his problem he needs to learn how to run in between tackles he is a great specialty player but to be all time great or jordan or lebron or kobe he has to be a more convential back at least carry it 20 or more times a game.<BR/><BR/>drew brees best quarter back now he played all right that was a weird game minnesota had a block kicked and a defensive play for 14 points that kept them in game. <BR/><BR/>owens didnt say much which was smart he said what he needed to say and left it at that which was smart the anti owens network aka espn will spin it the way they want to spin it but no matter what he does as ryan stewart said he wrong when he wrong when he right he still wrong by everyone in press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com