LaCanfora: Reggie Bush NOT expected to be back in Miami in 2013

[Landshark]

Once again -- citing an exception doesn't disprove the general trend.  Tom Brady doesn't disprove the notion that it is rare to find a franchise quality QB after the 2nd round. 

What I'm saying that is with receivers, there might be enough instant impact players to disprove your opinion of a "general trend"

[Brian Fein]

Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Michael Crabtree, Ted Ginn...

For every example, I can give you a counter-example.

[Landshark]

Charles Rogers, Mike Williams, Michael Crabtree, Ted Ginn...

For every example, I can give you a counter-example.

And those guys didn't even take 3-4 years to develop.  They're either developing or in the case of Rogers or Ginn, never did develop. 

My point is this:  There is no "general trend" with wide receivers development. 

[jimmythefinger]

You guys talking about getting rid of Reggie Bush and going with Daniel Thomas and Lamar Miller -- I don't know what you're looking at. Or I think you're just used to rooting for losers. There's nobody else on team can take it the distance. Philbin and Mike Sherman are idiots for not finding all kinds of ways for getting Reggie Bush the ball. They are idiots for running Bush up the middle, then putting Daniel Thomas in and running him around the end or throwing him a screen pass. Show me a better Running Back on the roster and then we can talk. As long as Reggie's the ONLY playmaker on the team the Miami Front Office are morons for even risking letting him go somewhere else.

And as far as benching him -- the was one of the dumbest moves in Dolphin history. And that's an accomplishment. Saying you'd rather lose a game, you'd rather bench the only playmaker you've got -- to make a point. It's not like the guy fumbles a lot. So, yeah, that was sending a message all right. The message was -- I am an idiot, I don't care if we win, come lose with me.

Far as I'm concerned the Joe Philbin era in Miami pretty much just ended. Bad enough they don't have brains enough to use the guy correctly, but taking him off the field shows you do not have the football IQ to win in the NFL.

[Brian Fein]

While I was reading the above post, I thought "bravo! finally someone who knows what they're talking about!"

And then I read that last paragraph.

Benching Bush was a horrible and dumb move, but it won't be the nail in Joe Philbin's coffin.  If he makes it a habit (similar to Bush and his fumbling) then I'll get concerned.

[jimmythefinger]

Benching Bush was a horrible and dumb move, but it won't be the nail in Joe Philbin's coffin.

See, even if it's just the FIRST NAIL in Joe Philbin's coffin -- it's still a coffin.

[tepop84]

jfc Daniel Thomas is terrible.

[EKnight]

It's ok! I have it on good authority that Lamar Miller has a bright future in this league because he is avg. over 5 yards per carry and Miami will lose nothing by replacing Bush with him.

*Officially starting a move to lure Duke Johnson from the NCAA Miami to the NFL Miami!*. -EK

[jimmythefinger]

That must be why he was so high in the Heisman voting

[Phishfan]

That must be why he was so high in the Heisman voting

Which we all know is a perfect indicator of how players perform in the NFL.

[EKnight]

I was being sarcastic. Apparently that was lost on you guys. -EK

[MikeO]

While I was reading the above post, I thought "bravo! finally someone who knows what they're talking about!"

And then I read that last paragraph.

Benching Bush was a horrible and dumb move, but it won't be the nail in Joe Philbin's coffin.  If he makes it a habit (similar to Bush and his fumbling) then I'll get concerned.

Not a horrible move. Bush even agreed with it in an interview he gave this week. The RB's first and top priority is to protect the football at all costs. You can't fumble and kill drives and give the ball up. It's a momentum killer and starts the ball rolling on a loss. Not saying IF he didn't fumble Miami would have won, but it wouldn't have handed the Titans prime field position and got the ball rolling for them in that game.

This is the NFL, short of being Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or some other future lock hall of fame player....it doesn't matter what you did yesterday or what your resume reads. Bush is a nice player but doesn't have the currency to make mistakes and keep his job at all costs. He isn't on that level and never has been! If this was his first fumble all year, ok that is one thing. It wasn't and he hasn't produced all that much since his knee injury! The benching was justified! Just like benching Incognitio for his stupid 15 yard penalty was justified!

[jimmythefinger]

Not a horrible move. Bush even agreed with it in an interview he gave this week. The RB's first and top priority is to protect the football at all costs. You can't fumble and kill drives and give the ball up. It's a momentum killer and starts the ball rolling on a loss. Not saying IF he didn't fumble Miami would have won, but it wouldn't have handed the Titans prime field position and got the ball rolling for them in that game.

This is the NFL, short of being Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or some other future lock hall of fame player....it doesn't matter what you did yesterday or what your resume reads. Bush is a nice player but doesn't have the currency to make mistakes and keep his job at all costs. He isn't on that level and never has been! If this was his first fumble all year, ok that is one thing. It wasn't and he hasn't produced all that much since his knee injury! The benching was justified! Just like benching Incognitio for his stupid 15 yard penalty was justified!

Before, when I said some of you guys had been rooting for losers too long, this is exactly what I was talking about