How come Reggie Bush didn't live up to his potential?
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went down too easy, im not gonna say size. Tomlinson/Sanders/Charles/Westbrook and many others weighed less than him, just had better IQ and ran harder
he also played the 2nd half of his career with a piece of his brain knocked out
he also played the 2nd half of his career with a piece of his brain knocked out
Yup. And everyone in the NFL is fast. That speed advantage in college wasn't there in the league.
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Because he is a bit undersized, remember the pros aren't chasing and hitting you in college.
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Spending your college behind an elite O-Line doesn't help you develop any real field vision. He hit the holes when it was obvious but he couldn't make his own breaks, on top of that he was undersized.
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give him another healthy year and this thread turns a full 180
Size had little to do with it. See Chris Johnson.
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He wasn't transcending like he was hyped to be but it's not like he was a full on bust. Dude had a damn good career.
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Chris Johnson was actually faster than him I believe.
Johnson had close to bo numbers at the combine if I remember right.
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Plays like that takes all the trust you have in a QB away. Its the reason why WRs dont like to go across the middle because they don't trust a QB to not put them in that vulnerable of a position. Your instinct is to catch the ball. You would hope your QB wouldnt lead you off a cliff but they do and thats where communication and trust issues come about and why WR have dynamic relationships with QBs.went down too easy, im not gonna say size. Tomlinson/Sanders/Charles/Westbrook and many others weighed less than him, just had better IQ and ran harder
he also played the 2nd half of his career with a piece of his brain knocked out
Thats not the case with Bush. He was just unfortunate and injury prone. Never adjusted to the speed change unless he was in the open field. Wouldve been significantly more suited as a receiver.
CJ was faster. But the speed difference is minimal flat out. Game speed is more significant than 40 speed. They used their speed in diff ways and CJ was just way more effective with it. I was just saying that size wasnt his issue or any other guy's issue that bust out at 6'0 205lb. Its more about being injury prone and bad luck with most guys.
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Combination of too much hype, too many injuries, too many expectations. Everyone looked at running backs differently at the time he was drafted so we didn't recognize that the bar was always set too high for him. Overall, he cut out a decent career for himself and it could've been alot worse 
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Overhyped and undersized
He was soild when healthy though....
But that whole USC squad flamed out in NFL... Leinart, White, Jarrett, etc..
He was soild when healthy though....
But that whole USC squad flamed out in NFL... Leinart, White, Jarrett, etc..