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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
And if they're smart (which they clearly aren't), Reggie Bush isn't their Plan A. A team can win with Davis as the starting running back. No team wins with that offensive line, Reggie Bush or no Reggie Bush.
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I'm going to agree with you in one way and disagree in another.
Obviously, there's more problems in Houston than one player is going to fix. Everyone knows that. By saying "they'd be better off filling this hole and that hole", you're not really pointing out anything that anyone doesn't already know. So, do I think they should use the bargaining chip that is Reggie Bush at #1 and get a boat load of draft picks -- maybe the route the Saints went when trading Ricky Williams? Sure. It'd be logical in a lot of ways.
On the other hand, Reggie Bush is touted as arguably the greatest college football player that anyone in this generation has ever seen. I don't care if that's what you or I believe or not, that's what's being said by people who are paid to give their opinions. So if you happen to have an opportunity to put that player on your team, it's not as easy as one, two, three to pass up.
Last season when the Dolphins stunk it up, I was bitter about their drafting of Ronnie Brown second overall. Our offensive line stunk. We could've filled so many holes by trading down. And it's not as though Brown has morphed the Dolphins into world-beaters. But they're a competitive team this year. So at some point, thanks in part to changes in the coaching ranks (which will also be happening in Houston), the addition of Brown (whom is not as talented as Bush), and a mysterious improvement of the offensive line (almost anything would be an upgrade for Houston), they become a better-than-decent football team.
I'm not suggesting that Houston is going to vastly improve solely off the addition of Bush. But there's going to be a regime change in Houston. A new coaching staff is on the horizon, and more than likely a few additions to patch a hole here and there. Bush is only a piece to the puzzle. And when you look at this year's draft, he's the biggest, sharpest piece of them all.