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RB Jonathan Stewart retires


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Always felt he was ran to the ground by the Panthers, who actually gave him the dirty grind plays, but always took those glory scoring plays away from him.

He was one heck of a back, and I feel he could have been a much more distinguished player on another team.

 

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5 hours ago, Malik said:

Can't think of another RB that was drafted in the 1st round that was never really given a legitimate shot to be the #1 rusher for his team.

Reggie Bush never got it with the team that drafted him, obviously he was used differently anyways and shouldn't have been seen as an every down back, but he was still a RB taken at #2 overall. 

In his rookie season he rushed on average 7 less times per game than Deuce McAllister. He led the Saints in rushes his sophomore season after Deuce went down and Aaron Stecker was the Saints #2 option at RB. In 2008 Reggie only averaged about 2 carries per game more than second year UDFA Pierre Thomas and 29 year old Deuce McAllister on for his farewell tour. In 2009 Reggie was the #3 RB behind Mike Bell and Pierre Thomas, rushing on average 8 less times and 5 less times per game than each of them respectively. In 2010 Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory were the workhorses, and Bush finished 5th on the team in attempts per game. In 2011 he got his talents shipped to South beach where he finally got his chance to be the lead back.

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