re: regret drafting reggie?

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using the #2 pick on a complementary RB and a punt returner is a tough pill to swallow

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fricking BINGO!!!

That's what it boils down to. He's gettin paid #2 money to produce. he needs to produce a shite ton MORE on the offensive side of the ball to really be earning that contract.

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you are contradicting yourself.

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no i'm not..you, like many others here are having problems understansding what you don't agree with

the franchise has always survided draft day busts, and yes, there have been times when games were blacked out. i don't know how long ago you lived here but you have to go back to the ditka era to find some that were blacked out

under ditka they ahd alot of games blacked out...until.....wait for it......they drafted ricky williams. it had nothing to do with how bad or good they were

it wasn't always fans buying the tickets to avoid sellouts, agreed. but it was often small businesses stepping up and buying hundreds/thousands at a time so if you are referring to multiple games being blacked out, i believe it was last century

saints fans will go to games when they are excitded and reggie created excitement. more importantly, NOT drafting reggie had horrible possibilities with the franchise so topsy turvy at that point..if they never had the chance to draft him thats ones thing, but to pass on a guy that created more pre draft buzz than any 1st rounder in saints history probably wasn't a smart move

even after the draft the excitement created by drafting erggie can only really be matched by 2 other first rounders, archie & ricky

to me it is pertty obvious

you've got a franchise that was just wined and dined by a city who wants the team to move there and an owner has previously flirted with tying to move the team there

you have players (joe horn) calling out the fan base of new orleans upon their return to new orleans

you have a new offensive minded coach

you have a city with an unstable and virtually unkown financial budget for "extras" like sporting events and you have the most popular offensve player in the NFL draft in years fall in your lap

your franchise has proven it can withstand draft day busts and plenty losses (meacom publically admitted he could make more money in new orleans because of the fans with a losing team than w winning team) so it made all the sense in the world to take a risk (when all players have a certain degree of risk) with the guy who brought the most off the field benefit to the franchise

Damn good point. Ok, I don't blame Reggie but I still think he sucks as a RB and is an overpaid douche.

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Mario Williams wouldn't have put the Saints on National TV as much as Reggie did. The Saints & New Orleans wouldn't be on National Commercials, etc without Reggie

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The MNF game against Atl was scheduled before the draft, the SNF game against Dallas was a flex game, and BTW, the Texans, Lion and Raiders made the same amount of money off those 2 games as the Saints, because the TV money is shared equally, why is that so hard for you guy's to understand? Reggie Bush being in Subway commercials does not help the Saints.

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The team is clearly committed to the guy and he's not going anywhere anytime soon

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Depends on what your definition of soon is, cause this may be his last year in a Saints uniform if we dont see an improvement running the ball.