SAINTS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO TRADE REGGIE BUSH TO SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (April Fools)

…here’s why:

1) Reggie is a dynamic player, but has never been a feature back in our system, and he never will be. I’ve always considered him an “X” back who fills multiple roles as a back, receiver, decoy, and punt returning specialist. He’s injury-prone and is paid a ton of money to do what he does. He’s under contract for another year, I beleive, and no-one knows if we’ll keep him beyond the next season.

2) Based on the above description, we can get pretty much the same player by signing Westbrook off the free agency market for a heck of a lot less $$$ (assuming, of course, he stays healthy). If he doesn’t stay healthy, we still have enough depth at RB that I think this a plausible idea. Like I said earlier, Reggie’s been injury prone too, so this is not that big of a risk. And the special teams role Reggie plays can be capably filled in by Courtney Roby – he did it all last year.

3) The pick (or picks) we can get from trading Reggie can go a LONG way toward helping us fill our defensive needs via the draft. Let’s face it, our D-Line, LB, and Safety positions are all in a serious state of flux right now. I am honestly getting nervous that unless something is done with the D soon, we’ll go from Super Bowl Champs right back to the 8-8 team that could score at will but whose defense did them in almost every game in 2008.

I for one, would LOVE for this trade to go down during the draft. And this is coming from someone who’s supported Reggie all along. Ever since it was pretty clear that he would not develop into the every down back savior that people thought he would be out of college, I’ve been behind the way Sean’s used him 100%.

So…..am I the ONLY one thinking this way?!?!?!