I think Reggie Bush is destined to be a Bengal. They are 55 mil under the cap and already said they are looking for some lightning to go with their thunder (Ben JG Ellis).

They are also rumored to be planning on being a big spender in FA this year.

We won't be able to compete and Reggie is by far the best RB available this year.

Pretty good for a team that has been in the playoffs for two straight years.

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We'll in that case, Eddie Lacy would be available in the 2nd or 3rd. There's Thunder right there. Trade Thomas for some Lightning latter in the draft.

With Ellis making $3M per year, it would be surprising to see a team spend big money on a second RB. Veteran RBs don't usually do too well on the open market.

eesti Wrote:
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> Playoff teams don't usually have 55 mil to spend
> either. Bush would not be a "second" RB. Ellis
> would.
>
> With the top tier RB's in the NFL only getting
> paid around 8 mil a year in FA contracts, I
> imagine Bush will be signing for a bit less. 6-7
> mil I would guess. 10 million on two 1k rushers is
> not bad when you have 55 in space.
>

No one is going to treat Reggie Bush like he is in the Arian Foster or Marshawn Lynch class. He is looking at more in the $3-4M per year range.

He made more than that here. If that were the case we will sign him. No way the top RB in FA has to settle for 3 mil a year.

Marshawn Lynch saw his value drop after off field issues (arrests, suspensions, bouncing around the league and injuries and still got 7.75 mil with a 6mil bonus.

Foster led the league in rushing and got a fat contract. 8.6 mil yr plus 20 mil guaranteed.

I'm not suggesting Bush is getting that deal. His cap hit this year was 6 mil and you think he is not getting a raise after two 1k season behind a mediocre line?

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Bush doesn't consider himself to be a "second" anything. He's not going to sign with a team who can't promise that he'll be the feature back, as he's clearly shown he can be.

I've only got one comment on this thread. And it has nothing to do with what Bush is going to get and where he is going to wind up.....although it IS interrelated.

My comment is why the hell did Lamar Miller not get more playing time?

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Sorry.

haha

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I guarantee you lamar miller will get a lot of playing time next year. Even more than you think now that it looks like bush isnt coming back....

He showed some good things out there.

Agreed.........yet daniel thomas kept making mistakes and they kept playing him.

Yes i wish they would had played lamar miller a lot more that way we would have an idea what we really got.

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Also i don't see why they would play bush in order to help him with his negotiations with other teams???

I disagree with that been the case though.

wow that much money the probably get revis island...

eesti Wrote:
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> He made more than that here. If that were the case
> we will sign him. No way the top RB in FA has to
> settle for 3 mil a year.
>
> Marshawn Lynch saw his value drop after off field
> issues (arrests, suspensions, bouncing around the
> league and injuries and still got 7.75 mil with a
> 6mil bonus.
>
> Foster led the league in rushing and got a fat
> contract. 8.6 mil yr plus 20 mil guaranteed.
>
> I'm not suggesting Bush is getting that deal. His
> cap hit this year was 6 mil and you think he is
> not getting a raise after two 1k season behind a
> mediocre line?


Remember how we got Bush. He was due huge money from New Orleans, so they traded him for peanuts, and we signed him to a two year deal worth $4.5M per year, which was significantly less than his contract called for.

There is no team out there that is going to look at Reggie Bush and think that he is going to be their workhorse. So, he's not going to get a deal like Foster or Lynch got. The market for older RBs just isn't there.

Miami Reppa Wrote:
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> wow that much money the probably get revis
> island...


probably not.

His last deal, which he's held out on already and has been complaining isn't enough, was for 4 years 46 mill with $32.5 guaranteed.

He wants elite QB money...top 5 in the league money....that's in the 17-19 million a year range.

Although, coming off a shredded knee might tamp down the amount of guaranteed money you have to fork over.

My prediction: Bush will get a 3 year, 20 million deal with 6 mil bonus, 12 guaranteed.

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