Did the Saints just get even better?

The New Orleans Saints just got a lot better. How? They traded Reggie Bush. Now normally dealing away the #2 overall pick (from 2006) for what will probably be some lower round draft picks would probably not seem like a good thing. But for New Orleans, it is the right thing to do at exactly the right time.

Bush is being traded to the Miami Dolphins. Details of the deal are still to be released, but with Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown both being Fas, Miami was going to have to start the likes of Daniel Thomas, a rookie, at running back. That isn’t to say they won’t still start him. I think he will be the starter and that Bush will be used as a solid option to give Thomas a breather and will also line-up in the slot at times. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to use Bush for a little wild-cat as well. But let’s get back to the real point here.

The Saints drafted Alabama superstar Mark Ingram in the first round of the 2011 draft and he is clearly their RB of the future. They also have Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory, both of whom showed flashes of brilliance when healthy in 2010. This 3 headed monster has no room for a 4^th head and Bush needed to go. The Saints will save nearly $12 million by trading Bush and that is why they just got better. That $12 million can go towards re-signing Lance Moore, going out and getting other key free agents, or extending the contracts of some of their key guys. So when this is all said and done, the Saints running game is going to be better than 2010 and they will have bought themselves some great talent with the money they would have spent on a 4^th running back.