The rumors have been around for weeks but more news came out today as it was reported that Reggie Bush was visiting the Bills at training camp at St. John Fisher College.
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“It’s good to be back to football”, Bush said Monday.
Bush, 31, has reason to be upbeat some nine months since tearing his meniscus ligament in St. Louis. It happened while he was pushed out of bounds while returning a punt and lost his footing on the concrete before sliding into the padded wall of the stands. “That’s kind of been what I’ve done throughout my career. Those were my initial thoughts”, he said. Whaley said the coaches might want to draw up “some sets” that will have Bush and LeSean McCoy on the field “together”, but the Bills mainly want Bush to upgrade their return game. The negotiations were completed after Bush traveled to Buffalo to take a physical and then met with Bills officials at their training camp facility outside Rochester.
Following practice, Bush said he just wanted to get on the field and focus just on football and ignore the fact that he’s coming off a season-ending knee injury during his time with the San Francisco 49ers in 2015. “So you’ll definitely see me back there”. With McCoy and Bush, the Bills have two of the most dynamic rushers in the league – assuming they can both remain healthy.
Now the question is whether the USC product is capable of being the high-impact player he was at times with the Dolphins, New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions.
But beyond taking hand-offs, the versatile Bush could address the Bills’ need for a kick returner on special teams. “We’re bringing him in to do specific things with him offensively, put him in certain packages, but I want him fresh and quite honestly I want to put a little fear out there [in] defenses”.
Last year, Bills quarterbacks made 68 of their 437 total attempts (15.5%) behind the line of scrimmage.
Is Reggie Bush more than just a big-name insurance policy in Buffalo?
In his career, he has returned 100 punts for 781 yards and four touchdowns.
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McCoy has also been hampered by ankle injuries so the Bills are betting that Bush can provide a boost to the offense – especially in September.
