Zero2Cool
14 years ago
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/103489834.html 

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He is a likable guy and has a growing reputation among his teammates for being a reliable special teams player for the Green Bay Packers.

But for right now, anyway, if fans aren't talking about Jarrett Bush in those ways, that's OK, too.

In the past, Bush has been more known for drawing penalty flags than posting tackles, and Bush admitted he was concerned he might not make the team this year.

Now that he has made it, and has demonstrated improvement in his fifth NFL season, Bush is confident in himself no matter what people notice from the outside.

"I think I'm very valuable," said Bush. "I can do anything, and I can do it well. I'm a workhorse a little bit. They can put me on special teams, nickel, corner, dime, safety. I can be an all-around utility guy for the team. Wherever they need me, I can plug in."

Bush now generally serves as the sixth defensive back when the Packers occasionally play their dime defense to defend the pass.

He's here because of the special teams, playing on punt and kickoff squads as well as both return teams.

"He brings everything," said cornerback Tramon Williams. "All the things that you look for in a player to do, he has the skill set. He's improving every day because he wants to. And he has the versatility. It's just valuable to a team when a guy can do all of that."

But one thing has detracted from all of Bush's contributions: yellow flags.

He had four penalties for 21 yards last year and six for 53 yards in 2008. In 2007, he was flagged six times as well for 86 yards. That's just too many.

Bush's career has been affected by flags even when he wasn't the one committing the penalty. A pass interference call on linebacker Brandon Chillar wiped out what would have been a game-winning interception by Bush at Pittsburgh last year.

"Heartbroken. Devastated," said Bush. "The opportunities are so slim, you've got to make the most of them. Turnovers help the offense and the defense, so it's that big of a deal when you get them."

Packers coach Mike McCarthy has mentioned several times that reducing penalties was a focal point for the team.

"That was one of the things this year that we harped on," Bush said. "Just trying to eliminate the penalties. When teams drive down on us, every time we got a penalty on defense and they got a fresh set of downs, the percentage went up to like 89%, they end up scoring. So everyone - not just me - had to work on penalties. And we did."

It was a constant emphasis. Coaches nitpicked over the small things and nagged when players got sloppy.

But Bush also said some penalties against him were called too tightly - a sentiment shared by his teammates. A lot of the penalties called on the defense last year, he said, could have gone either way.

"Some of them I feel guilty for, but some of them I feel that I can't really control. It is the law of physics sometimes," Bush said. "Those pass interferences and stuff like that, those are judgmental calls. You can be guilty with them, some calls are right, but people make mistakes. They're human just like we are. But you can't put it all on them. You have to play within the rules the best you can."

Part of Bush's problem, it seems, was a fear of getting beat. He was instructed to forget that.

"If you get beat on a block, let it go to the next block. Just forget about it," Bush said the coaches told him, "because getting a penalty isn't going to help the situation."

Special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said he made sure the penalties were corrected.

"He started this last spring working on techniques where basically his hands are outside in the return game, where he's not getting called for illegal blocks in the back or holding," Slocum said. "I've seen a definite improvement. I've seen him apply that to the game."

Safety Derrick Martin said Bush has emerged as one of the leaders on the special teams unit. At the opening game at Philadelphia, Bush forced DeSean Jackson into a fair catch because he burst through blockers to be on top of the ball.

"He shows up and plays highly combative," said Slocum. "He has a tremendous attitude for playing special teams. Toughness. Accountability. He's a very good coverage back. He's strong, and he's fast and he creates problems for our opponents in terms of blocking him. Usually they have to put more than one guy on him on our punt returns."

In a big game Monday night against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, special teams could become a major factor. The respected Dallas Morning News rankings of NFL special teams had the Bears No. 6 last year.

It's a chance for Bush to reinvent himself. A psychology major in college, he knows that all it takes is one big tackle to start to be remembered for something positive.


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Chutzpah515
14 years ago
I think Bush has been playing a little too much Madden '08. It is a crime of nature, when a person doesn't have the self-awareness to realize that they truly suck at life. Putting in hours upon hours of practice in order to do his job 50% effectively is not enough, we have to listen to how much he has improved. Last time I checked anyone can make drastic improvement from 0. When will this guy get canned? It isn't enough that he probably couldn't cover Brett Favre running a nine route, he has to be flagged every other play he's in. Thank god they moved him back to the 6th CB. If I see this guy 5 yards behind his receiver one more time I think I 'll have a brain hemorrhage. He'll undoubtedly do less damage limited to special teams, but rest assured he'll find a way to screw it up.

Here's to Green Bay kicking Bush's sorry ass to the curb next season. (or trading him for one of the Colts backup RBs)
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14 years ago
Taking the opposite of what Ted Thompson said about the final cuts. It says more about who else we have than it says about Jarrett Bush.

Bush is better than Lee. Bush is healthier than Underwood. Bush is more experience than Shields.

Bigby and Harris are on the PUP.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE STAND UP AND MAKE SOME PLAYS AND PUSH THIS GUY OFF THE ROSTER!!

30 years from now part of the revenue of every commercial in every game telecast will be paying for Jareet Bush's NFL retirement which is rising every year.
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Dulak
14 years ago

Taking the opposite of what Ted Thompson said about the final cuts. It says more about who else we have than it says about Jarrett Bush.

Bush is better than Lee. Bush is healthier than Underwood. Bush is more experience than Shields.

Bigby and Harris are on the PUP.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE STAND UP AND MAKE SOME PLAYS AND PUSH THIS GUY OFF THE ROSTER!!

"CaliforniaCheez" wrote:



lol ya I Agree CC, I wanted this guy off our team 2 years ago. He's like the dude that never leaves.
Jacob
14 years ago
hes so versatile, theres so many ways he can let WR's burn him...
rodgehodge
14 years ago
i knew people didn't like the kid, but i had no idea it was like this.
i feel like it's 2006 and this is an ahmad carroll thread.
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14 years ago
i'll believe it when i see it.

I agree with Twinkiegorilla.

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Kingkoopa
14 years ago
Bush is the guy everyone loves to hate. There is a reason why he has made one of the deepest rosters year after year. He is better than people think.
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Greg C.
14 years ago
Well, I have to give him some credit. He's looked better this year. Maybe we can get by with him as a dime back. But not a nickel. With Shields and Underwood ahead of him and Al Harris due back in a month, I think we are safe (knock on wood).
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Pack93z
14 years ago
Jarrett Bush seems like one of the nicest guys in the locker room, and a guy you certainly root for... however it just happens that he makes you go argh at least once a game it seems like.

But he isn't as bad as most make him out to be.. just seems when he makes a mistake, it happens to be at a critical junction of the game... thus amplifying it.
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