I liked how Bush was used against the Bears. He played a lot near the line of scrimmage and he covered the tight end a lot. He did a decent job against one of the better tight ends in the league.
This could be a niche for him. They need to avoid letting receivers get him isolated in space, because Bush is going to lose too many of those battles. But if he's scrapping at the line of scrimmage and against TE's, the Packers may be able to get by with him. Dom Capers just might be able to make this thing work, although I admit that I will be shaking in my boots when we go up against teams that have three or more really good receivers.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
Wow. By far the best/ smartest thing said about Bush so far. That woulbe be a great spot for him. +1
"coltonja" wrote:
Very nice post, indeed.
Only thing I can think of is that you usually go to a nickel to account for that extra receiver. If you face the Bears or 49ers, your 3rd corner can indeed play an athletic TE.
But what do we do against, for instance, the Cardinals? They come out with 3-4 receivers sets as much as any team in the league. Breaston will be in as the 3rd receiver more often than not.
We'll need to have a man on him, if we're not playing zone, of course, and that man will most likely be Bush.
You can keep him protected and playing like this against the Bears, 49ers and Ravens, but this won't work against pass happy teams.
With the Cardinals, Eagles, Saints and Vikings storming into the play-offs, he'll better work on his ball skills. Like they appeared to have been doing this week. He showed some improvement. Especially in zone, it seemed.
"Greg C." wrote: