You fail me again. My original comment was never that I would take Washington over Bush in fantasy football (even though i might), it was that i would take him over Bush in general as a football player on my team, again not in fantasy. I cite myself here in the original article:

“Today I was hanging out with a group of my friends, discussing our upcoming fantasy football draft. Somebody said something about Reggie Bush and I responded that I was tired of hearing about him and that I would take Leon Washington over him any day of the week, not necessarily in fantasy football but just in general.”

Yes, Thomas Jones is much better than Pierre Thomas but you are forgetting about 2006 when Bush had Deuce McCallister leading the way and Washington had…oh wait, he had nobody! He was the Jets leading rusher and STARTING running back. You are also forgetting in 2007, when Bush had the chance to be the Saints lead back and Starter, he got hurt and missed 4 games and only averaged a weak 3.7 yards per carry. In 2008 he only played 10 games with both Thomas and McCallister softening up the defense for him and both guys had more rushing yards than him, thats right Bush was the 3rd leading rusher on his 8-8 team last season.

Your postseason stats are also wrong because the Jets made the playoffs in 2006, with guess who? Leon Washington as their starting running back, where he had 50 yards rushing and 25 receiving yards in their playoff game.

Again one more time, Leon Washington was the Jets starting running back and leading rusher in 2006, when they were a 10-6 playoff team. Bush had that chance in 2007 because Deuce was hurt, but he ran for 500 yards in 12 games with a crappy 3.7 average and his team went 7-9. And enough with this best offense comments, the Saints did have the best offense in the NFL last year but not the two years before that, and even if they had the best offense last year, they were still 8-8, which was worse than the Jets at 9-7.

Boom.

I am surprised and dissapointed by your rebuttal. You usually rise to the occasion in our debates but this time you fall short. In the same way Leon Washington has split carries during his 3 years, Reggie Bush has split carries with Deuce McCallister and more recently Pierre Thomas softening up defenses for him. Also, the fact that Bush has been on a better offense with a pro-bowl QB compared to Washington who has played with a washed up Brett Favre, Kellen Clemens, and Chad Pennington only makes Leon’s numbers more impressive compared to Bush’s. Imagine Leon was on the Saints the past three years, with Drew Brees throwing to him and Sean Payton giving the ball enough, playing every single game every single season? I take my boy #29, instead of Reggie Bush and his 3.7 yards per carry and 12 game seasons.

Always a pleasure talking to you…and I’ll see you at basketball tonight…remember I get buckets, so pass me the ball.