The Facts:
Following up on a previous item. ... Bush was due to earn $11.8 million in 2011. That number may as well have been $118 million. Either way, the Saints weren’t paying it. Instead, a league source tells us that Bush will pocket $5 million in 2011 as part of a two-year, $9.75 million contract with the Dolphins.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Even if Bush get increased touches in Miami, the contract makes clear that he won’t be the workhorse. And as PFT suggests, that’s the best way to ensure that he finishes the season healthy — and extends his career to the age of 30, and maybe beyond. Indeed, as National Football Post staffer Matt Bowen stressed this morning, Bush isn’t a No.1, plus he doesn’t get downhill and hit the hole with physical power. That role in Miami (for now) belongs to rookie Daniel Thomas out of Kansas State, who is a great fit for the team's power-rushing attack. Bowen adds that Miami will have to use some different personnel packages with Bush. Not to the extent of Sean Payton’s playbook in New Orleans, but in a way where the team can utilize Bush’s abilities. Get him in some bunch and stack looks, allow him to press the edge of the defense in the one-back running game and use the screen game -- an ideal tool for Bush. A little creativity could go a long way.
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