Welp...

Welp, to begin with we'd like to thank the Miami Dolphins for stepping up to offer the Saints something in return for the privilege of once again warehousing a discarded enigma of ours. I haven't read anything about the details of the trade yet but I'm guessing the Saints will receive a conditional draft pick based on the number of times next season he "changes the defense" by "commanding attention" or whatever it is an "X-factor" like Bush is supposed to produce. I think those numbers are measured in Fre Flo Do units but will have to check with Elias on that.

There's probably a formula. Let's try total yards per field appearance divided by times he actually touches the ball minus lateral yardage covered while unnecessarily reversing field minus fumbles multiplied by number of injuries caused by artificial turf all of which is then rounded up to the nearest Kardashian.

Anyway regardless of how it's calculated, we all know the one thing Reggie Bush produces on the football field above all else is attention.

The two-year, $9.75-million deal was almost certainly more than the Saints could offer, but ultimately. this deal was about something Bush regards as much if not more than money: Status.

After five years of playing alongside and in the shadows of Drew Brees, Marques Colston and Deuce McAllister, Bush sought a more prominent role than New Orleans could offer. The selection of Alabama running Mark Ingram only exacerbated the problem.

In Miami, the competition for carries and catches will be greatly reduced. Bush should be able to showcase his skills more often than he did or would in New Orleans.

And now that he'll be taking those talents to South Beach we hope he finds all the attention he deserves there.

Reggie Bush in Miami, Jeremey Shockey in Carolina. Your 2011 New Orleans Saints: Now with 100% less douchebag.

Update: We haven't even read Wang's commentary on this yet but just noticed that it's up and felt the need to alert the universe.

Upperdate: Now that I've read that post, I am happy to report that it contains exactly the numbers I was hoping someone would compile.

So why is it that, looking back now that it's finally over, for the entire time Reggie has been here, the Saints' offense has an unblemished record of being more productive without Reggie than with? And I do mean unblemished.

2006: Reggie played in all 16 games.

2007 with Reggie: 12 games | 343.91 yds/gm | 22.16 points/gm | 5-7 record
2007 without Reggie: 4 games | 413.25 yds/gm | 28.25 points/gm | 2-2 record

2008 with Reggie: 10 games | 390.7 yds/gm | 25.2 points/gm | 4-6 record
2008 without Reggie: 6 games | 444 yds/gm | 35.16 points/gm | 4-2 record

2009 with Reggie: 14 games | 400.78 yds/gm | 31 points/gm | 11-3 record
2009 without Reggie: 2 games | 425 yds/gm | 38 points/gm | 2-0 record

2010 with Reggie: 8 games | 341.5 yds/gm | 23.5 points/gm | 6-2 record
2010 without Reggie: 8 games | 403.5 yds/gm | 24.5 points/gm | 5-3 record

Reggie Bush is not "essential" to this offense, and hasn't been for half a decade. He is, in fact, detrimental to this offense.