Kiffin likes Bush at goal line: Michael Bush is tired of watching after spending nearly two years on the sideline while his teammates got to play football. Bush has not played in any game since breaking his right leg in the season opener of his final college season at Louisville in 2006. He missed the rest of that college season and all of his rookie campaign with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL, putting special meaning on his exhibition opener against San Francisco on Friday night. "I didn't think it'd be this long," Bush said. "I was told six months, seven months. It turned out to be two years now. So I'm just ready to get out there and get it going again." (Updated 08/06/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 8/8/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Bush was considered one of the top running backs in the country before breaking his leg against Kentucky on Sept. 3, 2006. He was coming off a junior season in which he ran for 1,143 yards and an NCAA-leading 23 touchdowns, and was being projected as a possible first-round pick in the 2007 NFL draft. Bush is now part of a crowded backfield in Oakland, which includes a 1,000-yard rusher in Fargas and heralded rookie Darren McFadden. Bush believes he has shown the coaches he is 100 percent by the way he can run and cut in drills. He got coach Lane Kiffin especially excited in a drill early in training camp, when he lowered his shoulders into the pile in a full-pad goal-line drill. Kiffin wants to see more of the same in the game against the 49ers on Friday as he hopes that Bush can be the short-yardage back this season. "He's 246 pounds, don't run like a 200 pounder, and see what we have," Kiffin said. "We got a glimpse of him in the goal line situation, and hopefully that's who he is and that's who he needs to be to be able to play for us. He's the one big guy we have, and if he can do what we hope he can do I think we're in a real good position there." Bush might be the one scoring touchdowns for the Raiders with Fargas and McFadden getting all the yards. It might be worth spending a late-round pick on Bush and hope he can develop into a decent source of touchdowns. (Updated 08/06/2008).
RB Michael Bush has impressed early in camp. Nobody will know for sure until he takes a hit in a preseason or regular season game, but Bush looked like a nimble power back in his first training camp. He missed all of last season with a broken leg sustained in the first game of his college season in 2006. 07/27/2008
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Kiffin likes Bush at goal line: Michael Bush is tired of watching after spending nearly two years on the sideline while his teammates got to play football. Bush has not played in any game since breaking his right leg in the season opener of his final college season at Louisville in 2006. He missed the rest of that college season and all of his rookie campaign with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL, putting special meaning on his exhibition opener against San Francisco on Friday night. "I didn't think it'd be this long," Bush said. "I was told six months, seven months. It turned out to be two years now. So I'm just ready to get out there and get it going again." (Updated 08/06/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 8/8/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Bush was considered one of the top running backs in the country before breaking his leg against Kentucky on Sept. 3, 2006. He was coming off a junior season in which he ran for 1,143 yards and an NCAA-leading 23 touchdowns, and was being projected as a possible first-round pick in the 2007 NFL draft. Bush is now part of a crowded backfield in Oakland, which includes a 1,000-yard rusher in Fargas and heralded rookie Darren McFadden. Bush believes he has shown the coaches he is 100 percent by the way he can run and cut in drills. He got coach Lane Kiffin especially excited in a drill early in training camp, when he lowered his shoulders into the pile in a full-pad goal-line drill. Kiffin wants to see more of the same in the game against the 49ers on Friday as he hopes that Bush can be the short-yardage back this season. "He's 246 pounds, don't run like a 200 pounder, and see what we have," Kiffin said. "We got a glimpse of him in the goal line situation, and hopefully that's who he is and that's who he needs to be to be able to play for us. He's the one big guy we have, and if he can do what we hope he can do I think we're in a real good position there." Bush might be the one scoring touchdowns for the Raiders with Fargas and McFadden getting all the yards. It might be worth spending a late-round pick on Bush and hope he can develop into a decent source of touchdowns. (Updated 08/06/2008).
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