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Reggie Bush could set an NFL record he most definitely does not want to set. He is closing in on one of the worst rushing seasons in NFL history.
via ProFootballTalk:
Bush has 12 carries for minus-three yards so far this season. Via Jeff Duncan of the Times-Picayune, no running back in NFL history has finished a season with more than 10 carries and negative rushing yardage.
A search of Pro Football Reference confirms that: Although there have been players who finished the season with negative rushing yardage and more than 10 rushing attempts, they’re all either modern-era quarterbacks who lost yardage on kneeldowns, or 1930s and 1940s backs who were both runners and passers and lost yardage while attempting to pass. (Today sack yards do not count against a running back’s individual rushing yardage, but in the early days, before sacks were a statistic, they did.)
Bush has to rush for at least three yards during the Buffalo Bills last game of the season on Sunday against the New York Jets. The Bills aren’t going to the playoffs, so with nothing to play for Bush should be able to see the field and at least get that yardage.
What’s particularly noteworthy about Bush’s terrible season is that he’s doing it on a team that is otherwise outstanding running the ball. The Bills lead the NFL in total rushing yards, and they lead the league in rushing yards per carry by a huge margin: Buffalo averages 5.5 yards a carry in a league where no other team even averages 5.0 yards a carry. This game on Sunday could be the last of his career.
