Posted by Teddy Kider, The Times-Picayune December 13, 2008 4:29PM
Reggie Bush said he got hurt in the Chicago game.
New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton said Saturday that running back Reggie Bush will need further evaluation — including an MRI, to be examined by Dr. James Andrews — after spraining his left knee during Thursday’s game against the Chicago Bears.
Bush, who was not available for comment Saturday, missed the final four games of the 2007 season and four games this year with injuries in that knee.
He seemed to disagree with Payton’s decision to take him out of the game after Thursday’s injury, and Bush told reporters after the game: “I just work here. I’m just an employee. I don’t call the shots. I definitely don’t call the plays.”
Payton defended his decision Saturday.
“We all just work here, right?” Payton said. “So I don’t pay much attention to those comments that we’re able to capture after a tough game. He’s got to have this thing looked at and evaluated, and he’s got to stay healthy and get healthy. Those are the things he’s got to do, and we’ll help him to do that in any way, shape or form. But those are decisions I’ve got to make during the course of the game, and if I feel like a player’s not healthy and it prohibits us — I think in his absence Pierre (Thomas) did a pretty good job, and I think we probably moved the ball as effective as we had all night. And so that’s a credit to Pierre and the guys blocking and catching and doing all those things.
“But obviously I’m rooting for all those guys. I want to play them. I want them to be successful, and it’s in my best interest that they have success. But I just felt like that was the best decision, and I think, as we examine where he’s at right now, I was correct.”
Payton also said Saturday that defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy pulled a hamstring during Thursday’s game and that left tackle Jammal Brown was “gradually getting strength back” after a sprained ankle kept him from playing Thursday.
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