By Pat Yasinskas

Although I personally think being without injured running back Reggie Bush for approximately six weeks is going to have a huge impact on the Saints, the numbers say otherwise. Let’s turn to ESPN Stats & Information for a little breakdown of the Saints without Bush.

Over the three previous seasons, the Saints have played 12 games without Bush. In those games, they went 8-4 and have averaged 33.4 points a game. Last season, they played two games without Bush. They won them both and averaged 38 points a game.

In 2008, Bush missed six games. The Saints went 4-2 and averaged 35.2 points per game. One other encouraging piece of information to look at here is that the Saints aren’t exactly facing a lineup of super teams the next six weeks.

They host Atlanta on Sunday and that figures to be a very difficult game. But after that, three of their next four opponents (Carolina, Arizona and Cleveland) are 0-2 right now. The other two teams the Saints face in that six-week stretch are Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh.

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