Tailback Pierre Thomas probably won't be healthy enough to play in Sunday's season opener against Detroit, but Reggie Bush will be. In fact, Bush figures he is the healthiest he's been for a regular-season game since Week 7 of last season. he's finally getting a chance to pick up where he left off last September and October, when he was playing perhaps the best football of his NFL career. "I'm just looking forward to having a great game," said Bush, who tried to downplay the significance of his "comeback," which was further delayed by a strained right calf that kept him out of the final three preseason games. As usual, Bush is heading into his fourth NFL season with a fair share of high expectations and critics alike. defensive-minded Detroit Coach Jim Schwartz said Bush gives him "nightmares." From a coach getting ready to play him, he's a dynamic player, a player you need to know where he is on the field at all times," Schwartz said Wednesday. "He's a multidimensional player. He can return kicks. He can return punts. They can use him as a wide receiver. They can use him as a running back. He can score any time he touches the ball." But Bush will be a focal point of the Saints' offense as a runner and receiver, much as he was during those first six weeks of last season. Bush can clearly improve as an inside runner, as he admitted last month when he told reporters, "The first step to recognizing you have a bad habit is just admitting it to yourself . . . like an alcoholic when they go into an (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting or something." But the most important issue for the 6-foot, 203-pounder has become health in recent years.
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