Dec 11th 2008 3:40PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Saints, NFC North, NFC South
In the NFC Championship game two years ago, Reggie Bush took a swing pass 88 yards to the house. The last ten or so were accompanied by Bush pointing back at the Bears defense before doing a flip into the end-zone and dancing the night away. Of course, the Saints had only cut the Bears lead to two, and didn’t score another point en route to a 39-14 loss.

Several Bears were a bit peeved by this at the time. Adewale Ogunleye was in the field, and got the chance to tell Bush what he thought. “I told Reggie that was unprofessional,” Ogunleye said. “He’s a rookie and he’s going to be a hell of a player in this league. But for him to point back and taunt, that was no class. I swear I was a second away from punching him. I’m glad I didn’t. I ran right to him and said, ‘Be professional in this league.’”Olin Kreutz — who was fortunately on the sideline or he certainly punched Bush, just ask former teammates* — didn’t like the act either.Continue Reading