As running backs go, Bush is an anomaly, enjoying a career year in his eighth NFL season -- around the time when most guys playing the position hit the expiration date. He ranks third in the NFL in yards from scrimmage per game at 121.9. Against Dallas, Bush accounted for 122 yards, coming back from a stinger late in the game ("I caught the ball," he remembered, "... and as I put my head down, the corner hit me. My head went back a little bit and my whole arm just went completely numb. Felt like a blowtorch. Like someone was holding a blowtorch to my arm. That's basically what a stinger is") to score a touchdown. Perhaps this game changes the season, or even the idea of the Detroit Lions. Just understand that it doesn't happen without Reggie Bush.