Reggie may not be headed out of New Orleans as most predicted. Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network has just reported on this story:

Running back Reggie Bush remains very much in the Saints’ plans, despite an $8 million salary in 2010, and the team has made no attempts to ask him to restructure, according to league sources.

The Saints have had several conversations with agent Joel Segal, who represents star New Orleans safety Darren Sharper, a potential free agent, as well as Bush, and have not broached the subject of altering his salary.

Bush remains in the Saints’ budget following their post-Super Bowl organizational meetings and was a key contributor for them in the postseason. Many league execs believed the Saints might ask Bush to restructure his deal or ultimately release him in an uncapped year, getting out from a high first-round contract with Bush largely a situational player to this point in his career. But that does not appear to be the case now, with the start of free agency now essentially a week away.

Despite speculation, Saints don’t plan to release Bush

His New Orleans Saints may have won Super Bowl XLIV, but that’s last week’s news — king of the field Reggie Bush took a backseat to Kim Kardashian last night as she was crowned Sin City’s Queen of Hearts.

Kardashian hosted club Lavo’s official love day bash, where she and boyfriend Bush enjoyed some Italian food (and an oversized Oreo for dessert!) before heading upstairs to party.

“Whether you are single or with a loved one we are going to party tonight in Vegas!” Kardashian told the crowd. She was clad in a sexy YSL white minidress with, of course, a sweetheart neckline.

Afterward, she was presented with her own “Queen of Hearts” cake and a teddy bear from Bush reading, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

Gretchen Rossi of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” and her man Slade Smiley turned up, as well as Kardashian’s old “Dancing With the Stars” partner Mark Ballas and his girlfriend Joanna Pacitti.

– Matt Donnelly

Photo: Kim Kardashian plays queen for a night with boyfriend Reggie Bush. Credit: Denise Truscello

His New Orleans Saints may have won Super Bowl XLIV, but that’s last week’s news — king of the field Reggie Bush took a backseat to Kim Kardashian last night as she was crowned Sin City’s Queen of Hearts.

Kardashian hosted club Lavo’s official love day bash, where she and boyfriend Bush enjoyed some Italian food (and an oversized Oreo for dessert!) before heading upstairs to party.

“Whether you are single or with a loved one we are going to party tonight in Vegas!” Kardashian told the crowd. She was clad in a sexy YSL white minidress with, of course, a sweetheart neckline.

Afterward, she was presented with her own “Queen of Hearts” cake and a teddy bear from Bush reading, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

Gretchen Rossi of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” and her man Slade Smiley turned up, as well as Kardashian’s old “Dancing With the Stars” partner Mark Ballas and his girlfriend Joanna Pacitti.

– Matt Donnelly

Photo: Kim Kardashian plays queen for a night with boyfriend Reggie Bush. Credit: Denise Truscello

If you have not already seen the video of Carmen Ortega prancing around Reggie Bush’s California mansion, then you have missed the story. Here’s the video just in case. Carmen Ortega is now claiming that her “friend” betrayed her and released the tape to the public on the eve of Reggie playing in the Super Bowl with the Saints. Sad. The video had to taken over a year ago since he had the mansion on the market for sale last year. Who knows, maybe she was with Reggie while he was with Kim. Better yet, who cares. Obviously, Reggie has made his choice, Kim Kardashian. It’s time for Carmen to leave Reggie and Kim alone. The question is, is this considered “online” stalking by Carmen? I don’t know but check out the message she left at HoneyMag.com:

Earlier this week, a video surfaced on the web, showing me on a private tour of New Orleans Saints player, Reggie Bush’s home. The published blog posts about the video have painted me as everything from a “thirsty ho,” to “jump off” to “escort.” These names aren’t insulting, for they’re not true.

As you all know by now, Reggie and I had a brief short lived relationship almost one year ago. During that time, we both were in serious relationships with other people, but we had an “understanding.”

Unfortunately, things hit the fan when Reggie’s girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, found out about our secret relationship. She immediately ran to the Internet to throw me under the bus. When this happened, Reggie and I went our separate ways. During our brief relationship, Reggie became a dear and valued friend to me. The negativity surrounding that situation made it extremely difficult for me to move on.

However, I did.

I want to use this column, for Honey, as an opportunity to express how deeply hurt and betrayed I feel. I am shocked and disappointed to see that on the eve of Reggie’s biggest day, his team’s Super Bowl win, the private video I took months ago had surfaced. I believe it was leaked by a former trusted friend and colleague, for his personal gain. It wasn’t my intention for that video to hit the net or distract Reggie from his amazing day. I made that video to let the “nay-sayers” know that I did have proof that he and I were in a relationship. Unfortunately drama continues to follow, but I have moved on from that experience – and still am.

This too shall pass.

Peace.

Carmen Ortega

The leader of the New Orleans Saints “Dome Patrol”, Rickey Jackson, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Rickey was selected to six Pro Bowls and recorded 136 sacks in his career. Jackson went to San Francisco near the end of his career and got a Super Bowl ring. He also was elected to the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame and has his number in the rafters of the Superdome. He will be the first Saints player to elected to the Hall of Fame. Ironic, because the Saints may win their first Super Bowl against the son of Archie Manning that played with Rickey in the 80’s.

Congratulations Rickey!

Rickey Jackson – Linebacker – 1981-1993 New Orleans Saints, 1994-95 San Francisco 49ers

The Dome Patrol - Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Pat Swilling, Vaughn Johnson

Jabari Greer, not Darren Sharper, may have been the New Orleans Saints’ most important off-season free agent signing in 2009. Quiet as it is kept, Greer is ranked 2nd to the New York Jets Darelle Revis with 4.7 yards allowed per pass attempt by Football Outsiders. He shutdown Larry Fitzgerald and Sidney Rice. Yet he gets little respect from the national media. The Times Picayune’s Mike Triplett of the analyzes the “underrated” impact of Jabari Greer’s performance for the Saints:

Greer had two interceptions this season and returned one for a touchdown. But his specialty was preventing big plays.

Greer allowed just one touchdown pass — a controversial 68-yard bomb to Atlanta’s Roddy White, who appeared to push Greer away before making the catch.

Even including that catch, Greer allowed just 201 yards and 4.9 yards per attempt during the regular season, according to NFL analyst KC Joyner, who writes for ESPN.com, The New York Times and other outlets.

Joyner said 41 passes were thrown Greer’s way, and 26 of them fell incomplete. The others were either completed or drew penalties. That is a success rate of 63.4 percent for the defense.

Stats Inc. came up with a similar number, saying Greer was “burned” on only 37.9 percent of passes thrown his way, which ranked second in the league behind Revis’ 37.0.

If you noticed in the NFC Championship and the Divisional Playoff games, Greer eliminated the big play potential of Larry Fitzgerald and Sidney Rice. Rice’s touchdown was given up by LB Scott Shanle. Brett Favre mostly picked on Tracey Porter (one too many times). But is was Greer’s impact when he returned to the Saints lineup after missing several games that was cause for the Saints defense to slide to a 25th ranked defense in the NFL. Based upon his performance in the lineup, Greer would have eliminated more than 10% to 15% of the big plays suffered by the Saints in his absence.

Greer has a daunting task on Sunday. He will face New Orleans native Reggie Wayne. Greer usually plays 5-8 yards away from a defender on pass plays. Gregg Williams may consider having Greer to play more of a “bump-and-run” style of defense to disrupt the timing of Manning-to-Wayne passes. Either way, the NFL should take note that Jabari Greer will definitely create an “uneasy” feeling for the Colts in the Super Bowl.

Triplett also added this analysis from Football Insiders with his report:

By that measure, Greer also ranked second behind Revis, with a success rate of 69 percent.

The Football Outsiders dig even deeper when analyzing cornerbacks, creating a “success rate” that measures incomplete passes but also has a weighted formula that considers how many yards are allowed on first, second, third and fourth downs.

More important, Football Outsiders analyst Bill Barnwell said the Saints’ team success rate dropped significantly on Greer’s side of the field in the seven games he was out of the lineup.

“It’s not an exact science, ” Barnwell said, explaining that it’s impossible to tell when a cornerback was out of position when he was supposed to be in coverage, or when teams chose not to throw at a cornerback because his receiver wasn’t open. “But if you want to say he’s the second best corner in the league, the case is definitely there, especially when you consider the performance when he was out of the lineup. He definitely belongs in the top five, six or seven.”

Greer Island is not too shabby. I believe we would have seen Jabari added to the Pro Bowl if he did not miss most of the season due to the groin injury. I am sure Peyton Manning and the Colts are aware of Greer’s influence in the Saints defense. Therefore, in Super Bowl 44, the world will witness for themselves a very good, if not outstanding cornerback in the NFL. So world, welcome to Greer’s Island.