Reggie Bush Confident He`ll Play Sunday vs. Tampa Bay   

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Reggie Bush said his left ankle injury against theBaltimore Ravents, was more of an aggravation of a sprain that occurred in Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns, something he expects to keep playing with.

``I`ll be ready for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,`` Reggie Bush said Monday between meetings and treatment at the New Orleans Saints` training headquarters. Oddsmakers have the Saints as 1-point favorites with the total set at 39.

The sprain is ``something that`s kind of been lingering since that first game and hasn`t been 100 percent since,`` Reggie Bush said. ``I`ve just been kind of playing through it. ... It just kept getting better and better every week, and I got to the point where I was feeling pretty good, and now I`m right back to the point where I started.

``But even then I was able to play through it, so it`s really just a matter of me taking care of it,`` Reggie Bush said.

Reggie Bush, the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner and second overall pick in last spring`s draft, left the Saints` 35-22 loss to Baltimore on Sunday in the fourth quarter after being tackled by Bart Scott, who rolled over Reggie Bush`s lower legs as the two spun down.

Reggie Bush said he was unsure how the pain would affect his practice schedule and that he would follow the orders of coaches and trainers.

``In Reggie`s case we`re in pretty good shape,`` Saints coach Sean Payton said. ``Everything`s clean in the X-Ray and the MRI.``

Reggie Bush has been effective much of this season both running and receiving, getting clutch first downs that have helped sustain scoring drives, but he has rarely broken off big gains.

His only touchdown was a crucial one, however, a 65-yard, late-game punt return that lifted the Saints (5-2) to a victory over the Buccaneers.

He averaged nearly 107 all-purpose yards during the Saints` first six games. Reggie Bush was having his worst game of the season against Baltimore, however, running for only 16 yards on five carries and gaining only 5 yards on four catches. He also had thrown an interception on a halfback option pass and was involved in a fumble on a handoff from Drew Brees.

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