"Two snapshots of Dolphins running back Reggie Bush: firing the ball high into the Sun Life Stadium seats after his 18-yard run put the game away; and, standing at the podium for his postgame media session, pausing at the start for a few seconds as he watched his former team, New Orleans, kick the winning field goal against Atlanta on a TV over his right shoulder.

The first moment looked both cathartic release of frustration and angry joy. The second appeared interested, but detached, and absent of envy, though New Orleans has seven wins and the Dolphins have two. Maybe it's that the Dolphins deploy Bush as their offense's main taste, not a special seasoning as the Saints did.

The Dolphins threw five passes to Bush on Sunday — he caught four for 4 yards — and ran him 14 times for 47 yards. His first touchdown, a 1-yard run, started inside, then he hopped all the way to the left and strolled into the end zone.

Bush admitted he's happy in proving he can handle a feature-back load.

"It's been a tough couple of years," he said. "Obviously, my past team, I wasn't able to run the ball as much. I wasn't given the amount of opportunities. It just feels good to be able to come here and achieve some of the success that we're achieving, not just me, but as a team. Obviously … it's not where we want to be, but we're playing good football right now.""