Rafael Bush was a Falcon once and came awfully close to being a Falcon twice. When the news came today that he had decided to retire, it immediately brought to mind how close he came to being a starting safety on this team, even if it was only for a short time.
You may or may not remember Bush, but he was a legitimately interesting undrafted free agent the team was lucky enough to snap up after the 2010 NFL Draft. He would spend a year on the practice squad and looked set to spend a second year developing there in 2011, drawing earnest praise from Mike Smith and the coaching staff the whole while, before the Broncos unexpectedly stole him off the Falcons’ practice squad in October 2011.