NEW YORK — It wasn’t long after the Saints traded back into the first round that they drafted Mark Ingram. And it wasn’t long after the Saints drafting Mark Ingram that Reggie Bush let the world know about his future.

In a not-so-cryptic tweet, Bush seemed to say peace out — literally — to the Big Easy.

“It’s been fun New Orleans,” Bush tweeted shortly before midnight EST on Thursday.

To sum up: it seems like the Saints and Bush will be parting ways before the 2012 season. That seemed inevitable, barring Bush taking less money, but perhaps the ability to acquire Mark Ingram meant that New Orleans won’t have to even worry about paying Bush’s potentially exorbitant salary.

The odd thing, though, is that Mark Ingram isn’t a replacement for Reggie Bush.