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Mattyk72 · 11-09-2005, 10:00 AM

Portis had problems staying healthy in Denver as well, so it's not exclusive to playing under Gibbs.

I misread your initial post, I thought you were calling Portis a failed experiment, now I see you're saying his extra weight may be a failed experiment. That just may be true, but I still think his injuries right now might be playing a factor. He doesn't seem to have the same burst he did back in camp and early in the season before he got banged up.

As for JW I'll gladly do some research:

In 1981 JW had 210 carries for 916 yards and also added 70 catches. Meanwhile Riggo had 195 for 714.

I wouldn't exactly call that Riggo taking the bulk of the work and it seems that JW was a bit more than a 3rd down back that year wouldn't you say?

11-09-2005, 10:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mattyk72 custom user title Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Posts: 33,147	Re: Tony McGee's Thoughts on the Philly Game Portis had problems staying healthy in Denver as well, so it's not exclusive to playing under Gibbs. I misread your initial post, I thought you were calling Portis a failed experiment, now I see you're saying his extra weight may be a failed experiment. That just may be true, but I still think his injuries right now might be playing a factor. He doesn't seem to have the same burst he did back in camp and early in the season before he got banged up. As for JW I'll gladly do some research: In 1981 JW had 210 carries for 916 yards and also added 70 catches. Meanwhile Riggo had 195 for 714. I wouldn't exactly call that Riggo taking the bulk of the work and it seems that JW was a bit more than a 3rd down back that year wouldn't you say?