Good Portis stuff from Washington Times blog

Al is old school and I think his system will work if you give it 5 years or so but nowadays teams dont have 5 years. We wanna win NOW!!.

Just show me the money on this one...

- I'm not saying that I don't believe that Portis is gonna have a great year (cuz I think he will), but its still dependent on the play of the O-line and JC. Are they healthy? Are they gonna be good in this system? Will there be a learning period? Yet to be determined...but I would still tend to be reserved with my predictions of success.

- Saunders/Gibbs running game not "working" the second time around was a product of the circumstances around the team. When we had success, we had a lot of it. This was b/c the O-line was healthy and we had some leadership/consistency with our QB situation. When we were mediocre we were so b/c of injuries to the O-line and, not to mention, CP himself as well as some very suspect play at QB.

But at the very least I have some hope that we are gonna deliver on this hype. Cautious optimism as is the mantra every offseason.

Al is old school and I think his system will work if you give it 5 years or so but nowadays teams dont have 5 years. We wanna win NOW!!.

Actually Joe is old school, not Al. If you ever watched any of the Chiefs or Rams games several years ago, you'd see 4-5 guys getting out in patterns all the time. This was the major difference between Joe and Al. Joe stressed protection over guys getting out in the patterns.

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

that dude CP is

THE REAL DEAL Franchise runningback. You can't ask for anything more. I would put portis up against LT anyday.. JMO

Portis is the one guy who's really, really going to benefit from the system change. I'd take him in all fantasy formats this year.

^ i'm glad he's excited and sees it more like denver, because hopefully that means he will run just like he did in denver, or better. I think this is going to either be portis's best year as a redskin, or his best at both. I see him MURDERING the field this year.

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

All together now...

"Nobody gets faster as they get older."

Every time you get tackled, your body absorbs punishment. I would guess that in many measurables, CP is better than he was at the combine. Speed isn't one of them.

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

What's your source on that? I find it hard to believe he ran that fast ever, and very hard to believe that he ran that time in 06.

He certainly doesn't look faster, even on the few times he got deep in the secondary he looked like he lacks the breakaway speed he had in his first few years.

One of the big reasons that the 40 yard dash is overrated is that speed is the first thing to go...usually by 26 a guy has put at least a tenth of a second or two on his 40, and that's the age at which said player is just becoming competent at his position.

So while these guys all time well at the combine, by the time they actually become starters at their position, won't be running faster than any of the guys they outtimed.

Thus, teams like the Raiders, who value speed above all else, don't win, because their players can't run faster than the other team's players.