Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

i say yes,especially since drew brees had a shitty day today.i'd say CP
has to be the league mvp up until now.

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Yep.

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No doubt in my mind, he's definitely the league MVP

Talk about consistently putting up overwhelming numbers, multiple 100+ yard games is like a QB throwing for 300 plus every week. HE is the beast of the NFC East!

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just remember boys,when you say your prayers,throw one in their for CP and all our other players.,i do.

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its Close......but yea, he's the MVP so far

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[quote=GTripp0012;491740]Yep.[/quote]

818 yards!
...........Yep

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You have to admit CP has put the offense on his shoulders and at this point no other player has done this.

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can't hold that fumble against him either cause's he has helped us a lot more than hurt us this season.

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[quote=mitch e;491749]You have to admit CP has put the offense on his shoulders and at this point no other player has done this.[/quote]

Folks...i love me some CP....But lets not forget that oline. CP had some serious holes to run through at his disposal. With a win the fumble is a non issue....

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

You are right about the offensive line.

However, against the Browns Portis just willed the offense to forward movement on a day when the passing game seemed out-of-synch.

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My definition of MVP is an individual who not only has the stats but leads his team to wins. Brees might have the stats but his team is losing, Portis has the stats and is leading the Redskins to victory. Kudos to the OL and Mike Sellers for helping Portis having a great year so far.

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Yeah, pretty much. There's no-one else who is dominating at his level at any other position on a winning team. For all that Brees has done, they are 3-4.

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

CP gets my vote for MVP. However our passing game really needs to step up. We're releying too much on CP.

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He just seems to be getting better by the week, that's the scary part.

I agree with CooleyFanOV, let's not forget to send some love to the OL.

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He's averaging 116.8 yards per game, that's on pace for nearly 1,900 yards for the season.

Scary numbers for #26

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CP definitely should be in consideration. So should [B]Albert Haynesworth[/B] (defensive leader on the unbeaten Titans, 23 tackles and 6 sacks from the DT position while they are only giving up 11 points a game), [B]Troy Polamalu[/B] (3 picks and 30 tackles despite the fact that every team playing against the Steelers gameplans away from him), [B]Drew Brees[/B] (QB of top offensive team in the league) and [B]Jay Cutler[/B] (94.8 QB rating and 4-2 record despite not having even an average defense)

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Anyone remember this from back in the offseason?

[quote][URL="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/bucky_brooks/03/27/the.buzz/index.html"]New role for Portis[/URL]

After studying Clinton Portis on tape during the offseason, Redskins coach Jim Zorn is preparing the seven-year vet for a bigger role in the offense.

Portis, who finished sixth in the league in rushing with 1,262 yards, is spending his offseason training at the team's complex. "[B]We think that he can be a 1,800-yard back this season[/B]," assistant head coach/running backs Stump Mitchell said. "Running behind that offensive line, he should average four-and-a-half to five yards per carry."

The Redskins are keeping their blocking schemes intact and believe that continuity will allow Portis to thrive as their feature back. Furthermore, the Redskins are contemplating expanding Portis' role as a receiver after the vet hauled in a career-high 47 passes last season.

"We know that he was productive as a receiver last season, but most of his receptions were of the 'check-down' variety," Mitchell said. "We will see how he runs routes during mini-camps and O.T.As (Organized Team Activities) and determine if we can make him a bigger part of the passing game. He is a complete player with an unbelievable set of skills and we must find a way to maximize his talent."[/quote]

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I'm curious, and certainly not to kick up any dust, but how is Champ Baily playing this year?

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

I agree that you can't give it to Brees because they're not winning. Portis on pace for about 1850 (!) yards rushing. Combine that with his pass protection, and the fact that Campbell hasn't thrown an INT yet (largely because the running game is keeping him out of the 3rd & longs that tend to lead to INTs), and yeah I think you have the NFL MVP so far.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;491765]My definition of MVP is an individual who not only has the stats but leads his team to wins. Brees might have the stats but his team is losing, Portis has the stats and is leading the Redskins to victory. Kudos to the OL and Mike Sellers for helping Portis having a great year so far.[/quote]
Ditto - he is carrying the team through every misstep.

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[quote=12thMan;491790]I'm curious, and certainly not to kick up any dust, but how is Champ Baily playing this year?[/quote]
He has not run for 818 yards.........
Dumb ass, Joe2

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[quote=Mattyk72;491789]Anyone remember this from back in the offseason?[/quote]

I certainly have new respect for Stump Mitchell. Portis definitely deserves it. SFREDSKIN has it right, the MVP should make a difference between winning and losing and Portis does that.

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Champ Bailey has been battling injuries while playing for a rotten defense.

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I can tell you right now, we better get the passing game in-sync next week, because you can be damn sure Pittsburgh's #1 goal on that MNF game week 9 will be to shut down Portis.

I really hope JC's groin is okay. It definitely affected his throwing motion.

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[quote=Hog1;491835]He has not run for 818 yards.........
Dumb ass, Joe2[/quote]


[url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iX_fRiDCfZtlOyqqQw3JnLoNwOqgD93TU0580]The Associated Press: Portis runs for 175 as Redskins beat Browns 14-11[/url]


Idiot. Eat that.

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

The 818 yards are impressive but don't tell the whole story.

1. CP leads the NFC in rushing TDs (7, and only 1 behind White for the league lead)
2. He leads the NFL in runs of 20 or more yards (8, and that is 2 more than Jacobs of NYG who is second)
3. Portis has 43 rushing first downs, by far the league leader in that category. Marion Barber is second with only 33.

He also leads the league in carries. He is our workhorse and we will only go as far as he will take us. If he can stay healthy, he could shatter his own Redskins record for rushing yards in a season. He is well on his way to Hawaii in Feb.

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A lot of RB's have won MVP and Barry Sanders is the only one I can think of who legitimately had a mediocre line. So I don't think we're dissing the line in suggesting Portis is deserving of this award so far.

It's a strange year to date, but I can't really think of anyone else in the league even close to CP, with the exception of maybe Brees. Albert Haynesworth might truly be the MVP of the league but I don't think I'll live to see a DT win that award.

Anyway, go Portis!

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[quote=XXVI;491906][url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iX_fRiDCfZtlOyqqQw3JnLoNwOqgD93TU0580]The Associated Press: Portis runs for 175 as Redskins beat Browns 14-11[/url]


Idiot. Eat that.[/quote]

He was talking about Champ Bailey, ricky.

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

Absolutely, I see only Brees being able to challenge him at this point, but he'll be playing without Bush, Shockey (first week back and injured his groin again) and Colston is back but still not healthy, wearing a splint and dropping balls. It will be a tough task to keep up his numbers, as we saw yesterday.

I just heard on ESPN radio that Portis has gone over 120 yards in 4 straight games and ONLY JIM BROWN and OJ SIMPSON have ever done that.

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[quote=skinsfan69;491769]CP gets my vote for MVP. However our passing game really needs to step up. We're releying too much on CP.[/quote]

I agree. Where is the play action pass been for the last couple of weeks? You would think that with the running game doing as well as it is, play action would open up some big strikes down field. After the Dallas game I haven't seen it as much.

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[quote=Buster;491942]I just heard on ESPN radio that Portis has gone over 120 yards in 4 straight games and ONLY JIM BROWN and OJ SIMPSON have ever done that.[/quote]

That's not right - Barry Sanders did it:
[url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SandBa00_games.htm]Barry Sanders Gamelogs and Game Logs - Pro-Football-Reference.com[/url]

So did Larry Johnson:
[url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnLa00_games.htm]Larry Johnson Gamelogs and Game Logs - Pro-Football-Reference.com[/url]

Still, it's impressive. He should have #5 next week, although I wouldn't count on another in Pittsburgh.

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^

E-mail that to Mike Greenberg. :D

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

how many more yards till he cracks the top 25 all time?

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About 1000. And who would he bump from that list? His teammate, Shaun Alexander...
[url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_career.htm]Career Rushing Yards Leaders - Pro-Football-Reference.com[/url]

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[quote=XXVI;491906][URL="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iX_fRiDCfZtlOyqqQw3JnLoNwOqgD93TU0580"]The Associated Press: Portis runs for 175 as Redskins beat Browns 14-11[/URL]


Idiot. Eat that.[/quote]
While I appreciate your apparent loyalty to Joe, my answer was satirical, and meant as a joke. Joe has taken a lot of crap for that trade. It is good to see his vindication on the matter!
HTTR

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

I didn't hear what Greenie said exactly, but the stat is actually that Portis, Brown, and Simpson are the only players to gain 120+ yards in four consecutive games more than once in their careers.

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as good as oj,brown and sanders were,portis blocks a whole hell of a lot better than they did.oj had about the shittiest oline in history for most of his career too.
i'd take CP over all of them.he is what you would see if there was a picture definition of rb.

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[quote=Mattyk72;491789]Anyone remember this from back in the offseason?[/quote]

That's scary good that he was able to predict that and is now attempting/allowing it to come to fruition.
Nice research on digging that up Matty!

Re: Portis,league MVP up to this point?
 

Just hopefully we will see one of his characters soon.

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I dunno man...

My vote is for Campbell right now....Here's a stat 332 Consecutive passes without an INT...