Portis: The Ultimate Team Player
 

Ok, I know Portis' stats weren't exactly stellar last night, but they weren't horrible either. What I LOVE about this guy is how he works so hard to help the team no matter what his role. He had one fantastic block after another, working his ass off to protect Brunell.

While it sucked that Brunell fumbled, it was Portis' awareness and speed - he looks back, sees Brunell get hit and takes off on a dead sprint for the ball, hauling down the Eagle who recovered it who would have made a sure touchdown were it not for Portis' tackle.

Just an all around fantastic player and a great addition to the team.

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agreed.

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are you kidding me? portis sucks, ladell easily could've done what he did. j/k portis is worth what we are paying him.

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Clinton is a beast!

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[QUOTE=mooby]are you kidding me? portis sucks, ladell easily could've done what he did. j/k portis is worth what we are paying him.[/QUOTE]
dude, what game did you watch?

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[QUOTE=dblanch66]dude, what game did you watch?[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't say that he "sucks" but, I haven't exactly been blown away by his performances so far.

He has 3.4 yards per carry in 9 games against NFC East opponents. To me, that's very, very average considering what we gave up to get him.

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I think people need to read Mooby's post more carefully. He said he was joking about Betts being able to do everything Portis can do.

Betts isn't a great pass blocker, but Portis is. Portis isn't averaging 5+ yards per carry and he's on pace for another 1300 yard season with less than 10 touchdowns. But, Portis scares defenses nonetheless and I have to think he opens up the passing game. I would attribute at least some of our passing game's relative success to Portis; teams know we love to run and Portis is a threat so they don't cover the wideouts as well as they should.

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Portis is the shit and the coaches/players seem to love him. I'm pretty sure they are irking him to do all those crazy characters.

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Guys, j/k means joking and kidding. One thing I have to say about Portis is, although he hasn't been the superman that people feel he needs to be to earn the money, AT least the guy appears to be a team player. He does what is asked of him. He's a very smart player. He doesn't gripe and complain like alot of people feared he would do when the deal for him first came to light. He's played through injuries....I would much rather give millions to Clinton Portis and know that the guy is going to be a team player and do what he can to contribute, rather than to give millions to a guy like Owens.

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[QUOTE=dblanch66]dude, what game did you watch?[/QUOTE]

dude, what post did you read? ;)

i was also very impressed by portis. i was actually more impressed that the espn crew picked up on this as well. they did that montage of portis blocking on three or four plays and he was just manhandling people.

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven]I wouldn't say that he "sucks" but, I haven't exactly been blown away by his performances so far.

He has 3.4 yards per carry in 9 games against NFC East opponents. To me, that's very, very average considering what we gave up to get him.[/QUOTE]

My calculations have him at 166 carries for 588 yards or 3.54 yards per rush in 9 NFC East games.

Not a big difference I know, but for the sake of being accurate let's give him credit for that additional .14. ;)

Personally I don't care what his yards per carry is as long as we win our division games.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Personally I don't care what his yards per carry is as long as we win our division games.[/QUOTE]

Even if we are grossly overpaying him? What's the point of paying $6 million a year to do the job someone else can do for $1 million? That said, I think Portis brings more than YPC, and I think he is worth the money.

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets]Even if we are grossly overpaying him? What's the point of paying $6 million a year to do the job someone else can do for $1 million? That said, I think Portis brings more than YPC, and I think he is worth the money.[/QUOTE]

What does he have to do to earn his money? Be LaDanian Tomlinson? Portis may not be having a Pro Bowl year as far as numbers go, but he is one of only a handful of complete tailbacks in the league. He's probably the best blocking tailback in the league, he can catch out of the backfield as good as anyone, and he is still a home run threat.

People are trying to compare him to Tiki or Shawn Alexander, but if Portis had the holes to run through that those two do, he'd have similar numbers. And for those of you who think we should've picked up Alexander instead of Portis, you need to watch more Seahawks games. Alexander is a pure edge runner. Not at all a Gibbs style runner. Notice when they played Washington, he was completely ineffective running between the tackles. His only substantial gain came on an edge play.

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[QUOTE=Southpaw]What does he have to do to earn his money? Be LaDanian Tomlinson? Portis may not be having a Pro Bowl year as far as numbers go, but he is one of only a handful of complete tailbacks in the league. He's probably the best blocking tailback in the league, he can catch out of the backfield as good as anyone, and he is still a home run threat.

People are trying to compare him to Tiki or Shawn Alexander, but if Portis had the holes to run through that those two do, he'd have similar numbers. And for those of you who think we should've picked up Alexander instead of Portis, you need to watch more Seahawks games. Alexander is a pure edge runner. Not at all a Gibbs style runner. Notice when they played Washington, he was completely ineffective running between the tackles. His only substantial gain came on an edge play.[/QUOTE]

Um...reread my post. You are agreeing with me.

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets]Um...reread my post. You are agreeing with me.[/QUOTE]

I only quoted you because you made the most recent comment about Portis being overpayed.

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Hey guys...can someone let me know how to post a new thread???

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[QUOTE=Southpaw]I only qouted you because you made the most recent comment about Portis being overpayed.[/QUOTE]

My bad - I like to take things personally :smashfrea

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Clinton is great - agreed. But the organization owes it to him, and it the Redskins themselves, to PITCH HIM THE BALL OUTSIDE MORE. He's not an up-the-gut runner like Ladell. Swing him outside, where he can use his eagle-eye vision, and he becomes a terrifying running back.

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One thing I admire about Portis is that he doesn't bitch and moan about lack of carries, O-line not opening holes for him, not enough stretch and toss plays...etc. He just goes about doing the little things to help Skins win. If he's asked to block a DE or a LB...he'll do it. If he's asked to play WR...he'll do it. He is a "team first" guy and he's worth his paycheck IMO.

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Portis gained his 5000th yard rushing during the Eagles game. The Redskins recognized that by flashing his image on the big screen at FedEx and with a PA announcement so that stadium fans could recognize him, which they loudly did. :biggthump Portis rushed for most of those yards while with Denver.

Does that make the Redskins a first class organization according to the TO definition? :laughing-