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Originally Posted by jdlea

I agreed with your post up until the shot at Portis. He had a good game aside from the 2 fumbles. So...let's look at the fumbles. The first lead to 3 points...that didn't break the team's back. What killed the Skins was the 23 yard run he had called back right before the fumble.

The second, I remember happening, but I don't remember if the Raiders scored on the ensuing possession, while I believe they did, they shouldn't have. They took over at like their own 35 or 40. The D should have been able to stop them from scoring. In addition, I am of the belief that Clinton was down and the play should have been challenged, but that really doesn't matter now.

Finally, I would like to know what your solution to the "problem" with Clinton Portis would be. Start Ladell Betts who got hurt again? What about last week when Portis averaged around 6 yards a carry? He averaged over 4 this week, which isn't bad, he just had 2 giveaways, I know that hurt, but that's a particularly bad day. Niether of them killed the team. The D just needed to step up more than they did, and I agree that Joe should be putting teams away, but he plays tenative.

I think we have seen something that has been discussed but not at length. Clinton Portis is not a work-horse RB. He's getting tired and because Cartwright isn't either and Betts injured, he was forced to handle to workload and thus fumbled twice. I have seen him in the past take himself out of the game to get a breather. I think we activate the rookie Nehemiah Broughton. He looked damn good in preseason and every NFC team has given their rookie RBs playing time. It's time to change the RBs situation and put Sellers in as a blocker in the I formation. We have to get Jimmy Farris in camp and sign him. This Rich Parson looked like he was still in preseason.