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Originally Posted by Ramseyfan
I don't think that Portis was simply a product of the Broncos' system; he is a tremendous back.
However, I have to say that I was somewhat disappointed with the run-blocking today. Portis had a great game and I do not mean to take anything away from him. But, if you take away the 64-yard TD run, he was averaging about 2.5 yards per carry. I wasn't too pleased with that.
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Unduly harsh judgement on the run blocking IMHO - usually, when a back runs for a 150 yards, there's 1-2 long runs in there. I think it's unfair to take out those two runs from the total rushing and point out the low avg yards per carry on the remaining rushes. You almost never see a case where someone has 30 carries for 150 yards that comprises 30 runs for 5 yards each.
Also, as was rightly pointed out by someone else, this was TB we ran for 166 yards against - pretty damn good considering their run defense.
Further, atleast 6-7 carries that Portis had came right at the end when our objective was to get short runs to get first downs and run out the clock. So, if you take away those 6-7 small yard carries at the end along with the 64 yd run, he had about 21 carries for 80-84 yards, which is a pretty decent yards per carry.