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Originally Posted by Bucket
Wow...
CP lost a step? Man, that guy exploded through that hole. You guys need to see it again, because he didn't look slow to me. It looked like to me you had one guy diving after him after he shot through the hole, and the 2 DB's made a better angle to knock him out of bounds.
Let's just take a look shall we?
Starts at 35
Now watch how the DB's take a great angle on Portis.. Portis has always been known for his great vision, and ableness of following his blockers. He has the best vision in the NFL as a RB.
Now.. This
Now in this video you see the safety #23 take the worse angle in football. I've seen 10 year old pee wee players take a better angle then that, and Portis had about 10 yards of sideline to make a better stretch, not the 3 yards in the first video on the short side of the field. Give the guy another 1- yards and he prolly catches Portis... Everyone who know the Redskins knows the Portis has never had breakaway speed. He's always been built for quick bursts and hitting the holes and producing long drives with the occasional big one.
All you people looking ot point a finger at why we lost on Sunday need to get over it. We were not going to go 16-0 this year, and we are prolly not going to go even 11-5. We are going to lose, and usually the losing team looks the worse out of the 2 teams. We just happen to be that team this week, and in all honesty.. I didn't think the game was that bad. We lost by 6 points against a team that won the SB 2 years ago?
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In the first video it took CP approx 6 seconds to travel 30 yards. In the second it only took him 4 seconds to travel 30 yards. There are many variables not considered such as the sync of the videos to real time, the fact that Clinton was possibly running more stream line in the first one, and him slowing down for contact in the second. The fact of the matter is that 2 seconds is a long time when you are sprinting. While Portis might not exactly be required to retire any time soon, it appears that he is a tad bit slower than he used to be.