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SBXVII · 10-05-2010, 12:43 PM

Did I miss something? I thought Torain was supposed to carry the bulk of the load and Portis be the 3rd down back for passing situations. K.Williams was picked up by us because he was supposed to be pretty good. I thought Torain was picked up by Shanahan while he was actually in Denver, then Torain was cut by Denver and we picked him up because he knew the system and Shanahan liked him.

So in a nutshell don't we have 2 good RB's in Torain and Williams and I have not even started talking about Simpson who ran pretty good in preseason in Buffalo before getting cut.

Can we not see what we have in Torain and Williams as a duo and maybe spot Simpson a couple of carries to see how he will handle it before we start talking about trading people away for other teams RB's or trading for draft picks in order to pick up a RB?

I'd rather the team use what we have and if need be put a FB in the back field to block then to start casting people off to pick up a RB who would not be used until he learned the scheme. If they don't want to use Simpson and don't trust Sellers to block well enough then bring up the FB from the PS they have and see if he understands the blocking scheme's.

10-05-2010, 12:43 PM	#86
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	re: Portis heard his groin "pop" (out 4-6 weeks) Did I miss something? I thought Torain was supposed to carry the bulk of the load and Portis be the 3rd down back for passing situations. K.Williams was picked up by us because he was supposed to be pretty good. I thought Torain was picked up by Shanahan while he was actually in Denver, then Torain was cut by Denver and we picked him up because he knew the system and Shanahan liked him. So in a nutshell don't we have 2 good RB's in Torain and Williams and I have not even started talking about Simpson who ran pretty good in preseason in Buffalo before getting cut. Can we not see what we have in Torain and Williams as a duo and maybe spot Simpson a couple of carries to see how he will handle it before we start talking about trading people away for other teams RB's or trading for draft picks in order to pick up a RB? I'd rather the team use what we have and if need be put a FB in the back field to block then to start casting people off to pick up a RB who would not be used until he learned the scheme. If they don't want to use Simpson and don't trust Sellers to block well enough then bring up the FB from the PS they have and see if he understands the blocking scheme's.