Analisis, And Then Some!

[Hogskin]

Originally Posted by offiss

Again stop comparing Portis to Sander's, and now I will tell you why, Sander's used to make something out of nothing all the time, Portis makes nothing out of nothing all the time, blocking, or no blocking, sander's would get his yard's, probably the best ever at that, maybe W Payton would come close, we have seen what Portis does without blocking, stop listening to these pre game show's trying to market, and promote, NFL player's, remember this is an election year, I have seen Barry Sander's, and I have watched him run, Mr. Portis, you are no Barry Sander's!

Offiss - don't take it personally.

Actually, I have not seen Portis compared to Sanders - least of all on a pregame show!! I was simply comparing their STYLE (I repeated it several times hoping you would notice that). And it was based solely on my almost 60 years of watching and analyzing - not something I HEARD. Sayers also had a very similar style. There have been very few runners that had that "style" of running. It is beautiful to watch. It is a combination of great moves, general elusiveness, great vision, speed, and a huge amount of desire. I see all of that in Portis. I would have LOVED to see Barry Sanders behind Denver's line. I would have HATED to see him behind this year's Redskin line. Don't even try to compare Detroit's weak line with this line that is totally inept at run blocking. If Barry Sanders were running around behind OUR line like he did so often in Detroit. There would be no linemen running around finding guys to block. They would be watching.

And as great as Barry Sanders was, don't forget that when he quit, still in his prime, there was no screaming by the fans for his return. From what all of my customers in that area told me, it was a SHOCKING and disgraceful "Good Riddance" attitude by the fans. Portis has true potential for greatness. I hope the fans here will not turn their back on HIM.