bigger role for Betts this year?

[vallin21]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

Smith isn't the first coach to say that he liked Betts. Remember when saunders said he was excited about Betts' potential & wanted to get Betts & Portis in at the same time?

That never happened as far as I know, although Saunders liked to go to Betts in the passing game when Portis was healthy. Seems that since Portis came back in 07, for whatever reason, Betts just doesn't get called on that much. It's unfair to him to say he hasn't done much since 06. He's still a very good back, give him the ball in a variety of situations & he'll produce.

I bet he's as quick or quicker to the hole as portis these days. His main problem has always been fumbling, not his speed or toughness.

Nobody's questioning his speed or quickness, because all of that is irrelevant. The bottom line is that when he's had oppurtunities he hasn't taken full advantage of them, whether that's fumbling or getting injured (which isn't his fault). If you look at production, he really hasn't done much since '06 and that (could) be blamed on playing time but if he made the most out of his oppurtunities we would not have signed 3 RB's to compete with him for the #2 job which already tells you something.