Portis staying?

[SBXVII]

Ok, this is another thing I don't get. So you people with brighter minds please help out....

Portis is in Denver as the featured back. He gets 1500+ yrds.
The Skins trade for him and he does well for us.

The arguement I keep hearing is why would we get rid of a 1500+ yrd runner when it's proven that after Portis no other RB got that. It's a good arguement but slightly flawed which I think some of are trying to point out who got 1,014 yrds. But those were not the only yrds.


After Portis left Denver used more then one runner. Perhaps it was to not put too much punishment on just one RB. So they go to a 2 back system. RB by commity. If this is the case then you have to add the 2 RB's yrds together. If the 2 backs did just as good as Portis then fine. It doesn't mean Denver never had a good RB after Portis. It just means the coach's spread the punishment around so not one RB was getting beat up all year long like Portis did.

2004-
Droughns: 1,240
Griffin: 311
Bell: 396
Total: 1,947

2005-
Anderson: 1,014
Bell: 921
Total: 1,935

2006-
T.Bell: 1,025
M.Bell: 677
Total: 1,702

2007-
Henry: 698
Young: 729
Hall: 216
Total: 1,643

2008- was a bad year for them all 3 RB picked up only 300 yrds or slightly over.

In Portis's years mentioned:

2002-
Portis: 1,508
Anderson: 386
Gary: 147
Total: 2,041

2003-
Portis: 1,591
Griffin: 345
Anderson: 257
Total: 2,193

I know some idget will argue that Denver had their 2 best season's when Portis was there but there are other issues to consider. How was the rest of the team playing? Did they have a good passing attack also? Did they have all their OL healthy? Who was QB?

In Portis 2 season's used 2002 and 2003 he did get more yards but so did the other RB's which leads me to believe the team as a whole was getting better. After Portis left each season they got less yardage rushing which tells me the team as a whole was on the decline. All the way up to 2008 which was Shanahan's last year.

Again not saying Portis sucks but he's aging. Salary is too high for production. Now injury prone.