postgame comments from Portis

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I think that people are looking too deep into this. Portis did exactly what he was supposed to do and unfortunately got hurt (Madden did a very good job of summing it up). This type of thing happens in the NFL. His comments were more frustration than anything. I didn't view it as him blaming coaches but just confirming a widely held view that there are too many pre-season games and that starting runningbacks probably shouldn't be in them. Look on the brightside, he could have blown out his knee.

It is almost a certainty that a huge name will go down for the year in the pre-season and I guarantee they will say something similar to what Portis said.

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Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

I think that people are looking too deep into this. Portis did exactly what he was supposed to do and unfortunately got hurt (Madden did a very good job of summing it up). This type of thing happens in the NFL. His comments were more frustration than anything. I didn't view it as him blaming coaches but just confirming a widely held view that there are too many pre-season games and that starting runningbacks probably shouldn't be in them. Look on the brightside, he could have blown out his knee.

It is almost a certainty that a huge name will go down for the year in the pre-season and I guarantee they will say something similar to what Portis said.

I guess I look at it like a new car... you are eventually going get a nick, scratch, bump in the paint. You can do everything possible to try and prevent it from happening, but it is enevitable... you are going to wind up with one. It really sucks once it happens, but after that first one, the pain of the next one doesn't hurt so bad.