If Chargers can get a 1st & 3rd for Turner, don't we have to shop Betts?

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I guess I don't get what a system back is, at least not the way some people use the term around here.

Portis has proven he is still a top back outside of Denver... so how does that make him a system back??

Additionally, I don't understand how people throw around the term "north-south runner". Seems that every back that's ever had success in this league knew that to gain yards, he'd have to get up the field. Seems to me that that would make him, by definition, a "north-south" runner.

Doesn't south imply running backwards?

The ultimate conclusion: Watching football discussion shows is bad for the american public.