Clinton Portis Plays Football Too

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This news has sort of fallen under the radar considering his off-the-field dogfighting comments and news (great news) of Campbell and Rocky's progress.

Still, one of the best pieces of news from mini-camp (in my opinion) was the participation of Clinton Portis in some drills, looks like CP might be ahead of schedule. Granted, it was fairly light work but I still think it's a great sign, Without him our offense can be very good. With him, it can be record-breaking.

Three miss time, but Portis returns - Sports - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Portis, on the other hand, wasn't expected to practice until training camp in late July, but took a fair amount of work yesterday.

"I was out running around before practice and after I did that, I asked [running backs coach Earnest Byner] if I could do anything and he was like, 'See how it feels,' " said Portis, who had been out a month with a sore knee. I just wanted to see where I was and I was able to do a lot. I got in the passing drills and that went well so I tried to see what I could do during practice.

"To be part of the team and actually involved, it felt good," Portis said. "My knee held up. My feet are on fire from wearing cleats for the first time. Outside of that, I felt good. I know my feet will be on fire tomorrow. I made it safely today. We'll see what I can do tomorrow, but I'm going to try to stay away from contact. I'm not going to push the limits. Whatever I get done will be extra."

Gibbs was pleasantly surprised by the return of his No. 1 back, who missed half of 2006 with shoulder and hand injuries.

"We knew we were getting close so we kind of left it up to Clinton and the trainers," Gibbs said. It was good he was able to take some work today. He looked good."