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[J. Spanky]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Last year Portis fumbled 6 times on 372 touches. Betts fumbled once on 114 touches.

Between the two that's 1 fumble every 70 touches. That's really not too bad.

touche. this past year was better than years past. but they both have a history of coughing up the ball. if you look at the numbers, compared to the other starting backs in the league, over the past few years, portis amongst the worst at holding onto the ball. and betts, accounting for the difference in touches, is not far behind. i'll try and find some stats....

[MTK]

Originally Posted by J. Spanky

touche. this past year was better than years past. but they both have a history of coughing up the ball. if you look at the numbers, compared to the other starting backs in the league, over the past few years, portis amongst the worst at holding onto the ball. and betts, accounting for the difference in touches, is not far behind. i'll try and find some stats....

Actually this past year was the most CP has ever fumbled in a season.

Overall he has 22 for his career. That's an average of 3.6 per year.

Here's the yearly breakdown

2002: 5
2003: 3
2004: 5
2005: 3
2006: 0
2007: 6

[J. Spanky]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Actually this past year was the most CP has ever fumbled in a season.

Overall he has 22 for his career. That's an average of 3.6 per year.

Here's the yearly breakdown

2002: 5
2003: 3
2004: 5
2005: 3
2006: 0
2007: 6

mind you, i'm comparing portis to the other rb's in the league, not to himself.

note here that in 2007, only reggie bust, i mean bush, with 8, had more fumbles than portis' 6.

i'm at work so unfortunately i don't have time to find all kinds of career stats. but i am 100% certain that portis is consistently among the top 5 fumbling rb's.

anyway, i'm a huge portis fan and i don't want to come down on him. i believe him to be one of the top 5 BEST rb's. all i'm saying is i hope the new rb coach's will address the fumbles. similar to how coughlin and his staff addressed tiki's fumblitis when they arrived in ny.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by J. Spanky

mind you, i'm comparing portis to the other rb's in the league, not to himself.

note here that in 2007, only reggie bust, i mean bush, with 8, had more fumbles than portis' 6.

i'm at work so unfortunately i don't have time to find all kinds of career stats. but i am 100% certain that portis is consistently among the top 5 fumbling rb's.

anyway, i'm a huge portis fan and i don't want to come down on him. i believe him to be one of the top 5 BEST rb's. all i'm saying is i hope the new rb coach's will address the fumbles. similar to how coughlin and his staff addressed tiki's fumblitis when they arrived in ny.

DeShaun Foster had 7 according to your link.

[BAFGA]

Stump Mitchell and Nemo went to the same college (Citadel), so maybe there was a connection there?