Marshall Faulk's Top 5 RB's...No Portis?!

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I wonder how much of that is due to Denver's zone blocking and cut blocking vs. the Skins (Gibbs) man-to-man blocking. Last yr they used some zone blocking.

I think a lot (all?) of it has to do with different schemes. That he was able to match his career high (from Denver) in 20+ runs might also support that. But that he was not able to turn any 20+ runs into 40+ runs might also suggest that the years of grinding (and vicious pass pro) has taken some toll. I really don't say any of that as a knock on Portis, I was just trying to answer the "was Portis ever a break away runner" question.