Why not use both Sellers & Duckett in goal line situations?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Jason72

I agree with you that Portis should go outside way more at the goaline. Why not, he has the speed and the middle is clogged with bodies. If he gets outside he might just have to avoid one person.

I will disagree on your assessment that Portis is being a great goaline back. I think he is an average goaline back. The rest of his skills are excellent, but i have thought since he got here that he was average at the goaline, even last year.

He was a pretty good goaline runner in Denver where he scored 29 TDs in 2 seasons. The offensive line makes or breaks you in those situations. Sure a back can make a great play by going over the top or bulling his way in every now and then, but 9 times out of 10 if the line doesn't open a crease the back is going nowhere.

[BrunellMVP?]

Originally Posted by Ade Jimoh Fan Club

Let's not over-react - Portis is a damn-fine goal line back.

It was just one bad series - where most of the blame should be on the o-line. Sellers and/or Duckett wouldn't have had much more luck in those scenarios.

I will pose the question, though - why don't we ever have Portis jump to the outside in goal line situations? Priest Holmes made a career of this - and if they're stacked up in the middle - Portis definitely has the speed to beat them to the outside...

As far as Duckett, I'm with Matty - it's not going to happen this year - if we stop talking about it maybe, just maybe we can forget about what we gave up for nothing...

portis is in fact a damn fine back, and yes the o-line deserves the brunt of the blame, but lets not kid ourselves- portis is NOT a better goalline back than TJ. Portis is more likely to run it in from 5 yards out than he is from 1. As for seeing TJ, i too am with you guys, if we haven't seen him yet, chances are we aren't going to...unless the coaches become as DISGUSTED as we are that we have been smashing a Ferrari into the wall when we have a bulldozer on the bench.

[61cad]

[quote=Mattyk72;242070]It doesn't matter how much a RB weighs if the offensive line gets blown off the ball, which is what happened against Dallas.


I seen many "big" backs over the years move piles.

Not many "little" backs have had an impact moving people.

How many times have seen big backs like Earl Campbell, Czonka, Gerald Riggs, Riggins and last years Sellers send linebackers backwards once the made it past the line.

Like all the women say "size matters"

[MTK]

It all starts up front. The size of the RB is overrated.

[Jason72]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

It doesn't matter how much a RB weighs if the offensive line gets blown off the ball, which is what happened against Dallas.

And Betts did have a shot down there too and was stuffed.

You're right about that. I still think that Duckett may be a slightly better goaline back than Portis, plus we could save wear and tear on Portis which has been a problem this year and probably will be more and more in the future.

If Tiki can give up the goaline carries, Portis can too.

[Jason72]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

It all starts up front. The size of the RB is overrated.

It is a factor though, maybe overrated, but still a factor. In the 1991 season Riggs was a very effective role player on the goaline. IMO Gibbs would do this if he weren't afraid of ticking off Portis.

[4mrusmc]

When we first signed Duckett I thought that we had a nice heavy jumbo with him and Sellars in the back field. But, my thing is that this great talent is just rotting on the bench! He has played very little all season, and because of that he probably isn't in good game shape. Gibbs misssed a huge chance to get the fans electrified with old school Gibbs style smash-mouth football. And not to sound like a hater, but I as of yet, I haven't seen any inovation from our offensive coordinator that was hyped-up this off season. But, to give me some hope, that play by Taylor reminded me of those two plays he made late last year to really fire us all up. We really need to go undefeated from here on out. Does Gibbs still have the magic?