Portis Interview on Fox

[GMScud]

Portis seems to have a very ho-hum attitude this year. I think Aikman is absolutely right in his assessment that something isn't quite right with Portis health wise. I don't know if he has a bruised knee or a bruised ego (having to share time), but something just isn't there IMO.

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Portis seems to have a very ho-hum attitude this year. I think Aikman is absolutely right in his assessment that something isn't quite right with Portis health wise. I don't know if he has a bruised knee or a bruised ego (having to share time), but something just isn't there IMO.

Great analysis from Aikman again. The only problem with Portis is that 60% of his offensive line is missing. Changes your effectiveness when you take away half the field. I mean, to run to the right, we need to be in a strong set to the right, and we need to pull our starters from the left in front of him.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by warriorzpath

I don't know what is going on with Portis. He must be battling through something personally in his personal life or with football. It must have something to do with his injury. Whatever it is (and easier said than done), he just needs to persevere and work through this stuff.

On a side note, I wonder what he was trying to talk to Gregg Williams about on the sideline.

I thought it was funny that when he went over to GW, Williams was just basically like, "yeah, f@ck off."

We already have one RB with fumble issues (Betts), now Portis too. This Arizona game is MASSIVE. I'll tell you what, I'll be starting the Redskins D in my fantasy league if Tim Rattay starts for AZ....

[redsk1]

CP's comments don't really bother me. As we all know CP will say about anything. He is not out of shape and i'd venture to say that he is a hard worker, you don't get to his level by taking it easy. There's nothing wrong w/ working hard and having a life too.

He's also an established RB and i think it requires a little less "studying" than a first time NFL quarterback that has a lot of little things to work on.

CP doesn't have a history of fumbles so I'm not concerned. He probably won't have another all year. I'm sure he feels bad enough for it not to happen again.

[billyharless]

Originally Posted by redsk1

. He is not out of shape and i'd venture to say that he is a hard worker, you don't get to his level by taking it easy. There's nothing wrong w/ working hard and having a life too.

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I would disagree. CP is not in shape. He has proved that in the first few games of the season. In fact, there are other players who are not in shape as well. As much as I love Coach Gibbs, maybe he is being too soft on the players.

[MTK]

LOL I love how the shit hits the fan around here after every single loss.

Trade this guy, cut that guy, this guy is out of shape, that guy is doggin' it, blah blah.

[billyharless]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

LOL I love how the shit hits the fan around here after every single loss.

Trade this guy, cut that guy, this guy is out of shape, that guy is doggin' it, blah blah.

Don't get me wrong. I love CP. I wear his jersey on game day and so do my kids. I do not want to cut him I just want to see him focus more Monday through Saturday and not just on Sunday because that ain't working for him right now.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by billyharless

Don't get me wrong. I love CP. I wear his jersey on game day and so do my kids. I do not want to cut him I just want to see him focus more Monday through Saturday and not just on Sunday because that ain't working for him right now.

Unless someone sneaks into Redskins Park we don't know what he's doing or not doing through the week. I wish we would stop speculating on crap like this.

[billyharless]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Unless someone sneaks into Redskins Park we don't know what he's doing or not doing through the week. I wish we would stop speculating on crap like this.

The local coverage here does give practice reports. There isn't that much speculation about it.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by billyharless

The local coverage here does give practice reports. There isn't that much speculation about it.

He might be limited in practice but that doesn't mean he's twiddling his thumbs at Redskins Park and not putting in any work.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by billyharless

The local coverage here does give practice reports. There isn't that much speculation about it.

I guess that we forget that he has had knee issues from the begining of training camp which has limited his time on the practice field. What do we want him to do go out and wear his knee out durn the week so its in worse shape come Sunday?

[Gmanc711]

I think alot of it has to do with the nature of the positions too. Alot of Jasons extra work, I'm sure is film work and just learning how to play the position of quarterback....its really not that difficult to learn how to be a good running back, you either have the skill to do it or you dont. I really dont think Portis' mistakes up to this point could be corrected by any extra work (not saying he shouldnt put in extra work, but hopefully you get what I'm saying)....

The Failure rates for QB's are so much higher than RB's that you almost have to put in that type of work to be successful..

[MTK]

One thing I do agree about questioning is whether we should be giving more work to Betts. I think Aikman made a good point that right now Portis is lacking something. If his knee is not 100% I wish we would just sit him down for a week or two, or at least give Betts more work.

[WillH]

Honestly, I think Portis' production has been good considering the state of our O-line.

[Longtimefan]

Portis has the kind of personality that sometimes get's him in trouble with the things he says. He does not always take into consideration the repercussions that may follow his comments, and when they're polarized he's caught off guard. (see his comments about Michael Vick) I was hoping after that episode he had learned to temper his statements, because whatever he says is more likely to be magnified.

Had we won the game yesterday (despite his fumble) we probably would not be talking about this anyway, but that's life when you lose, everything becomes bigger than life.