Betts to be the 3rd Down Back?

53Fan · 08-21-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Matty I agree with you in the fact that Portis doesnt need to play all the time. I just really would have liked the redskins to address the back up rb position. I have never been a big betts fan. I have a question for anybody who would like to answer. Would you take Laron Landry or Adrian Peterson? Not trying to cause a stir just an observation and i am sure that it has been discussed before. Or how about any of the 2nd round picks last year for Steve Slaton?

So Matty I agree that we need to rest CP at times but I just wish the team would have addressed my issue with betts

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The coaching staff doesn't have an issue with Betts.

Pocket$ $traight · 08-22-2009, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Matty I agree with you in the fact that Portis doesnt need to play all the time. I just really would have liked the redskins to address the back up rb position. I have never been a big betts fan. I have a question for anybody who would like to answer. Would you take Laron Landry or Adrian Peterson? Not trying to cause a stir just an observation and i am sure that it has been discussed before. Or how about any of the 2nd round picks last year for Steve Slaton?

So Matty I agree that we need to rest CP at times but I just wish the team would have addressed my issue with betts

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If teams had known how good those players were, they definitely would have taken them sooner. You really cannot blame the FO for passing on them when so many other teams did the same thing.

I don't think you can close the book on Laron vs Peterson yet. Also, he does have a much better line than ours.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 08-21-2009, 04:05 PM

yeah just me I suppose.....

WaldSkins · 08-22-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

yeah just me I suppose.....

I have the same issue as you

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 08-22-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WaldSkins

I have the same issue as you

I am a WV fan and I really wanted to get slaton. And to have drafted those three offensive players when a portis clone is coming out in the draft makes me wonder. Yes hind sight is 20/20 and I realize people werent as high on Slaton when he came out, but having watched him his whole career. I saw a mini CP in Slaton. Anway I was just voicing an opinion.

Lotus · 08-22-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

I am a WV fan and I really wanted to get slaton. And to have drafted those three offensive players when a portis clone is coming out in the draft makes me wonder. Yes hind sight is 20/20 and I realize people werent as high on Slaton when he came out, but having watched him his whole career. I saw a mini CP in Slaton. Anway I was just voicing an opinion.

I retrospect I, too, would love to have Slaton. But that is retrospect. Every team passed on him until the 3rd round.

MTK · 08-21-2009, 04:10 PM

CP is the better blocker but he also takes a lot of punishment in doing so. I'd rather see him dishing out the punishment more on runs vs. picking up the blitz on 3rd down. Betts is probably the better receiver out of the backfield too.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 08-21-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

CP is the better blocker but he also takes a lot of punishment in doing so. I'd rather see him dishing out the punishment more on runs vs. picking up the blitz on 3rd down. Betts is probably the better receiver out of the backfield too.

i agree with that. I'm just trying to state a fact that I wish we would have addressed the need that we have at back up RB. If Portis goes down we are down to Betts and Rock... not going to win many games with that back field. Or retreads like Shaun alexander.

MTK · 08-21-2009, 04:17 PM

I've never understood why some are so down on Betts, especially after he filled in with a stellar season in 2006. Personally I think he can get the job done if needed as a starter.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 08-21-2009, 04:21 PM

Well I'm a down on Betts because of his fumbling issues he has had in the past. I know he played fairly well in 06 but we were also a 6-10 football team. I guess I have don't have confidence in him being a winner. Those 2 reasons are my problem with him.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 08-21-2009, 04:27 PM

I am a Redskins fan. I will root, hope, and scream for whoever is in our backfield.

SmootSmack · 08-21-2009, 04:28 PM

I think Betts is fine. I always find it kind of interesting that he was drafted just a couple of picks after Portis yet you'd think one was the 1st round stud and the other was the 7th round div 2 guy who toiled on the practice squad for a couple of years before earning his shot.

But I don't think Betts is a potential game changer the way Portis is, and I think we-sooner than later-need to look at finding our next starting running back

Trample the Elderly · 08-21-2009, 05:41 PM

Portis and Betts fumble the ball at the worst times. Everyone fumbles. I say let my homeboy Mike Sellers run the ball strait up the middle behind that new FB we just drafted.

tryfuhl · 08-22-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Portis and Betts fumble the ball at the worst times. Everyone fumbles. I say let my homeboy Mike Sellers run the ball strait up the middle behind that new FB we just drafted.

so your solution is to put sellers in, because portis and betts fumble at the worst times?

heh

MTK · 08-23-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tryfuhl

so your solution is to put sellers in, because portis and betts fumble at the worst times?

heh

Meanwhile didn't Sellers' goal line fumble against the Bengals last year cost us the game?

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08-21-2009, 04:10 PM	#7
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 52 Posts: 99,832	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? CP is the better blocker but he also takes a lot of punishment in doing so. I'd rather see him dishing out the punishment more on runs vs. picking up the blitz on 3rd down. Betts is probably the better receiver out of the backfield too. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

08-21-2009, 04:17 PM	#9
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 52 Posts: 99,832	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? I've never understood why some are so down on Betts, especially after he filled in with a stellar season in 2006. Personally I think he can get the job done if needed as a starter. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

08-21-2009, 04:21 PM	#10
artmonkforhallofamein07 Pro Bowl Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charleston , SC Posts: 5,001	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? Well I'm a down on Betts because of his fumbling issues he has had in the past. I know he played fairly well in 06 but we were also a 6-10 football team. I guess I have don't have confidence in him being a winner. Those 2 reasons are my problem with him. __________________ Just win.

08-21-2009, 04:27 PM	#11
artmonkforhallofamein07 Pro Bowl Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charleston , SC Posts: 5,001	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? I am a Redskins fan. I will root, hope, and scream for whoever is in our backfield. __________________ Just win.

08-21-2009, 04:28 PM	#12
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? I think Betts is fine. I always find it kind of interesting that he was drafted just a couple of picks after Portis yet you'd think one was the 1st round stud and the other was the 7th round div 2 guy who toiled on the practice squad for a couple of years before earning his shot. But I don't think Betts is a potential game changer the way Portis is, and I think we-sooner than later-need to look at finding our next starting running back __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

08-21-2009, 05:41 PM	#13
Trample the Elderly Playmaker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Three Chopt Virginia Age: 47 Posts: 2,906	Re: Betts to be the 3rd Down Back? Portis and Betts fumble the ball at the worst times. Everyone fumbles. I say let my homeboy Mike Sellers run the ball strait up the middle behind that new FB we just drafted. __________________ A funny thing happened on the way to the temple. The moneychangers bought the priesthood.

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