SI Ranks Offensive Backfields
 

Somehow, this just irritates the h*** out of me, even though as has been said many times, rankings right now are useless.

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/05/22/backfields/index.html]Philip Rivers, LaDanian Tomlinson lead top NFL backfield - NFL - SI.com[/url]

New York #2
Dallas #3
Eagles #5

I will let you look for yourselves where they put JC/CP and crew. (hint: look on the last page)

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JC is probably somewhere between 25-32 as far as QBs in the league right now. Portis has been taking a ton of punishment over the past few years. I really can't argue with our ranking.

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I was going to post this thread but it pissed me off so much I couldn't do it. 26 seriously! JC and CP are worst then 25 other combo's in the NFL? Really, do they get paid for this shit?

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[quote=Daseal;559898]JC is probably somewhere between 25-32 as far as QBs in the league right now. Portis has been taking a ton of punishment over the past few years. I really can't argue with our ranking.[/quote]

Wow, I can't fathom either statement. Regardless of the JC's standing, CP ran for nearly 1500 yds, had a combined total around 1800. He is under 30, and will be elite for atleast this year, probably next. For this ranking to be right, you would have to have JC like 56th out of the 32...

Is it September yet.

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[quote=mredskins;559899]I was going to post this thread but it pissed me off so much I couldn't do it. 26 seriously! JC and CP are worst then 25 other combo's in the NFL? Really, do they get paid for this ***?[/quote]

I hear ya. I probably should have let it pass by, but man...

If JC/CP are even close to that number, then DS must be slipping Koolaid into my soda all the time, cuz I can't see it in anyway shape or form.

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Rankings don't mean shit come September. Who cares.

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[quote=Mattyk72;559902]Rankings don't mean shit come September. Who cares.[/quote]

Agreed but still pisses me off...I am sick of all this no respect.

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This s**t is laughable. It just makes it that much sweeter when we outplay the teams ranked ahead of us. Maybe I should have been a sportswriter, anybody can write that crap. The best way to get these morons is to prove them wrong. Hurry September!

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LOL...what a joke.

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I have trouble discerning any logic to this list and that is not just with regards to the Redskins. I mean, the Jaguars 32nd in the NFL? Seriously? Have you ever watched Jones-Drew? But Orton and Moreno are 24th? This list is even more arbitrary than the "Power Rankings." Plus are we still believing that Tomlinson is the 2006 version?

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No surprise there. JC has shown nothing as a QB and CP is good but like the piece states, he's getting long in the tooth. The rank may be a bit low but I cant see them being higher than 20.

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I dont see why anyone would think Campbell/Portis would be any higher. Campbell hasnt shown anything yet in the NFL. Hopefully he can step up his game but right now its hard for me to rank Campbell/Portis highly. Portis is a good RB but when teams started to shut down the running game last year Campbell was terrible. From what anyone has seen so far it would be hard for anyone to rank Campbell/Portis higher. I do think Campbell/Portis have the potenial to move up on this list this season.

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How can they not be higher than the Jets when Sanchez hasn't even taken a single NFL snap? You say Campbell has shown nothing, well what has MS shown? And give me Campbell any day of the week over Shaun Hill or Sage Rosenfels.

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I'd have to think they're more in the 15-20 range. People have gone way overboard in their downgrading of Campbell as the offseason has gone on. It's going to be really interesting around these parts (and especially over at ES-dear God!) come November when we're in the thick of the division race and JC is leading the way for us.

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[quote=SmootSmack;559948]How can they not be higher than the Jets when Sanchez hasn't even taken a single NFL snap? You say Campbell has shown nothing, well what has MS shown? And give me Campbell any day of the week over Shaun Hill or Sage Rosenfels.[/quote]

Honestly I didnt even look at the complete list. The main reason why I didnt was the way our offense got shut down last year. The Skins had the 4th ranked defense in the NFL and had trouble winning games. No matter who is ranked ahead of Campbell/Portis its hard for me to say they should be higher on this list after the way the team played last year. When Campbell starts living up to his potenial as a QB then ill talk about moving Campbell up on any list.

As for Sanchez I could understand why they would rank the Jets higher. The combo of Jones and Washington was great last year. Sanchez hasnt played in the NFL yet but most people would take a guy who hasnt shown anything in the NFL yet over a player like Campbell who has shown he cant lead a NFL offense as of today.

Id easily take Rosenfels/Peterson over Campbell/Portis. As for Hill/Gore id say thats pretty even right now. Hill is the better QB but Portis is the better RB.

I do think Campbell will step up his play this year but until the offense shows a pulse its hard for me to say Campbell/Portis should be higher than another combo.