Willie Parker a Skin

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

Some of you guys make it sound like Portis, Johnson, and Parker are washed up and done. We're talking about a group that's barely 30 years of age. One could argue that Johnson has the least wear and tear of the bunch. The point isn't which one will be great by himself, but the possibility of them being great together.

If we can get 1,800 yards combined out from this combo, it was well worth not drafting a big name running back this time around. As far as Parker goes, he's a true change of pace back for the Skins, and I'd take him over Rock or Betts any day of the week.

We are very quietly having a solid off season.

Agreed.

LJ + Willie > Betts + Rock

Portis is not washed up, he was having a decent year last year until the concussion and what not. He averaged 4.0 YPC last year. LJ showed promise with the Bengals and under Shanahan i believe he can be even more productive. Willie is the only true wild card for me as far as production goes, but he's better than Rock and with LJ and Clinton we don't need him to be a pro bowl runner.

I think the reason people expect this backfield to fail is because their expectations are too high. We don't need them to all be the pro-bowl runners they once were. Their past history is in a sense haunting them, and people would see them not all reaching 1000 yards a failure. People need to lower their expectations and realize that they are a backfield by commitee now, not three superstars.