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Longtimefan · 10-16-2005, 10:05 PM

Our number one priority has to be DL. We have some workmanlike (average) players along the D line with no one who can actually get after anybody, and it shows when we really need to bring some pressure. If we could bring some heat without blitzing, we could be a stout D with all our starters in place.

While I like Portis as a runner, I'm not convinced he's the ideal type back for the offence we run, neither do we utilize him in a way I feel he could be most effective. Counter Trey, 40 & 50 gut are not the kind of plays Portis will make a living off. John Riggins, Gerald Riggs, and George Rogers were the perfect type backs for that type offence, but Portis is absolutely not.

10-16-2005, 10:05 PM	#22
Longtimefan Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germantown, Md. Posts: 4,832	Re: What we need Our number one priority has to be DL. We have some workmanlike (average) players along the D line with no one who can actually get after anybody, and it shows when we really need to bring some pressure. If we could bring some heat without blitzing, we could be a stout D with all our starters in place. While I like Portis as a runner, I'm not convinced he's the ideal type back for the offence we run, neither do we utilize him in a way I feel he could be most effective. Counter Trey, 40 & 50 gut are not the kind of plays Portis will make a living off. John Riggins, Gerald Riggs, and George Rogers were the perfect type backs for that type offence, but Portis is absolutely not.