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jermus22 · 05-14-2006, 05:57 PM

Our personnel fit much better into a Saunders offense rather than the traditional Gibbs style. Don't get me wrong, I like Gibbs' offense and I think it worked fairly well last year. But having both Sellers and Cooley on the field together at FB and TE respectively would be more effective rather than alternating them at H-B and using Fauria and Robert Johnson at TE. Also, while Portis has done an awesome job for us, he strikes me more as a Priest Holmes kind-of-guy, someone known as an outside runner and receiver as opposed to the typical Gibbs type: a smashmouth runner in the mold of John Riggins, George Rogers, Gerald Riggs, and Earnest Byner. Gibbs did have guys like Joe Washington, Timmy Smith, and Ricky Ervins perform well in his offense, but they always had limited roles and served primarily as backups. Portis will do fine no matter how the team utilizes him, but I think a Saunders offense matches his skill set better.

05-14-2006, 05:57 PM	#47
jermus22 Special Teams Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Frankfort, KY Age: 43 Posts: 336	Re: H-back Position Disappearing ? Our personnel fit much better into a Saunders offense rather than the traditional Gibbs style. Don't get me wrong, I like Gibbs' offense and I think it worked fairly well last year. But having both Sellers and Cooley on the field together at FB and TE respectively would be more effective rather than alternating them at H-B and using Fauria and Robert Johnson at TE. Also, while Portis has done an awesome job for us, he strikes me more as a Priest Holmes kind-of-guy, someone known as an outside runner and receiver as opposed to the typical Gibbs type: a smashmouth runner in the mold of John Riggins, George Rogers, Gerald Riggs, and Earnest Byner. Gibbs did have guys like Joe Washington, Timmy Smith, and Ricky Ervins perform well in his offense, but they always had limited roles and served primarily as backups. Portis will do fine no matter how the team utilizes him, but I think a Saunders offense matches his skill set better. __________________ Win it in the trenches.