[T.A.P.O.A.F.O.R.]

Originally Posted by illdefined

i have an idea why. Portis is easy to commit to and stop if your team poses no vertical air threat. Saunders ran the ball alot using Moss and Randle El, so that Portis wasn't the only ground threat to key on. clever attempt to hide your offense's vulnerabilty (Brunell and his middle of the field phobia), but alas keeping everyone within 10yds of the line of schrimmage stopped our screens too. sigh

but portis was still getting good runs. you'd think they'd wait until he actually got stuffed repeatedly instead of saying, "he's gonna get stuffed. let's pass."