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SUNRA · 08-22-2004, 12:31 AM

Wow, it's interesting to see so many people respond to my unpopular position on Portis or any other saviour. The Joe Gibbs I know is interested in the players who want to play in his system and represent the Washington Redskin spirit. Secondly, Gibbs's success has been with taking rank and files players and making them into stars i.e., John Riggins, Art Monk, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Mark Rypien, Joe Thesiman, Doug Williams and a host of others. Gibb's system will allow more than Portis to be successful at the running back position. Because if any of you think Portis is going to carry this team like Riggins did you're sadly mistakened. He doesn't have the size to take kind of beating. Otherwise, what will happen is if we make it to the playoffs, Portis will not be able to play at his full potential. That's why I think John Simon, Sultan McCollough and Rock Cartwright will have to be more productive collectively than Portis. It's always the unknown talent that rises to the occassion. I know Portis ran for 1,500 yds. two seasons in a row. That's great. But that was against primarily AFC teams. Not the NFC east. Before the Miami game, Matty posted an article that mentioned how pessimistic Coach Gibbs was about the team and especially in the running game. He even said the Redskins were no where ready for the regular season. What I think some people fail to realize is the big free agents we had acquired in the past 4 years are all gone. They didn't produce a damn thing individually even if the coaching staff stunk up the place. Look at the backs we had during the 1999 season. Stephen Davis, Larry Centers, Skip Hicks and Mike Sellers. Together they supported the running game with Stephen Davis. No one player is going to take us to the promise land. That's the point.

08-22-2004, 12:31 AM	#32
SUNRA The Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,680	Wow, it's interesting to see so many people respond to my unpopular position on Portis or any other saviour. The Joe Gibbs I know is interested in the players who want to play in his system and represent the Washington Redskin spirit. Secondly, Gibbs's success has been with taking rank and files players and making them into stars i.e., John Riggins, Art Monk, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Mark Rypien, Joe Thesiman, Doug Williams and a host of others. Gibb's system will allow more than Portis to be successful at the running back position. Because if any of you think Portis is going to carry this team like Riggins did you're sadly mistakened. He doesn't have the size to take kind of beating. Otherwise, what will happen is if we make it to the playoffs, Portis will not be able to play at his full potential. That's why I think John Simon, Sultan McCollough and Rock Cartwright will have to be more productive collectively than Portis. It's always the unknown talent that rises to the occassion. I know Portis ran for 1,500 yds. two seasons in a row. That's great. But that was against primarily AFC teams. Not the NFC east. Before the Miami game, Matty posted an article that mentioned how pessimistic Coach Gibbs was about the team and especially in the running game. He even said the Redskins were no where ready for the regular season. What I think some people fail to realize is the big free agents we had acquired in the past 4 years are all gone. They didn't produce a damn thing individually even if the coaching staff stunk up the place. Look at the backs we had during the 1999 season. Stephen Davis, Larry Centers, Skip Hicks and Mike Sellers. Together they supported the running game with Stephen Davis. No one player is going to take us to the promise land. That's the point.