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Originally Posted by htownskinfan
I'd like to know when this injury occurred? I've been pretty happy with zorn but he blew it last week,I was screaming bloody murder at him at the end of the game last week,there was no reason for the starters to still be in there with 3 minutes left trying to score a meaningless td,there was a play in the last 3 minutes where Portis was tackled on the sideline,looked kind of like a horsecollar tackle and he got bent back very awkwardly and i thought for sure he was hurt,I'd bet it happened on that play.
If Alexander is our starter our def better come up big,I'd rather have Sellars start than Alexander
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No it didn't. It happened late in the first when he got up limping and went straight to the sidelines.
Updated: November 10, 2008, 4:15 PM
LANDOVER, Md. --
Washington Redskins running back
Clinton Portis was unable to practice Monday because of a sprained knee, and coach Jim Zorn said Portis is "50-50" for Sunday night's game against the
Dallas Cowboys.
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Portis bruised his knee on the final play of the first quarter of last week's 23-6 loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers but returned for the next series and finished the game. The pain got progressively worse after treatment following the game, however, and Zorn said Monday that
Portis has a bone bruise on the femur as well as a sprain.
Portis is second in the league in rushing with 995 yards on 200 carries.
"He's questionable," Zorn said. "I'd say there's a 50-50 chance. I'm hoping that he'll be even better than that. Another day of rest, and then we'll see how he comes in on Wednesday. ... We've got to get the pain out of the knee and see how he progresses along." Portis' absence from a major game against a division rival would be tough to overcome. He's been the engine of the offense, and his primary backup,
Ladell Betts, has missed the last three games with a more severe knee injury.
Shaun Alexander, signed after Betts got hurt, has contributed little, and the other running back on the roster,
Rock Cartwright, is heavily involved with special teams.