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Originally Posted by over the mountain
^^^ thats b/c backs who take on all facets of the game get pounded on and dont stick around to long after the 3-4 years they are the featured back. terrell davis, jamal anderson, jamal lewis, marshall faulk, edgerrin james, even LT is showing some slowing down. hell shaun alexander was an MVP 2 years ago worth big bucks is now out of the league.
point is, premier backs (which CP is) do not last long after a good 3-4 years of pounding. i could keep adding names to my list of guys who came out blazing for a 3-4 period carrying their team (just like CP has the past 3-4 years here) but they all break down and fall off after that window of performance and team reliance in their game plan.
im sure the colts fans didnt agree with the dropping of the edge as he was still relatively young, fun to watch, and still had productive years ahead of him but the colts (a perennial power house with good management) knew better, took the fan disappointment and went to the SB!! no, joseph addai is not as good as the edge back when he was with the Colts but thats the point. you get these thorough bread stud RBs and run them hard then let them go to graise somewhere else. Is joseph addai a better play this year and last year than the edge is in arizona? are we now starting to realize you guys are right when you say its a good thing fans dont run the skins? unfortunatley you get your way with CP and his contract. great player, thanks for the strong hard running 5 years but we are going to find a younger you.
runningbacks are like prostitutes; you pay em, pound em hard then get yourself out of there. problem is we married ours.
sorry for the offensive terminology . . .
go skins!!
(post in response to "all facets" post, not you sheriff gonna getcha, sorry and ill stop posting on this subject, i cant say anymore really)
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And a lot of us know how expensive divorce can be.
However good Portis is, we need a lot more than an elite running back on this team. If we could trade him for a couple of good linemen I would do it in a heartbeat. I think it is the position itself that is overvalued. I don't see the Chargers or the Vikings tearing up the league, and who were the Patriots running backs when they were winning Super Bowls? The Colts won. Is Joesph Addai a great running back? Snyder gave Portis too much money for his value to the team. Period.