Just some Food for Thought!

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Yes, today Portis actually had a day of rushing that we have expected from him. But why did it take so long? Well here is my opinion and I meant to actually post this before the game and I completely forgot.

Portis is still young. The offensive line is under a new system. There are new coaches and so many other factors involved. Well other than the one 60+ yard TD he rushed for in the season opener, Portis had been horrible. But why did it take until week 6 for him to finally have a great game? Well if everyone looks back at the Preseason, Portis hardly played more than one series after the Hall of Fame game. The main reason for the preseason is to get the team to work well as a unit. In other words, they need to GEL!!! But when your starting RB is not playing, how can you gel? I seem to remember the Skins having a pretty good running attack in the preseason. However, all backs run differently. Betts runs different than Portis and Cartwright runs different than Betts. This makes a huge difference when it comes to setting up blocks by the rest of the offense. Blocks are also timing just like passing. Knowing when to release your block and so on will depend on who is in your backfield. But anyways, what I am trying to say is that the first 5 games of the season was actually Portis's preseason and we should expect more big games like the one today. I also noticed that in his previous 5 games that he was stumbling alot once he got the ball and I didn't see much of that today except on a few occasions. Now that the running game should open up a bit, I hope the passing game will open up too. I expect this offense to really start clicking after the bye. I think JG will definitely work on the O during the break and we should see a more wide open offense during the remainder of the season.

Thanks for coming in and reading my LONG winded posts. If you can't tell, I don't mind typing and telling you what is on my mind..LOL.

Any comments are always read and appreciated.

GO SKINS!!!!