Portis the one player not spoken of

[firstdown]

To me it seems as Portis will break through the line only to get caught from behind. I know Portis has a quick burst of speed but is he fast in the open field. He is a great runner but at times it seems to me that he cannot pull away from the pack for he long TD runs. Please don't take this as a hit on Portis I like what he does just fine it was just an observation.

[mheisig]

Saunders' offenses in KC had Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson racking up 300-350 carries per season.

Portis had in the vicinity of 350 carries both seasons with the 'Skins. I wouldn't expect him to be sitting on the sidelines twiddling his thumbs for the season. The dude was the workhorse the last two seasons, and Saunders' track record shows he works his RBs pretty hard.

If I'm not mistaken, didn't KC use a similar zone blocking scheme to the one in Denver that Portis ran so well?

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by firstdown

To me it seems as Portis will break through the line only to get caught from behind. I know Portis has a quick burst of speed but is he fast in the open field. He is a great runner but at times it seems to me that he cannot pull away from the pack for he long TD runs. Please don't take this as a hit on Portis I like what he does just fine it was just an observation.

I know their D wasn't the best, but do you remember that 50yrd TD last year in St Louis? Portis out ran everyone during that one. I jsut don't feel like he really ever got into the open field last year because there were usually safeties playing deep.

One other time that he outran the D that comes to mind was in philly during the last game of the regular season.