Is This Guy For Real?

[EEich]

I don't think it's laughable. Joe prefers big backs (Riggins). None of the backups qualify as big. Why wouldn't Vinny try to get someone that Joe would feel comfortable to back up Portis?

Hearst isn't necessarily the answer because he's only 5'11'' 215 but he's been pretty solid for the last few years. And face it... if Portis gets hurt... with the current backups, the Redskins are out of the playoffs. Hearst is better than any other backup we have,

Rushing
Year Team G GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD 20+ FD
2001 San Francisco 49ers 16 16 252 1206 4.8 43 4 7 53
2002 San Francisco 49ers 16 16 215 972 4.5 40 8 6 53
2003 San Francisco 49ers 12 12 178 768 4.3 36 3 3 38

Receiving:
Year Team G GS No Yards Avg Lg TD 20+ 40+ FD
2001 San Francisco 49ers 16 16 41 347 8.5 60 1 2 1 15
2002 San Francisco 49ers 16 16 48 317 6.6 16 1 0 0 14
2003 San Francisco 49ers 12 12 25 211 8.4 26 1 3 0 7

You guys starting to doubt Joe Gibbs?