Portis and the running game are back!

[dgack]

One thing I have been saying all year about Portis is that we were not using him correctly. Simply shoving him up the gut for 20+ carries a game was a mistake. Now that "the Saunders 700" is being run accordingly to plan, Portis gets to use the tools he has more effectively. And, the more defenses have to respect him as a receiving threat, the less they'll cheat and stack the box against him, which opens up more room to run inside. Imagine how easy it would be to stop Brian Westbrook if you knew the offensive playcalling was always going to use him strictly as an inside runner?

I am a HUGE J-Cam fan (hey, got my #17 Jersey for Christmas) but I have to admit that Collins' touch on the short dump-offs and screens to CP has finally allowed him to thrive as a pass-catching back the way I always knew he could here.