Good Portis stuff from Washington Times blog

[Stuck in TX]

Al is old school and I think his system will work if you give it 5 years or so but nowadays teams dont have 5 years. We wanna win NOW!!.

[Rajmahal33]

Just show me the money on this one...

- I'm not saying that I don't believe that Portis is gonna have a great year (cuz I think he will), but its still dependent on the play of the O-line and JC. Are they healthy? Are they gonna be good in this system? Will there be a learning period? Yet to be determined...but I would still tend to be reserved with my predictions of success.

- Saunders/Gibbs running game not "working" the second time around was a product of the circumstances around the team. When we had success, we had a lot of it. This was b/c the O-line was healthy and we had some leadership/consistency with our QB situation. When we were mediocre we were so b/c of injuries to the O-line and, not to mention, CP himself as well as some very suspect play at QB.

But at the very least I have some hope that we are gonna deliver on this hype. Cautious optimism as is the mantra every offseason.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Stuck in TX

Al is old school and I think his system will work if you give it 5 years or so but nowadays teams dont have 5 years. We wanna win NOW!!.

Actually Joe is old school, not Al. If you ever watched any of the Chiefs or Rams games several years ago, you'd see 4-5 guys getting out in patterns all the time. This was the major difference between Joe and Al. Joe stressed protection over guys getting out in the patterns.

[CPAlltheWay012]

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by CPAlltheWay012

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

All together now...

"Nobody gets faster as they get older."

Every time you get tackled, your body absorbs punishment. I would guess that in many measurables, CP is better than he was at the combine. Speed isn't one of them.

[Dirtyskin21]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

All together now...

"Nobody gets faster as they get older."

Every time you get tackled, your body absorbs punishment. I would guess that in many measurables, CP is better than he was at the combine. Speed isn't one of them.

Tell Darrell Green that..

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by CPAlltheWay012

Anyone know how fast Clinton Portis clocks the 40 now?

In 2006 it was a 4.26 .. since then he's lost weight.. i'd be interested to find out how fast he can do it now..

What's your source on that? I find it hard to believe he ran that fast ever, and very hard to believe that he ran that time in 06.

He certainly doesn't look faster, even on the few times he got deep in the secondary he looked like he lacks the breakaway speed he had in his first few years.

[Dirtyskin21]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

What's your source on that? I find it hard to believe he ran that fast ever, and very hard to believe that he ran that time in 06.

He certainly doesn't look faster, even on the few times he got deep in the secondary he looked like he lacks the breakaway speed he had in his first few years.

Portis, Clinton
Pre-draft measureables
Wt 40y 20ss 3-cone Vert BP Wonderlic
204 lb[1] 4.28[2] X X X 20 *[3]

[CPAlltheWay012]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

What's your source on that? I find it hard to believe he ran that fast ever, and very hard to believe that he ran that time in 06.

He certainly doesn't look faster, even on the few times he got deep in the secondary he looked like he lacks the breakaway speed he had in his first few years.

He ran a 4.26 in the 2006 training camp...
Clinton Portis Fan Site - Biography

there's one link, but there are a bunch of others on google

My point is, however, that he hasn't aged that much (he's still 26 years old guys), he only had about 3 legit break away opportunities this year.. 1 was in the first Giants game, another in the Jets game (bad angle on player), and a third was in the 2nd Giants game where he was slung down by his facemask..

I honestly believe that this year, if Portis stays healthy and our O-line is consistant, we'll get the most production from him ever.. Shaun Alexander went 1800+ and had the touchdown record.. Portis has always been faster and stronger than Alexander and could put up similar numbers.