this team sucks

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Originally Posted by juggernaunt

see your wrong, name me a running back that has left denver in the past 10 years that has gone to have similar #'s. there are none.... dont get me wrong portis is a good back top 5 but he's 2 damn small for our system. your gonna tell me that stephen jackson would've done less for us this year. cant say that but he would have cost 10x's less.

Want to know why I can't name a running back that has left Denver and had success? Because they keep those guys there. Terrell Davis was the most successful, he retired a Bronco due to injury. Gary Anderson is still there, he ran for 1400 yds. Orlandis Gary is the only other guy to have left, he ran for 1000 yds but then tore his ACL. Droughons is having success in the system now, but I remember him at Oregon as being a solid back.

I don't know that I agree with your assessment that Portis is 2 small. I've heard that from a lot of my friends, that Portis is too small for the NFC East as if somehow there is a different brand of football that is played in the NFC East than the AFC West. I don't buy that at all, because even though the defenses may not be as good in the AFC West the backs are way above par in the AFC West so the poor defensive rankings (if they even exist) could be a result of all the stud RBs in the division. Last year they boasted 3 of the top 5 backs in football with Holmes, Tomlinson and Portis.

Now I do think the system has something to do with it, and Shanahan has a dynamite system in Denver, but a lot of it is on the individual. Football is football, and Portis is a Pro Bowl back and a damn fine football player and extremely young at that. Portis has run for 4000 yds in 3 yrs, and while he's not having the success in DC that he had in Denver it's still way early to start talking about trading him. But I'm guessing most of that is just you being frustrated, and we all are.

The main problem I have with those who say Portis is too small is that by saying that they are essentially saying that they know what "Gibbs' system" needs more than Gibbs himself. I'd think the guy who actually runs the system would know what kind of pieces he needs to plug into his offense. Not to mention that the running backs coach is Ernest Byner, who ran in this system so I'd think he also knows what it takes. Portis is a home run hitter, but he's not getting many pitches to hit these days. The offensive line is probably where most of our problems lie, there aren't many holes and they can't seem to protect Ramsey.